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Honestly, you guys are either very shortsighted, highly prejudiced, or extremely arrogant. I suspect all three, but mostly the latter. Certainly there are rec. divers out there who cannot change a fin strap, but we are talking about a community that encompasses a whole range of diving abilities from the incompetents who shouldn't be in the water up to very experienced and competent divers. There are rec. divers out there who are better divers than many on this list will ever be. There are many rec. divers who are technical divers on other weekends. There are many rec. divers who are very capable of safely using Nitrox, and would be just as capable of handling other such gases were they allowed in recreational diving. Don't forget the "can't change a fin strap" brigade seldom dive Nitrox because they don't do the dives where its needed. As for Jim's suggestion on an industry-wide ban on PO2s over 1.2. So you advocate regulation of an area of diving in which you're not involved because you think its a little bit dangerous. Lets see, what other areas of diving can we see that are a little bit dangerous - maybe going inside wrecks, people die doing that - sounds like we need an industry wide ban there too. Cave diving ...... > -----Original Message----- > From: stuart.morrison@sw*.co*.uk* > [mailto:stuart.morrison@sw*.co*.uk*] > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 8:11 AM > To: cobber@ci*.co*; dmdalton@qu*.ne* > Cc: dwiden@ho*.co*; donburke56@ne*.ne*; Bakalite@ba*.co*; > techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: RE: rec trimix > > > Jim, > > > if you need to spend more time down > > there then you need > > to do it right with doubles and a deco plan > > at last someone talking sense, trimix on single bottles, recreational > trimix certs, no-deco gas diving tables... what next - fat tourists in > lycra skins trying to work out gas dives on the wheel, wearing Zeagle > BCD's and black snorkles and trying to find somewhere to stuff their > Spare Air? We are talking about a community that cannot change a > finstrap > without taking a training course first. It's a noble aim to "save" rec > divers from narcosis, but this is not the answer, it's a quick > fix, it is > not a solution. If you dive gas then dive it properly, this is > beyond the > realm of recreational diving. > > > > Visit our web site at www.scott-wilson.com > > Privilege and Confidentiality Notice. > This e-mail and any attachments to it are intended only for the party > to whom they are addressed. They may contain privileged and/or > confidential information. If you have received this transmission in > error, please notify the sender immediately and delete any digital > copies and destroy any paper copies. > Thank you. > > > Scott Wilson Scotland Ltd > Registered in Scotland No. 48951, > Registered Office: 6 Park Circus, Glasgow, G3 6AX. UK. > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > This message has been checked for all known viruses, by Star Internet, > delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. > For further information visit: > http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp > > -- > 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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