John Nitrox wrote:

<<much ranting snipped >>   8^)

> Also, while it's a good idea to pay
> attention to your computer/depth gauge, your most sensitive depth
> instrument is often your ears which, for me, react to depth changes much
> more quickly than my instruments.  In fact, if I don't have a rock steady
> frame of reference like a mooring line, or a Mika Doelle, or a hang bar, I
> tend to pay as much attention to my ears as to my instruments while at a
> stop.  YMMV.

Never having Mika as a reference, I do exactly as John does!  My ears have
always been a hindrance when descending (they clear only with considerable
difficulty), but they are my first warning of a too-rapid ascent.  Better than
any gauge or computer!

Dive safe [\],
-Dave


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