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Guys, Has anybody read Bret Gilliams' article entitled "Decompression= Diving: It's for Everyone" on pages 29, 30, and 32? He's= introducing recreational divers to decompression diving stating,= "...That with proper training, skills and equipment recreational= divers (can) employ this legitimate technique for maximizing= hard-earned diving dollars..." He touches on just a few factors involved, but doesn't warn= concerning decompression diving on air. He does mention carrying= deco gas, but doesn't mention how this is performed. I realize= it's a "quicky" article, but really feel that he should= emphasize several points, the first being: "Decompression Diving= Is NOT for Everyone!" He points out that since most all divers are diving with a= computer, that performing decompression is simple. There are a whole mess of "points" that he makes, which don't= really address any of the issues and dangers involved, although= he does state that most dive shop owners and instructors don't= understand deco. diving. (That's the understatement of the= decade!) At the end of the article he lists three "technical dive"= training agencies: IANTD, PSA, and TDI. Heaven help us. (You'd= think that GUE was the leper colony of the dive world.) Instead of painting such a broad "stroke" (oops, I didn't= actually plan that pun) why can't he (or someone else) write a= series of articles going into detail concerning the subject= matter... First, explaining the real dangers, and then going on= to explain how the dangers are managed and planned for. I can= see that the stroke agencies are going to hop on the "tech= wagon" and start to slowly steer the dive masses towards= "technical diving". I fear that it will lead to another "Diving= is for everyone" mentality where my "Wal-Mart Associate" who= runs the buffer machine and weighs 300 pounds will think that he= can perform a decompression dive on air at 140 feet for an hour= and survive. Scott Gudmundsen Vernal, Utah! http://www.fotofixer.com/1ScubaPageHome.htm -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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