Posted by Eins on October 28, 2000 at 20:16:11:
In Reply to: Re: What's to argue? posted by Ken Kurtis on October 28, 2000 at 01:31:56:
Ken Kurtis "The problem with this whole argument in general is that we're trying to show a reason for something that didn't happen (the bends) and there's simply no way to prove someone didn't get bent on a dive because they used nitrox, or that they would have been bent if they'd used air, or if they did get bent on air that they wouldn't have been bent if they'd dove on nitrox."
Ken,
I considered you as being a knowledgeable diver. But your statement surprises me.
Are you saying that, following NDLs, the risk to get an undeserved (or unexpected) hit is the same, whether diving 100fsw or 75fsw (or even 81, for that matter)?
These are the EADs for a dive to 100 fsw with 36% or 32% Nitrox respectively. If you consider this not a significant safety margin, than I think I've got to adjust my image of you.
Eins