John,

What alternative are you proposing exactly? Could you explain your
configuration and let us know why we should all dive like you?
Zaid, you are on the right track, don't get distracted. Just use common sense.

Regards,

THOMAS

At 01:11 AM 9/21/99 +0100, Zaid Al-Obaidi wrote:
>John
>
>I think I will do that.
>
>Zaidy
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Thornton <Johnpt@sc*.co*>
>To: Zaid Al-Obaidi <Z@al*.fr*.co*.uk*>
>Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
>Date: 21 September 1999 18:00
>Subject: Re: DIR on the Lusitania
>
>
>>Hi Zaid
>>
>>Were you trained in Florida? These guys really know there stuff and
>>should be listened to at all times, especially the cave guys, they do
>>some real stuff and all should dive like they do. I am going to sell all
>>my kit like they do to people that dont know better and then buy all the
>>really cool kit from brownies. I think you should do the same, fancy it
>>this winter?
>>
>>John
>>
>>In message <001001bf03aa$68245b40$0525883e@de*>, Zaid Al-Obaidi
>><Z@al*.fr*.co*.uk*> writes
>>>    
>>>    I have recently qualified as an advanced nitrox diver, and i find 
>>>    the discussions that are placed on the 
>>>    
>>>    mailing list very interesting, to some one of my limited 
>>>    experience, I find it a great learning source. 
>>>    
>>>    Some of the stuff you guys do is incredible.
>>>    
>>>    I have noticed that one of the Luistania divers is using a 
>>>    rebreather, I have been told by my instructor 
>>>    
>>>    that the unit can kill in the wrong hands, Since so many divers 
>>>    have lost their lives using them world 
>>>    
>>>    wide, surely a rebreather of any type should not be used on such a 
>>>    challenging dive, what if the unit had 
>>>    
>>>    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.
>>>    
>>>    As for the open circuit divers, they set a bad example to us 
>>>    British divers, not all of us carry 
>>>    
>>>    twin 20 ltr, I have been told that if I carry more than twin 12 
>>>    ltr, I could get the bends and HPNS ?
>>>    
>>>    and their trip report proves what I have been told by my 
>>>    instructor.
>>>    
>>>    Any comments, would be appreciated.
>>>    
>>
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>>
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