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Hi All, MJB wrote: > http://x56=2Edeja=2Ecom/getdoc=2Exp?AN=3D581971410 This really is convincing! I'm ready to give up "tech" diving right now=2E No quick releases on a harness! Gasp! A timer and no dive computer! =20 Aaargh! A single pressure gauge and no huge console! Oooh! Double =20 cylinders! Eek! And diving beyond recreational limits? Sacrelige! Burn them! Burn them! So if these are all bad then the best system is=2E=2E=2E a BCD with quick =20= =20 releases (Zeagle?), an Aladin Nitrox X, a giant console, a single bottle =20 (having two is just downright dangerous) and a pony (that's alright, it's =20= =20 not really a second bottle, it's "just in case") filled with EAN40 =20 (because that is as much as the dive computer will handle)=2E And finally,=20= =20 dive within recreational limits because recreational diving has such a =20 good safety record, doesn't it? I'm not a DIR diver and I don't really care one way or another who is=2E I=20= =20 do know what is just plain stupidity=2E But this list is called TECHdiver =20= =20 not RECdiver or SPORTdiver=2E I've been involved in technical diving for =20 ten years, I've been gas diving for six of them=2E Keep this sport diving =20= =20 dilletante rubbish to the recreational lists, don't peddal it on a tech =20 list where the majority of its subscribers have more knowledge and =20 experience to be anything but insulted by this patronising rubbish=2E It's=20= =20 got no business here, it is not informative, it doesn't even make sense =20 and it is getting very boring=2E Visit our web site at www=2Escott-wilson=2Ecom Privilege and Confidentiality Notice=2E This e-mail and any attachments to it are intended only for the party=20 to whom they are addressed=2E They may contain privileged and/or=20 confidential information=2E If you have received this transmission in=20 error, please notify the sender immediately and delete any digital=20 copies and destroy any paper copies=2E Thank you=2E Scott Wilson Scotland Ltd Registered in Scotland No=2E 48951,=20 Registered Office: 6 Park Circus, Glasgow, G3 6AX=2E UK=2E ________________________________________________________________________ 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'.
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