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Party On Billy! :-) Thanks for the translation btw...Mark was uttering such moronic statements that I thought I was reading it wrong...but you clarified it for me! I now know that we has speaking _Australian_ English...not good old American English! Hence my utter confusion, at the statements that deep air is safe, and a good practice. Funny is that Big Von still sounds the same no matter what you do to it. Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: <bdi@wh*.ne*> To: techdiver <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 7:54 PM Subject: Re: deep air death at 40 fathom grotto > At 08:35 29/11/99 , mcz wrote: > > Sean, please allow me to respond. > > > >>The same > >>Mark Zurl who states deep air is a good thing, and acceptable, despite > >>OVERWHELMING evidence of it dangers... > > I did not say Deep Air was a good thing ... We all recognize the advantages > > helium has, but I believe dives to 200feet can be done safely (on air). > > I did not say that driving drunk is a good thing... We all recognise the > advantages sobriety has, but I believe driving can be done safely (after a > few drinks). > > > There are > > many people in the world who do not have access to helium and their > > safety record is impressive. Many dives have been done (maybe millions) > > on deep air before generating a helium table became common knowledge > > There are many people in the world who do not have access to taxis, and > their safety record is impressive. Many partygoers (maybe millions) > have driven home while drunk before breathalysers and tough anti drink-driving > laws became commonplace > > >and > > the statistics would not indicate that air (to 200') is compromising safety to a large degree. > > And the statistics would not indicate that drinking (up to, say 4) before > driving is compromising safety to a large degree. > > > I was upset when I saw the statement that teaching deep air is tantamount > > to murder. It was irresponsible and slandered individuals who have made > > significant contributions to the industry. In addition, it was an > > assumption that the recent death was a direct result of the diver breathing > > air instead of a helium mixture and this is open for debate. > > I was upset when I saw the statement that teaching drunk driving is tantamount > to murder. It was irresponsible and slandered individuals who have made > significant contributions to driving. In addition it was an assumption that a > recent death was a direct result of the drunk driver drinking alcoholic beverages > rather than soft-drinks and this is open for debate. > > > That was an old picture of me when I started doing deeper dives. Since > > that time I have embraced many DIR techniques and have improved my > > equipment configuration considerably. Thanks are in order for all those > > who have given us this knowledge. > > All the best, > > Mark Zurl > > > Mark, the part of DIR which you have not yet embraced is > possibly the most important one. > > rgrds billyw > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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