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Maria's comments lead me to a key differentiator between "technical" and "recreational" diving. Technical diving always involves a specific goal. Sport diving often has no purpose other than enjoyment. This key difference sums it up for me. Without a specific goal in mind, I certainly wouldn't be doing long deep dives which require decompression. Without a clear goal, I'd find another area to dive which didn't have the same burden, and turn the dive back into a sport dive. Maria D. Maggio writes: > > [....] I'm never in decompression > long enough that I couldn't fully decompress plus some > on my pony bottle. Ah, but if you were using EANx in the proper depth ranges you'd probably not have gotten into that mild decompression. > [...] I only dive on air. I've yet to > be convinced that nitrox is worth the trouble. In my climate -- Monterey Bay with 50-55F water temps, and rough open ocean conditions -- my "technical" dives are all deeper than 130fsw. I can safely use EANx only as a decompression mix. I, too, find the added equipment maintenance burden of Nitrox inappropriate. However, were I doing dives in the 100-130fsw range, I would find the reduced decompression obligations of EANx most enticing. Cheers, David Story NAUI AI Z9588, PADI DM 43922, EMT story@be*.wp*.sg*.co* Oxygen is a drug in California.
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