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Kevin. My friend. Stop!!!
On Fri, 6 Oct 1995 HeyyDude@ao*.co* wrote:
> Well, I'm gonna throw in my $.02 here regarding the Deep Air vs. Mix (i.e.
> Nitrox/Heliox/O2 etc...).
>
> Deep air is indeed dangerous at certain depths for different divers. Some
> divers may find themselves narced at 100' and others don't catch the buzz
> until 180. I know 3 guys who dove the Monitor (hell, everyone probably knows
> them too), and they were able to function effectively enough at 230' to
> produce a film. Personally, I catch the buzz at about 170' and don't really
> start to feel uncoordinated until 190. Now, my friends who dived the Monitor
> are very experienced on deep air, and as such don't seem to have too many
> problems with it (and guys, please don't start with the "well, it'll happen
> someday" stuff, these guys got about 100 years of diving experience between
> them).
>
> The point I was going to make here is this: Its kinda like when you first
> started diving and you went down with your scuba gear, and an extra reg, and
> "Spare Air" and your deluxe Dive Knife, and your speargun, and your spare
> mask (in case the first falls off), your UK-800 light (even though it was a
> day dive to 60'), game bag etc, etc... Until you looked like something out of
> Star Wars. The more shit you carry, the greater chance you have of getting
> caught up in all that gear and having an accident.
>
> The same is true for Mixed Gas. You got your heliox in 3 bottles, with a
> bottle of Nitrox for anything less than 120', then you got your O2 bottle set
> up for those long deco stops. So far, you've got at least 2 chances to die
> if you pick the wrong mix for the wrong depth. When diving deep air, you run
> the risk of totally narcing out, or catching an O2 hit (if you push the
> limits of deep air). But if you look at the accident statistics, I think
> you'll find that these days, more guys kak (that's the last sound you make -
> "kaaaaaakkkk) while using mix than on deep air (I'm talking about technical
> {with apologies to Rod} divers).
>
> Now, I aint no teacher, and I aint wrote no books, so none of you are to take
> my advice on this - I just thought I'd throw in to the discussion this simple
> idea:
>
> "The more shit you carry, the greater the chance you'll get some on your
> shoes..." (deep, eh?)
>
> And just to keep the flame level down - understand that I produce films for a
> living, and I'm rich enough to buy my own rebreather just because I wanted it
> - but I don't dive deeper than 200', and I don't dive mix because if you saw
> the way I keep my office, you'd know that I shouldn't be trusted with too
> many different gasses anyway.
>
> My friends who continue to dive deep air owe me a beer for this eloquent
> post...
>
> Later...
>
> Kevin "where's my god-damned valium??"
> aka HeyyDude@AO*.co*
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