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At 08:30 PM 8/17/1999 -0400, you wrote: >kevin >i really try to stay out of most of this stuff, but when i see people posting >advice about things they obviously know very little about i must put my $.02 >in. You're right. I know nothing. Please tell us about your expertise and your contributions to this list. >first of all how long do you think it takes to swim (or pull) yourself to an >anchor line >30 to 40 feet away in a strong (1-2 Knots) current with wave hight of 2-4 >feet, then >pull yourself down to 30 fsw??? that's when your mix will not be hypoxic. > >now i'm no expert in all of this stuff but it seems to me that i have seen it >take more than a few minutes to accomplish this. you are also leaving out the >stress of the physical part as well. remember you will be building up co2 at >a tremendous rate. > >remember this is not like falling off the picnic table into the hole in the >ground & falling to the acceptable depth. >hank > >In a message dated 8/17/1999 12:41:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >kevin@nw*.co* writes: > ><< If i might.... > > because: > a) mixes used even in the 300fsw-400fsw aren't hypoxic at 20fsw. > b) bounce diving only incurs a minute or two between 0-20fsw > c) no significant decompression or oxygen dose benefit is derived from > travelling while bounce diving > d) travelling unnecessarily complicates the dive at the beginning > > you should: > just go down on back gas > > oh, and this information wouldn't be complete without: > e) only card carrying FAS deep air diving butt mounting strokes would > travel on a bounce dive > > At AM 8/17/1999 +0900, "Taylor, John" <john.taylor@cs*.co*.uk*>wrote: > >George, > > > >Interesting point on "travel gas". Please expand on this, > > > >Regards, > > > >jt >> ----------------------------------------------- Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*> NW Labor Systems, Inc http://www.nwls.com Who is John Galt? ----------------------------------------------- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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