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You asked for opinions, so fwiw...
TO my way of thinking, air is best to breathe on the surface, at roughly
sea level. At higher elevations, our bodies adapt. In the water, I think
it is rarely the best thing to use, if ever. I can't think of a single dive
that couldn't be done quite nicely with a judicious choice of various
mixtures of Oxygen, Nitrogen and Helium.
At 11:33 AM 12/13/94 +0100, devon@ol*.ch* wrote:
>> I asked him about more safety with Nitrox but he didn't think that that was
>> of concern for recreational diving.
>
>What are opinions on this? I am a little annoyed by this attitude because I
>feel that the safety in nitrox is not just in "less chance of getting bent"
>but also in the damage done to your body on the dive EVEN WHEN YOU AREN'T
>BENT. Just because you aren't bent doesn't mean you don't have bubbles and
>doesn't mean those bubbles aren't damaging sensitive tissues. Am I alone in
>this concern?
>
>Devon
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