Blackwood
Contributor
I think dpbishop's point bears repeating:
"assuming you have sufficient air to complete one"
Gas requirements increase dramatically with exposure. As rstofer and others have discussed, the "no stop tables" are generated for a direct (no stop) ascent at a specified ascent rate. As you can imagine, you generally need less gas to satisfy the deco requirements (e.g. 1 minute up from 60 feet on a 60-fpm table) of a no-stop table than a stop-table.
Decompression isn't black and white. You don't switch from "no deco" to "deco". If you overstay your table by a minute or two and don't adjust the ascent, you could be fine. Likewise, if you understay your table you could not be fine.
But while deco isn't black and white, breathing is. Either you can or you can't.
Gas is the paramount factor.
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"assuming you have sufficient air to complete one"
Gas requirements increase dramatically with exposure. As rstofer and others have discussed, the "no stop tables" are generated for a direct (no stop) ascent at a specified ascent rate. As you can imagine, you generally need less gas to satisfy the deco requirements (e.g. 1 minute up from 60 feet on a 60-fpm table) of a no-stop table than a stop-table.
Decompression isn't black and white. You don't switch from "no deco" to "deco". If you overstay your table by a minute or two and don't adjust the ascent, you could be fine. Likewise, if you understay your table you could not be fine.
But while deco isn't black and white, breathing is. Either you can or you can't.
Gas is the paramount factor.
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