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----- Original Message ----- From: "David Vrona" <dave@vr*.co*> To: <fltechdiver@mikey.net> Cc: <vbtech@ci*.co*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 10:22 PM Subject: Re: Lake Jocassee Project > --On Tuesday, November 12, 2002 10:47 AM -0500 Chris Elmore > <elmorec@at*.ne*> wrote: > > > occasionally is a price we pay to do what we do. Sure, we can do the > > "weenie" deco and brag about never getting bent but that does nothing to > > add to our understanding of decompression. > > "weenie" deco ??? > > That's somewhat of a reckless statement, is it not? Reckless? I don't think so (it *is* in quotation marks). Deco is a variable thing and you can do too much as well as too little. There are so many people that set their gradient factors conservatively and still add "fudge factors", not to mention the various computer lemmings that do whatever the computer tells them to with no real understanding of why. I have been known to get agressive on the profile- possibly too much so- but that is dependant on who I'm diving with and the logistics of handling potential problems. A deco that I would feel comfortable with doing 100 miles offshore would be a "weenie" deco in N. Florida. What would you call it if your buddy consistantly wanted to do 20-30% more deco than necessary? And for the record, I stay with my buddy through deco regardless of whether it's "weenie" deco or not. C. Chris Elmore 34°02'24"N, 80°58'55"W (803) 348-3055 mobile -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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