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This thought about gas analysis and labeling is, I believe, sorely misplaced as it relates to this tragedy. The newspaper reporter simply doesn‘t understand the intricacies. Eric was on a his closed-circuit rebreather and appeared to have an oxygen toxicity event. If you understand...

Eric was a smart ass. His mustache looked like a bad joke he forgot to stop telling. And he was a good diver. Passionate to share his experiences and help others. He was a friend. I’m gonna miss him. This is the worst.

Okay, so shagles and keith have both had their reading time and the book is back on my shelf. If anybody else wants a turn, just let me know.

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It's interesting that they said that.. because they are really good at that. I have a couple of sets that I use on bailout and they are really good. The thing that would make them perfect is if the second stage was reversible.

I have this on order too. I’ll let you know when it comes in. I also ordered the remote so I’ll be able to test the function.

This is it. It works for me. I’d pay what it costs because of that… although I’d try very very hard not to pay full retail for one.

I have replaced the “Tech style” a.k.a. K-style inflator on my non-SP wing with a BPI. So I have done that, too. For the record, I didn’t pay nearly that much for a BPI as a spare part. First, I have literal decades of muscle memory for the buttons from diving with my old trusty Knighthawk. I...

Yes. ScubaPro BPI is my favorite. It is worth it to me.

Like so…

Yes. Except I don’t have the isolator. Just plugged single valves.

I have a set of ScubaPro left/right single modular valves. The plug has has a hex head.

I think the thing that helped me mentally... and I don't recall who told me this or where I read it... but it's this... On open circuit, your first instinct is to change YOUR buoyancy every time... breath in or out... add or dump air for your wing... etc... On closed circuit, it helps a lot...

I’ll put my copy out on loan. @shagles if you PM me your mailing address, I’ll send it to you. @Keith Blair if you don’t find one, you can borrow it next.

My instruction seemed to indicate that at least one decompression beer was required after any technical dive…

My point is that this is all hypothetical for almost everyone who reads it. It’s Olympic level Internet diving. And that anybody that has any business actually being close to any of these situations wouldn’t use advice like this to plan their dives because the parameters are a bit silly…

I’m not saying that you’re wrong, but I think this is too far. I think it seems ‘mostly harmless’ to think about this since most of us will never reach saturation at any depth ever. But the idea that any SCUBA diver will maintain a +- 3ft depth precision in shallow water over saturation length...

It’s early for a Saturday and my mind isn’t as springy yet. I always forget that @tbone1004 is in SC, sorry sir! I’m not sure if John is teaching OC Trimix right now… @stuartv would know. Costal diving in the Mid-Atlantic is so unpredictable. Hard to justify trying to learn deep diving when...

Open Circuit? Ummm…. The only person that springs to mind in the Carolinas is Bill at Lake Jocasse.

DCS from a single dive at that depth would probably require an extraordinary amount of time underwater and would still be “hard to accomplish” even if you were purposely trying to get bent from a many-hour 20ft dive. But we don’t really understand DCS in any fundamental way. People get bent...