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At 8:50 AM 9/15/95, GEORGE M IRVINE III wrote: > Richard, we know you believe in diver individuality. Not quite. I strongly agree with you that team consistancy is very important. >That won't happen with us. We solve the "dive with >another team" argument by applying Rule #1. If that >rule is not violated, then there is no need to worry >about fitting in. I agree that IF the techniques appropriate for deep scooter clear water Florida caves were the best technique for ALL diving conditions, then there would be no reason to use any other technique. However, I am not convinced that YOUR techniques are the "best" for EVERY dive scenario. > The argument about diving deep with air because >other gas is not available is like saying that you should >go ahead and drive home drunk from the bar because >there is no taxi service. Don't get drunk. That is not what I was saying. My argument is that there is a tradeoff. Diving multi-gas deep mix is more complicated than diving a single back mix. Therefore there is some point for which the benefit of simplicity more than offsets the "narcosis penalty" for using a less-than-optimum mix. After all, unless you have some kind of automatic mixer, if the number of different depths exceeds the number of mixes that you carry, you are making a trade-off and diving a less-than-optimum mix at some of those depths. ---- Richard Wackerbarth rkw@da*.ne*
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