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> Stop bashing each other and let's talk about 
> the real issues that effect our safety.
>
> Charlie Priestley

Hi Charlie and a sincere welcome to the list. As you noted it gets kind of
weird here sometimes but the information and exchanges are good if you are
able to sift through the noise.

Regarding your last comment...most of the bashing occurs because we ARE
talking about the issues that affect our safety. For example, there is one
camp (of which I am a proud member) that believes strongly in limiting ppO2s
and ppN2s to 1.4 ATA and 4.0 ATA respectively. We adhear to these standards
for safety...ours! There is another group who feel strongly that divers have
the right to do "anything they damn well please" to quote one member. Thus
the flames and bashing begin.

The truth of the matter is that both groups are 100% correct. I will dive
with the standards that I believe in, based upon my experiences and the
information I have been priviledged to learn. The other group, call them
group 2, will dive any way they damn well please. There is nothing
necessarily wrong with either philosophy, except that some members from group
2 occasionally find it difficult to make the same number of ascents as
descents. This looks bad for all of us since the outside world tends to group
us all together and label us all lunatics.

I for one am proud to call myself a techdiver (whatever that is). However, I
do everything I can to ensure that my kids still have a father at the end of
each dive.

Win Remley
Co-Publisher, DeepTech Journal
deeptek@ao*.co*

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