Kevrumbo
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What's next? Thinking of a look at the Princess of the Orient at 115m sometime in the future? (On trimix, this time?)
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The helium bill for a 100m dive will be horrendous.
What's next? Thinking of a look at the Princess of the Orient at 115m sometime in the future? (On trimix, this time?)
That would be very cool, but it's beyond my current capabilities - and the idea of 3 hours of deco doesn't excite me too much!
I've been thinking about a wreck diving trip to Coron or Truk as the next adventure
Make sure you have another colleague to share the instructor's helium bill !!!I will probably do a trimix course sometime next year, so it will be interesting to go to the same sites and see the difference the gas makes - better or worse
What about a drysuit and doing some dives in Melbourne??
But seriously... I will be back in Melbourne next month, Ben has been trying to get onto you about doing the J4/Canberra with Rusthunters or something like that
I just can't wait to dive 19 degree water again /sarc
I've just thought of an analogy, that might make sense.
Ingrained and instinctive 'second nature' dive skills are like hardware.
Creative thought, improvisation and problem solving is like software.
Narcosis is like a computer virus. It affects the software, not the hardware.
I felt the same way as you do… I think you are confusing symptoms with cause
…a diver can be unknowingly narc'd to hell and totally incapable of responding effectively to any novel circumstances that force them to attempt to utilise skills or problem solving that is not 'second nature'.
People who go "ive never been narked" worry me more than people who admit to being narked. The latter group is aware they're impaired and adjusts their procedures accordingly
To me narcosis biggest factor is the descent rate. A fast descent i get hit far worse than a slow descent