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>I look forward to when helium is accepted. Me too. However, BSAC tables and the state of the "extended range" courses are so way off the mark, I think it could take some time to get there. Scary, really as BSAC is one of *the* best recreational training organisations. David Shimell Email: shimell@se*.co* <mailto:shimell@se*.co*> Project Manager, IBM NUMA-Q, Sequent Computer Systems Limited, Weybridge Business Park, Addlestone Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT15 2UF, UK registered in England and Wales under company number: 1999363, registered office as above -----Original Message----- From: scubadiverca [SMTP:scubadiver_ca@ya*.co*] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 1:05 PM To: techdiver@aquanaut.com Subject: RE: BSAC 1999 Incident Reports I realise the recreational nature of the organisation, but 50m on air? That depth on air is just asking for trouble. I look forward to when helium is accepted. scubadiver_ca --- "Shimell, David (shimell)" <shimell@se*.co*> wrote: > I suspect that the term "air" is used as generic. > > You have to remember that the BSAC is fundamentally > a recreational diving > organisation. "BSAC dives" are those up to 50m and > involving no more than 20 > minutes of deco in any one day. Despite rejecting > Nitrox initially, BSAC > then adopted it. It has not adopted Helium-based > mixtures. So, a 50m air > dive would be within the range permitted by BSAC. > > David Shimell > Email: shimell@se*.co* > <mailto:shimell@se*.co*> > Project Manager, IBM NUMA-Q, Sequent Computer > Systems Limited, > Weybridge Business Park, Addlestone Road, Weybridge, > Surrey, KT15 2UF, UK > registered in England and Wales under company > number: 1999363, registered > office as above > > -----Original Message----- > From: scubadiverca [SMTP:scubadiver_ca@ya*.co*] > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 12:54 AM > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: Re: BSAC 1999 Incident Reports > > List, > > Out of curiosity, is anyone aware if in the report > the > term air is used as the generic term for gas or for > air itself? If the latter is true, it seems like air > has been taken to deeper depths than it should have > been in many of the cases stated. I only ask as the > specific gas mix is named in a few of the incidents. > > > Safe Diving > > scubadiver_ca > > --- "Shimell, David (shimell)" <shimell@se*.co*> > wrote: > > All > > > > Of interest to some, the BSAC 1999 incident report > > has now been made > > available on: > > > > http://www.bsac.com/techserv/increp99/intro.htm > > <http://www.bsac.com/techserv/increp99/intro.htm> > > > > > David Shimell > > Email: shimell@se*.co* > > <mailto:shimell@se*.co*> > > Project Manager, IBM NUMA-Q, Sequent Computer > > Systems Limited, > > Weybridge Business Park, Addlestone Road, > Weybridge, > > Surrey, KT15 2UF, UK > > registered in England and Wales under company > > number: 1999363, registered > > office as above > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to > > `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to > > `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to > `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to > `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com -- 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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