ExtremeTech:
First off, welcome to the Board.
Like ChickDiver, I'll try to be polite (for once, I know).
ChickDiver is correct when she states that deep air diving has been rejected as a safe method of diving. The courses are still out there, but mix is taking their place. Why? Because it is safer. Or do you have an alternate theory?
Precisely how have you determined that you are able to overcome the effects of narcosis when every major agency says that you can't? Have you performed task loading and coordination studies on yourself or are you simply relying upon the time tested "Nothing's happened yet" theory.
How have you determined that you can withstand the effects of high PPO2. Do you know how high you can go, or is it simply that you haven't had a problem yet?
What are your contingency plans in the event that an emergency at a PPO2 of 1.6 sends you deeper?
What configuration are you diving. I presume that it involves doubles and stages?
What deco gas are you using?
Do you do deep water hangs?
How does your buddy feel about diving to these depths on air?
I must take serious issue with your claim that "ankle weights are a must" when diving dry. Ankle weights are a crutch that are neither necessary not beneficial. They create far more issues than they solve. Moreover, proper weighting and equipment configuration will render them unnecessary.
Finally, is the basis of your claim to being an extreme technical diver based solely upon the depths you hit? What is your experience in overhead or other technical environments? How many penetration dives do you have under your belt?
There is a wealth of knowledge on this Board. Many of the members (Wreckwriter, Uncle Pug, ChickDiver, to name just a few) have substantial experience in technical diving. Listen to them and you might find that you are not quite as extreme as you think and that you, like the rest of us, still have quite a bit to learn.
Since everyone else seems to be doing it, here is my resume:
Certified approx. 3 years.
PADI DM
PADI AI Candidate
DIR-F initiate.
TDI Blender.
Enrolled in TDI advanced nitrox/deco theory classes.
Approx. 300+ dives, not including dives with uncertified students during classes.
Hands on experience (taught the old fashioned way, by experienced old time wreck divers) in decompression and wreck penetration diving.
Approximately 50 decompression dives. Approximately 50 penetration dives (including 10 penetration dives on the U-853).
Regards
First off, welcome to the Board.
Like ChickDiver, I'll try to be polite (for once, I know).
ChickDiver is correct when she states that deep air diving has been rejected as a safe method of diving. The courses are still out there, but mix is taking their place. Why? Because it is safer. Or do you have an alternate theory?
Precisely how have you determined that you are able to overcome the effects of narcosis when every major agency says that you can't? Have you performed task loading and coordination studies on yourself or are you simply relying upon the time tested "Nothing's happened yet" theory.
How have you determined that you can withstand the effects of high PPO2. Do you know how high you can go, or is it simply that you haven't had a problem yet?
What are your contingency plans in the event that an emergency at a PPO2 of 1.6 sends you deeper?
What configuration are you diving. I presume that it involves doubles and stages?
What deco gas are you using?
Do you do deep water hangs?
How does your buddy feel about diving to these depths on air?
I must take serious issue with your claim that "ankle weights are a must" when diving dry. Ankle weights are a crutch that are neither necessary not beneficial. They create far more issues than they solve. Moreover, proper weighting and equipment configuration will render them unnecessary.
Finally, is the basis of your claim to being an extreme technical diver based solely upon the depths you hit? What is your experience in overhead or other technical environments? How many penetration dives do you have under your belt?
There is a wealth of knowledge on this Board. Many of the members (Wreckwriter, Uncle Pug, ChickDiver, to name just a few) have substantial experience in technical diving. Listen to them and you might find that you are not quite as extreme as you think and that you, like the rest of us, still have quite a bit to learn.
Since everyone else seems to be doing it, here is my resume:
Certified approx. 3 years.
PADI DM
PADI AI Candidate
DIR-F initiate.
TDI Blender.
Enrolled in TDI advanced nitrox/deco theory classes.
Approx. 300+ dives, not including dives with uncertified students during classes.
Hands on experience (taught the old fashioned way, by experienced old time wreck divers) in decompression and wreck penetration diving.
Approximately 50 decompression dives. Approximately 50 penetration dives (including 10 penetration dives on the U-853).
Regards
