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Not to interrup this pillow-fight, but what Gilliam wrote was not even remotely similar to what you are posting here. His article, posting from memory, said something along the lines that having one beer would not necessarily be an absolute "no no" - and the reference was to casual rec diving (ie, Scuba Diving mag's target readership). One beer does not *necessarily* equal inebriation or dehydration - and that was precisely the point he was trying to make. As for his personal depth records, etc. - TDI the *agency* doesnt mandate or even *actively* advocate deep air diving. However, the world is a lot bigger than just USA, and there are a lot of places where you cannot even get nitrox, let alone trimix. And now, back to your regularly-scheduled flame wars. Vandit >From: Skip MacElhannon <skipmac@co*.co*> >To: ScottBonis@ao*.co* >CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com >Subject: Re: WTF is Ed? >Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 23:37:38 -0400 > >Scott, > >The issue with TDI has nothing to do with DIR or not DIR. And I do not >doubt that there are some excellent instructors that teach for TDI. The >problem I have is with the policies of the organization and the activities >of the president of TDI, Brett Gilliam. This is a man that recently >published an article in a national dive magazine advocating drinking and >diving. His argument is that a little beer does not contribute to >dehydration or DCS. He seems completely oblivious to the fact that alcohol >impairs one's judgement (I assume you agree that diving while even a little >inebriated is not safe, even for a shallow, open water, recreational >dive). Perhaps his attitude is understandable when one considers that he >has also published articles referring to pot smoking on dive trips and is >the leading advocate in the "dive industry" for deep air narcosis, the best >drug of all. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.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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