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  1. Nailer99

    IANTD in the PNW?

    I'll second this- Don Kinney (Edmonds Tech Diving) and Ron Akeson (adventures down under) are both excellent instructors- I haven't taken any training from them, but I've met them both (nice guys) and I dive with guys who were trained by them all the time.
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    The pony taboo

    When I dove with a single tank, I started carrying an Al40, slung in front of me, cave style, and I loved it- I tried carrying it on my back, attached to my main tank, and I really didn't like it that way. Slung off your D rings, it almost disappears, it's not in the way, or cumbersome, in the...
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    DAN reports RB deaths up 300%!

    It's like one of those chain-reaction, 128 vehicle car wrecks you hear about.....
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    DAN reports RB deaths up 300%!

    Hey Papa Bear! Thanks For The Info! I Had No Idea That My Rebreather Was 300% More Dangerous Than It Was 10 Years Ago! I'm Going To Crush It In One Of Those Big Crushy-things They Use To Recycle Cars! And Go Back To Sitting On My Couch, Staring At The Wall! Dan Says That's 627% Safer Than Diving...
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    Does the economy cause accidents?

    Diving has never been a cheap sport. Cheap people have died doing dives with sub-par equipment, people have died doing dives with dive operators cutting every conceivable cost, such as having radios on their boats, or other basic safety gear, but I doubt that you could prove any correlation...
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    More Rebreathers Out There Everyday!

    This is an exciting time to be a CCR diver- there are new innovations and new units coming out all the time. I think it's the wave of the future, especially for tech diving. Recreational diving CCR is seeing a greater market share every year as well, but Open Circuit will always be the solid...
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    Diver dies in Hood Canal?

    Not sure about that, but Mike's is pretty much in Eldon, is it not? I don't think there's another dive site very close, at least not a well known one.
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    Rebreather accident in South Florida

    Yep. Hypercapnia (excessive CO2) is very different from hypo/hyper oxia. Great vid- it's been a staple on rebreatherworld, and a lot of other sites. It should be shown to every single CCR student during their training, IMO. Low P02 seems to be the #1 killer of CCR divers, for several...
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    Rebreather accident in South Florida

    True, there may be symptoms of hypo/ hyper oxia, but more than likely, there won't be any......these things can happen pretty quickly, especially in the case of a rapid ascent, as I mentioned above. There should be plenty of indicators from the equipment, alerting the diver to a high or low P02...
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    Rebreather accident in South Florida

    Mostly, hypoxic CCR divers just pass out and drown. It shouldn't happen, because there are many different safety features designed to alert the diver to hypoxia, but it does happen. If, for example, a diver were to notice a low P02 in the loop, for whatever reason, and their first reaction...
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    I'm getting closer and closer to my own CCR

    The HH looks like quite a well built unit- I'm impressed by the features it offers, such as the built in 4th cell, and the abilty to switch from mCCR to eCCR. But I'm in looooove with my COPIS Meg right now!
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    Best time to dive Alki to see sixgills?

    I've seen 3 at cove 2 this year. They were at depths from 60-100 feet, and times from 6-8 PM.
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    New to rebreathers ahhhhhhh!

    I had the same problem for a while with my work laptop- it fixed itself, somehow- I got some helpfull advice in this thread on Deco Stop: The Deco Stop Hope that helps!
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    How Soon Before Everyone is Using a Rebreather?

    I think the "niche" is going to be bigger than a lot of people realize. And as far as the difficulty of use goes- It's been easier for me than learning OC diving. And cost? Well........how long before it costs 500$ to fill a set of 130s with 15/50?
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    How Soon Before Everyone is Using a Rebreather?

    Not to mention the huge advantages in NDLs brought on by wearing a Nitrox blending station on your back. The deciding moment for me was a dive with a buddy of mine last February- he was on a CCR, I was on OC- double 98's, no stage bottle, breathing air. We went to a local dive site that's very...
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    How Soon Before Everyone is Using a Rebreather?

    I know lots of people won't agree with this statement, but: In my opinion, Closed Circuit rebreathers will be used by the majority of people doing what we loosely refer to as "tech diving" within 10 years. There are more and more of them out there every year, and the advantages of diving...
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    Diver missing on Cape Breton in Nanaimo 11/24/07

    Wow. I've been following this one closely- I'm local, and, I don't know- I feel kind of involved with it, somehow. Thanks for all the info, Dave and Ron- as divers and web surfers, we usually don't hear so much detail. I'm really glad the RCMP opened the wreck up for you guys- it must have been...
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    Condolences for Daniel; Nanaimo 11/24/07

    Man, this sucks. Condolences to the surviving friends and family.
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    What form of air source redundancy?

    Doubles. Often with a 40 cf bottle of 50-100% to burn off deco, or act as a bail out. I'm writing this with my new Megaladon CCR (minus the breathing loop) sitting behind me- gonna have to rethink the solo thing here, pretty soon- but I know I'll be doing it again.
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    Confirmed middle age shipwreck found by Scubaboard member

    Wow! Congratulations on an amazing find! What a cool story! I stopped coming to scubaboard a while ago, but I started again, recently. Please keep us updated on any new developments with this wreck- I would love to hear about it if it gets salvaged or anything like that!
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