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George Irvine wrote:

>   Let's just cut to the chase here. PADI teaches deep air
>and that is all you need. The agencies teaching multiple
>levels of deep air are off base. The merrit badge system
>of diving is off base - divers need to learn how to dive
>first. This and the perpetration of the macho, record setting,
>good deep on air, depth for its own sake and tech for its
>own sake are the problem.
>  The record speaks for itself and the physiology problems
>speak for themselves. The way to learn to dive is to go
>diving - the rest of this stuff is classroom.
>  I (we) train our people without any of this nonsense,
>and the results speak for themselves.   George
>
>
>


PADI does not teach (or sanction in its courses) planned decompression
dives of any kind
 don't you think decompression experience is necessary (or at least a good
idea) before making the jump to mix?

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