This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01BF054D.2B6F5340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable What the fuck is this???? Mike -----Original Message----- From: Zaid Al-Obaidi <Z@al*.fr*.co*.uk*> To: techdiver@aquanaut.com <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Date: 21 September 1999 09:26 Subject: Re: DIR on the Lusitania =20 =20 =20 I have recently qualified as an advanced nitrox diver, and i find = the discussions that are placed on the=20 =20 mailing list very interesting, to some one of my limited experience, = I find it a great learning source.=20 =20 Some of the stuff you guys do is incredible. =20 I have noticed that one of the Luistania divers is using a = rebreather, I have been told by my instructor=20 =20 that the unit can kill in the wrong hands, Since so many divers have = lost their lives using them world=20 =20 wide, surely a rebreather of any type should not be used on such a = challenging dive, what if the unit had=20 =20 failed?, I couldn't see a redundant unit, from what I read on the = list these guys don't know what they are doing, also the divers kit was = not stream line as it should be incase of snagging. =20 As for the open circuit divers, they set a bad example to us British = divers, not all of us carry=20 =20 twin 20 ltr, I have been told that if I carry more than twin 12 ltr, = I could get the bends and HPNS ? =20 and their trip report proves what I have been told by my instructor. =20 Any comments, would be appreciated. =20 ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01BF054D.2B6F5340 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 = HTML//EN"><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"><!DOCTYPE HTML = PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>What the fuck is = this????</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Mike</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><B>-----Original = Message-----</B><BR><B>From:=20 </B>Zaid Al-Obaidi <<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:Z@al*.fr*.co*.uk*">Z@al-obaidi.freeserve.co.uk</= A>><BR><B>To:=20 </B><A = href=3D"mailto:techdiver@aquanaut.com">techdiver@aquanaut.com</A>=20 <<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:techdiver@aquanaut.com">techdiver@aquanaut.com</A>><BR>= <B>Date:=20 </B>21 September 1999 09:26<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: DIR on the=20 Lusitania<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>I have recently = qualified as an=20 advanced nitrox diver, and i find the discussions that are placed on = the=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>mailing list very = interesting, to=20 some one of my limited experience, I find it a great learning = source.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Some of the stuff = you guys do is=20 incredible.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>I have noticed that = one of the=20 Luistania divers is using a rebreather, I have been told by my = instructor=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>that the unit can = kill in the=20 wrong hands, Since so many divers have lost their lives using them = world=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>wide, surely a = rebreather of any=20 type should not be used on such a challenging dive, what if the unit = had=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>failed?, I couldn't = see a=20 redundant unit, from what I read on the list these guys don't know = what they=20 are doing, also the divers kit was not stream line as it = should be=20 incase of </FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>snagging.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>As for the open = circuit divers,=20 they set a bad example to us British divers, not all of us carry=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>twin 20 ltr, I have = been told=20 that if I carry more than twin 12 ltr, I could get the bends and = HPNS=20 ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>and their trip = report=20 </FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>proves what I = have been told by=20 my instructor.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Any comments, would = be=20 appreciated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01BF054D.2B6F5340-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. 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