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    Info Helium is expensive and deep air is not my thing. -Let's talk about "Big" dives.

    There’s nothing smart about doing 60 -70m dives On air that sort of chestthumping BS is from a previous generation that has no place in today’s technical diving Sadly those who do those dives on air seem to want to tell everybody about how they did the dive on air more so than what they...
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    Question Bailout gas configs for tech/deep chestmount rebreathers

    If only they were on scubaboard we could sort it all out
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    Question Bailout gas configs for tech/deep chestmount rebreathers

    someone mentioned it- 80% isnt as effective if needed to a) offgas b) feed your ccr if needed c) provide a good gas if you haver a DCS problem versus making your gas cover a slightly wider range while carrying the disadvantages of abc
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    diary

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    Error Losing Your Group - Lessons to be Learned

    I like doing the occasion video or photo shoot - i ether do it solo or make sure the person im with is happy to follow along or be a model - if they dont no problem il go solo or find someone else. What really gets me riled up however is divers with camera rigs that assume its all about them -...
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    5 pin wet mate rEvo

    not that hard if youve got the right tools
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    Question Cave 2 or sidemount full cave?

    I do most of my dives on ccr back mount (rEvo) if im going on cave trip or I have a specific dive that the back mount isn't suitable I use OC sidemount -before the trip ill go spend 6 or so dives on OC in local lake to get into it again it depends on the demand of the dive that determines...
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    Cyprus Dives, Zenobia Wreck

    get wet divers - Ben wrench Ben took us everywhere and we did some great penetration dives in the engine room and auxiliary engine room -Ive dived with Ben on the Mikhail Lermontov -which in my opinion has the best penetration diving ive ever done
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    Divers Propulsion Vehicles on Liveaboards

    just to follow up on this - i recently flew through Brisbane airrport in Australia and without this letter from Qantas i would not that have got my batteries through- on that trip I went through 4 other airports without problem - dont assume the security staff at the airports are up to speed...
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    In Process: More new annoying adds...

    with 2000 plus comments? clearly it does not - unless the poster referanced is an anomaly
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    In Process: More new annoying adds...

    are you really that obtuse ? you keep saying your subscritiption blocks the ads - post 7# is a subscriber and keeps getting the ads
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    In Process: More new annoying adds...

    just dont look up the website
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    When to donate air?

    ^ this is the most practical option Tech diving plans for these scenarios because dives are often with an overhead so less of a stress once you have gone through the exercise in training and have the understanding and knowledge in regard to redundancy- Deco procedures course as a starting...
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    In Process: More new annoying adds...

    I have had vey few ads pop up over the years -the ads seem to have been prolific in the last few months
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    When to donate air?

    if your deep in a cave with 2-3 people and someone has a problem - you can each donate (lets say 50 bar each while still retaining their 1/3s) while in an easy spot so that the person who has a problem can exit more easily later on (or go through a tight spot on their own )
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    Tech Diving for Seniors?

    my suggestion is rather them looking at it from a weight point of view look at it from a support point of view Places like truk lagoon and most Live on boards have great crew support and are incentivised to help you by the hope of a decent tip, compare that with say sump diving where you...
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    Question Near incident. What should I have done?

    excellent observation and comment - this applies to many areas of teaching/life in general
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    Question GUE CCR3 Standard Gasses

    im curious -are you asking about GUE mixes to compare with your own preference? you will know based own your OC training what is required, unless you going down the GUE route cant you just carry that across
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