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My tables have me coming up with much less time wasted --not doing stops every ten feet until much closer to 30....but this then gets to tables for everyone, including those with pfo's, or, tables for an individual like mine, which I can't share. I can't even say there is any thing wrong with Kevrumbo's approach to this, as I think most would support this approach....but mine is more statistically valid "for me", as I have had zero DCS with it, and many tech instructors have had hits with their "conservative" ascent and stop protocols...and I have done this over so many years that thinking of this in statistical form is practical. George always talked about the "shape" of your deco, of how you do the ascent, and when the stops begin, how fast you get there, and then where the major offgassing is going to occur. There is a different model in play between his concept, and the current deep stop thinking.... One with very little in common. If I do the Hole in the wall on 25 -35, like I said, I will be up on the surface, pretty close to as fast as an air or nitrox diver will.If it takes that long to come up when using a little helium, then I am way safer on 31% nitrox at 130 ft.... and a small pony
For the purposes of this thread, I think GUY could find a set of tables cut from a model that would be much less deep stop oriented, and every bit as valid. The real question would be for "who" it would be most valid for, and there is little if any industry discussion on this.
It would be a great discussion to get Bill Mee into, as he worked with Dr Bill Hamilton and with George on the model and the tables that I like to use.... If the great anonymous Dumpster Diver decided he could actually be known in real life, as opposed to only the internet personna, then this WOULD be possilbe on a dive trip sometime in the next month or so