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I was never slamming anyone in my post. I simply felt obligated stating that I heard a rumor about the person the original poster asked about taking instruction with. I never meant it as fact that is why I didn't specify exactly what I heard, just that it would be wise to check it out before...

Here is the article. By DEBORAH BUCKHALTER Floridan Staff Writer The first words spoken by the diver rescued Saturday after being trapped six hours in one of Jackson County’s underwater caves let his hero know he was aware of just how close a call he’d had. "Hey, you looking for a...

An open water diver with no cave training was lost in a cave Saturday and rescued by WKPP diver Scott Hunsucker. This has to be the luckiest guy on the planet right now. This should be a good warning for anyone with ideas of exploring caves without proper training. Follow link for story...

What shop was that they were in?

You can set up independent doubles with a SS BP. http://www.northeastscubasupply.com/tanks/inde_double_rigs.html

How did the bolts coming out cause the tank to fall off? The bolts holding the wing to the plate are not even required they basicly just hold the wing on and straight while you are putting the tank on and tightening the straps.The tank straps go through the slots in the plate and hold it all...

This is not true, I personally know you can spearfish in Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska and I'd bet money there are other states also.

What LDS in St. Louis has 5 compressors and does 20 hours worth of fills a day?

Disconnecting your LPI for 5 seconds is really no big deal and is somthing you should be able to do easily any way. Here is a little videao of someone shootin a bag. http://www.fifthd.com/divestore/classes/video/sbag.htm

If you do not know how to determine your deco stop times then I would seek out technical training. There should be no reason that you need to determine deco stops for recreational diving, if diving within the recreational limits you shouldn't incur any deco obligations without pushing the tables...

Are you getting certified? Are you getting training? If not then seeking qualified training would be my first suggestion, there is NOTHING under the water worth risking DEATH to see.

Here is a message posted to rec.scuba by the creator of the program . http://groups.google.com/groups?q=v+planner+group:rec.scuba&hl=en&lr=lang_en&selm=25d760cd.0204130903.7378178c%40posting.google.com&rnum=3 Run identical profiles and you can see the difference, for example 80 fsw for 60...

z planner is more accurate for shallow dives as v planner is to conservative for shallower dives. Apparantly this will be addressed in the next version of v planner.

Buhlmann created the Swiss tables.

Actually the ISS and space shuttles air is 80 percent nitrogen and 20 percent oxygen at 1 atmosphere and the astronauts pre breathe 100 percent oxygen to flush nitrogen from their tissues before suiting up to reduce the chances of getting bent due to the decreased pressure in their suits.

The space suits worn by shuttle astronauts are pressurized to 4.3 psi.

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Not any more.