On Saturday, June 01, 2002 10:11 PM, Reef Fish wrote:

Jeff wrote:
> >> I personally prefer to use 1.4 ppO2, stay at least
> >> 10fsw above the MOD, and follow plain air NDL (a little flexible on the
> >> last one).

I wrote:
> >I'm with you!  :-)

> Probably not when he tried to follow da Feeesh down to 197 fsw and
> got a bit narked on the way.   :-)

'a bit narked'?  Mate!  I'd have been off the planet at that depth on air,
even allowing time to work up to it - as I seem to be one of those folks who
are susceptible, (or at least notice the effects of narcosis) - over a
period of days!  :-)

> You folks are back to the 131 fsw and YOU DIE mentality of PADI.

Not at all! :-)

I believe absolutely in the saying, "know your limitations - and the
personal limitations of the breathing medium - and dive within them."  :-)

> Watch my lips, as Sen(i)or Bush might say, "It's the EXPOSURE TIME
> that matters much more than the absolute PPO2 number".  :-)

Granted!  (Although I'd tend to say that both are equally important)  But
why not give oneself an 'edge' by reigning in both?  Particularly where
recreational diving's concerned. :-)))

Strike