How deep you could go on air is IMO way different than how deep you should go on air. That is if we assume that air is ever a good choice. You will get different numbers from different people.
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MikeFerrara once bubbled...
I won't go so far as to say that GUE is the only way to go but I will agree that if one can use Helium they should. The IANTD Normoxic Trimix can be done without ever going below 130 on air.
scuberd once bubbled...
I am not a tech diver, but I am wondering one thing. I would like to know how deep one can go on air alone. I promise I will not go that deep (I enjoy being alive), its only for my personal info.
MikeFerrara once bubbled...
I won't go so far as to say that GUE is the only way to go but I will agree that if one can use Helium they should. The IANTD Normoxic Trimix can be done without ever going below 130 on air.
MikeFerrara once bubbled...
MHK,
I would like to hear more about what you see as "woefully lacking " in the DSAT program (outside of the deep air part). I am asking this only for my own information and don't have any strong feelings about the program one way or the other.
MikeFerrara once bubbled...
One other question though, I think there have been two different times now when you infered that the student wasn't required to go deep in the course. The way I read the standards there are several dives where the student is required to dive below 130 and at least one diver when the student is required to dive below 145. Did I misunderstand something? could you explain?
Also, I noted in an earlier post that the course doesn't include much discussion of phisiology at all. Did Karl or anyone else offer an explanation?
rusky4u once bubbled...
so, my questions are:
- does any one in the board experienced any of the Padi`s/DSAT Tec Rec programs?
- If yes, any comments?
- If Padi/Dsat use and supports the above-mentioned gear whats the fuzz on the use of such gear in OWD training, both by students and instructors?
- Is Padi going en route for what seems to be a Tec boom???