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Thank you so much for making posts like this. You are making my point in ways I never could. Once again, Kurt, this time in in C minor- "I'm siiiinging in the rain" "Yes, siiiingin' in the rain" Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/ > From: KRussellTX@ao*.co* > Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 04:38:08 EDT > To: cobber@ci*.co* > Subject: Re: 80/20 deco > > Jim, > > > In a message dated 8/27/00 5:54:10 PM, cobber@ci*.co* writes: > > << A major precept of DIR is using the same gear configuration all the time. >>> > > This is about as dumb as not using dive computers for recreational dives and > using dual tanks for a 40 ft. reef dive....Bwa ha ha ha. > > << As how this precept applies to gas choices, after you do a bunch of dives > using 50 & 100 you get to the point that you know what your deco is going to > be without having to cut tables. If you are constantly "optimizing" your > mixes trying to squeeze out a minute here and a minute there, you never get > to know your deco schedule and how your body reacts to the deco. > And if you know what your deco schedule is, then you know generally what > your fellow dives are going to be. So when the shit hits the fan there is no > a goat-fuck when you are trying to solve an emergency situation. No man is > an island. Nobody in their right mind would go on tech dives thinking that > they don't need any support with any part of the dive. That is a fools > errand. >> > > This same concept works for EAN36 and EAN80, you know. > > << You guys really need to try this. I cut tables for each dive because this > is > part of my drill. But the warm and fuzzies you get by knowing that you can > do your deco in your head is hard to quantify. >> > > I'm sooo glad you feel warm and fuzzy. Do you take your little teddy with > you diving? > > << Why 50 and 100? Outside of the bakers dozen I use them because it's simple, > quick and efficient to do a 50 and a 100 mix. Keeping it simple reduces the > potential for error by a large margin. As I mentioned I dive off of boats > and doing a 50% is bad enough on a cold, wet night on the back of a pitching > boat, why waste time with a 80/40. >> > > I'd really like you to mix me up some 80/40. Great stuff. > > << I'd also like to point out that using 36/80 on dives like your example > forces you to use something larger than the optimal AL40 for your final deco > gas. All this to save 5 min.s. I just don't understand your logic. >> > > The logic, you Bozo, was to prove that the Baker's Dozen is a load of > hogwash. And anytime someone mentions EAN80, all of you DIR lemmings join in > with LOOK UP THE BAKERS DOZEN. I swear, it seems like none of you have ever > even thought about this stuff. > > << I know it is hopeless to point out usable, proven techniques like this to > you two bozos as it conflicts with your anti-DIR agenda. But I am sure that > there are lurkers out there who can be persuaded not to dive with the likes > of you fellows (assuming you dive) and take the enlightened high road. >> > > << There are, and will always be, one heck of a lot more divers that say "up > yours to petty tyrants and the DIR Team, that's DIRT to you, Jim. >> > > Karl > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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