Pete, WADR, reach up and grab the cotton out of you ears, and put it in your mouth. You are missing some serious information. Let the others tell you , since you are clearly not listening to me. HESSIANS@ao*.co* wrote: > > George > I do not doubt that mixed gases are generally safer than air at depth. Just > what depth is, in my humble opinion (and 23 years of diving) diver dependant. > We dived deep air for a long time before mix was understood or available > here. I happen to have very good tolerance to nitrogen narcosis and have > done all dozen MONITOR dives on it--with excellent photographic and/or > archaeological results. Others are seriously incapacitated at 100 fsw. > > I am not trying to say that my methods are better or even suitable for others > to emulate--only that it has worked for me. Nevertheless, I generally dive > mix for any dives deeper than 200 fsw. But mix has its drawbacks, too: how > many have been killed by switching to the wrong deco gas? > > I certainly do not have the same diving credentials as do you--but I > nevertheless have compiled an impressive record and have learned to be > extremely cautious on deep exposures. I may hang longer than most others, > but I feel that 5-10 minutes cold and uncomfortable buys days of peace of > mind after one is out of the water. I do not look at deco as a race for the > most efficient time, but rather as a necessary penalty for exposing my body > to extreme ranges of pressure and partial pressures. > > I will be speaking along with you in Stockholm and am very much looking to > meeting you in person. I am sure that I can learn a lot about diving from > you and your colleagues. And from me, you can probably learn a lot about the > political developments that threaten to wreck diving. > Peter Hess > PS That master's workout is killer. 100 100's on the 1:30 without additional > rest? We just did 3,000 yards last night with mostly shorter intervals. > Can't imagine more than tripling it. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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