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T, that is not the question - the question is what materials are available for these courses. I personally have zero interest in this, but had it mentioned to me by an IANTD instructor on a dive boat the other day, the implications being that these courses are an accomodation to outside pressure and are neither well supported by IANTD, nor really intended to replace "deep air". I of course found this hard to believe so sent you that question to see if it were really possible. Tom, there are people out there, believe it or not, who are so stupid as to think ther is such a thing as an "ability" to dive deep on air, and there are intstructors out there who are so stupid, and so irresponsible that they say things like, "my personal comfort level on air is 200 feet" in front of students, who then take this to mean that unless they "can" be "comfortable" on air at "200 feet", they must not be cutting the mustard. I know this is unbelievable to a pro like yourself, but I have heard this direcdtly from the flapping lips of various instructors, affilliation unknown. Anything that pays lip service only to the importance of proper gas choices and true technical diving (which menas doing the dives proeprly and optimally), is a disservice to all of us, and in my opinion would require the attention of a dive training "leader" such as yourself for clarification. Tom Mount wrote: > > Anyone interested should go to the web pages and check the standards for the > texts and also the skills. that should answer anyone's questions > > Respectfully yours, > Tom Mount > CEO IANTD World HQ > http://www.iantd.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <kirvine@sa*.ne*> > To: <TOM.MOUNT@wo*.at*.ne*> > Cc: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 3:45 PM > Subject: INTD "normoxic" and other trimixes > > > Tom, I hear that there are little or no materials for your "normoxic", > > "intermendiate" or whatever "trimix" course. This would appear to make > > this course a case of "lip service" to those of us who have long been > > critics of your "deep air" courses and policy. > > > > While I like the fact that you to at least appear to comply with > > intelligent thinking, I find it appalling that the reality is you still > > may not. > > > > Is this true? > > > > > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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