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Dan my man you are a stud!

Dan Volker wrote:

> Bigvon,
>
> You are laboring under a few major misconceptions;
> 1.George does far more ocean dives on deep wrecks and deep reefs than he
> does cave dives.
> 2. On many of these dives scooters are NOT USED, particularly on our deep
> spearfishing dives.
> 3. One set of double 80's and one 40 ft stage of 50/50 Nitrox is all we
> would typically need, since we don't share your massive requirement for huge
> deco on short 23 to 25 minute dives ( actual bottom time) .
> 4. If you were to attempt to dive with George and I on the deep Jupiter
> ledge ( 180 to 240), or any other good spearfishing ledge at depths ranging
> from 200 to 260, there is no way you would be able to even keep us in sight.
> We would be swimming easily at hunting pace. You would be gasping for air at
> emergency speed( for you), and losing ground every minute. After 5 to 10
> minutes, you and your buddy would no longer have us in view, and to add
> insult to injury, if you attempted this, you would most likely be in severe
> danger from an enormous CO2 buildup, even with Trimix. Beyond that, your
> next danger would be having enough gas to make it back to the surface, since
> 10 minutes of following us would most likely leave you with less than 500
> psi in your backgas. For this reason, if we were to allow you to make this
> futile attempt, we would have to have another WKPP diver accompanying you
> and your buddy by scooter, dragging  3 or 4 stages to cover the almost
> certain OOA scenario you would foolishly fall into.
> 5. If you want to try swimming dives with us, you better be doing at least
> 40 miles per day on a bike, and getting your bodyfat down to at least
> "average" levels. This type of training allows George or I to keep up with
> scooter divers if we desire, using fins and good technique.  When you can
> keep up with Gavins or Makos, using just your own power, maybe then you can
> attempt to dive with us.
>
> Regards,
> Dan Volker

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