Posted by CalAbDiver on July 19, 2001 at 12:26:48:
In Reply to: Re: Hypocricy and lies posted by MHK on July 19, 2001 at 12:07:52:
it is a fallacy that there is anything inappropriate about diving with steel tanks in the Pacific Ocean. cave divers have no monopoly on steel tanks for their cave dives.
it is a fallacy that there is anything wrong with diving with wetsuits while using steel tanks. the added buoyancy of 5 to 7 lbs that an aluminum tank gives you is relatively meaningless in the Pacific Ocean.
there is nothing magical about 130 fsw. N2 narcosis becomes noticable for most people somewhere in the range of 100 to 150 fsw. nothing about 130 fsw is magical.
it would be a whole lot better if ad hominems were not employed here. i guess however that boys will be boys. the ladies here have pretty much been very well behaved, such as MsBlucow & Mrs Kelphead.