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   The techdiver list is replete with those who feel there is an
ability to dive deep on air. We all, in fact can do it quite well,
according to this measure (the self-measurement of the impaired
diver).  The fact is that most of us have done it, and I am a major
offender. I like to get high as much as the next guy, and having a
bigger ego than any of you, I think I can do it better. However, I
also have extensive physiological knowledge related to this sport, and
know it is a real problem in that regard.  I also know it is dangerous
. I also know that gas works better in both regards. For these reasons
I dive gas , and I recommend it to others. I will also recommend that
we not use tolerance of impairment as a measure of ability, because
this chages unpredictably, and the consequences are well documented.
Please ignore the efforts of some to present dangerous practices as a
good thing, they are just not in possession of all of the facts, no
matter what they say. I think any of you who know the rigors of cave
diving can see that the offenders have no clue as to what real skill
is.

   Somebody needs to forward this to techdiver, since I have removed
myself from that list due to the fact that in between advertising and
deep air, the neophytes and crybabies clogg the traffic. 

- George Irvine

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