Thanks Bone, I'm going to have to read what you said a couple of times. In some ways, I know like a little kid asking how a turbine engine works on this stuff. I don't understand it but I know I don't want to be passed through it! The engineer knows how it works, but doesn't know quite where to begin explaining. At least on this subject, I'm pretty humble.
If it's been many years since you read the basic padi book on nitrox, it reads like "This stuff is great AND YER GUNNNA DIE!" Now I'm told it's being heavy handed, and this stuff is really more complex than the basic book wants to communicate. I hope that oxygen clock article will clear it up a bit. Still, I hope the above will help you understand the book made me pretty nervous.
But no, I don't find that combative, it looks like it's all good information. I'll be back when I've read it most closely to follow up. In the meanwhile, my slate is a super basic slate that usually stays in my bcd pocket. Main reason I want to see a compass more is a lot of my dives go like this. I follow the more experienced guy, we keep up on each other's air supply, I wonder how we will ever find our way back, and suddenly I find we ARE back.
(I'm planning to take the navigation specialty on my next trip.) I want to see my compass regularly in the hopes I'll start being able to keep track of my position better.
If it's been many years since you read the basic padi book on nitrox, it reads like "This stuff is great AND YER GUNNNA DIE!" Now I'm told it's being heavy handed, and this stuff is really more complex than the basic book wants to communicate. I hope that oxygen clock article will clear it up a bit. Still, I hope the above will help you understand the book made me pretty nervous.
But no, I don't find that combative, it looks like it's all good information. I'll be back when I've read it most closely to follow up. In the meanwhile, my slate is a super basic slate that usually stays in my bcd pocket. Main reason I want to see a compass more is a lot of my dives go like this. I follow the more experienced guy, we keep up on each other's air supply, I wonder how we will ever find our way back, and suddenly I find we ARE back.
(I'm planning to take the navigation specialty on my next trip.) I want to see my compass regularly in the hopes I'll start being able to keep track of my position better.