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At 08:07 PM 19/5/99 +0300, Club Red wrote: >One word about deep air, now. I know planes are much safer than cars. I >still think for short distances cars are more practical, despite the >increased risk. Don't come and tell me that you don't drive cars. Or ride >motorcyles. The main problem of drinking and driving is not that you can >kill yourself, for me, you're welcome to do it if that's what you want, it's >that you can kill others who do not want it. As I told Thomas, I have >experienced it, as a victim. This is why I don't like the comparison with >narcosis. It does not seem apropriate to me. Yes, air is more risky. I'm not >gonna discuss it. Step by step, that's all. Hugo, your personal experience notwithstanding, the reason why the comparison between deep air diving and drunk driving is absolutely appropriate isn't about who gets hurt, it's about how people, while drunk, BELIEVE they are safe to drive, just like people, while narcosed, BELIEVE they are safe to dive. On the other hand, sober people know that people who drive drunk are fucking idiots - same as people who dive deep on air. That is why your idea of helping people dive 'a little bit' deep on air is morally bankrupt - because it is the direct equivalent of helping someone drive a 'little bit' drunk. If you understand DIR and agree with its precepts, you have a responsibility to TEACH DIR. As an equipment configuration, a diving style AND as a mind-set. Maybe it's time to stand up and call a stroke a stroke and a dickhead a dickhead, instead of feeding their egos. By the way, the way to keep the cost of helium down, apart from rebreathers, is to dive with a stage of mix. Breathe the stage, keep the mix in the back tanks for contingencies. There, that's cut the long-term cost about in half. Another thing. You don't need a drysuit to DIR. I believe wetsuit, manifolded alloy eighties, backplate and wing are fine. There goes another stumbling block. rgds billyw >Lawrence, with your friends and scooters, if you want to help me, next time >you're in Dahab, instead of half-hiding let's do a big show-off. The helium >is here, now. Let's demonstrate the ultimate coolness. As you know, Dahab >crowd is very young, coolness is the most important thing in the world. >We're trying to save some lives here. Too many corpses laying at the bottom >of the Blue Hole. > >Hope to see you soon. > >Hugo. > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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