Henley's Castle

[Angie Reim]

Hahahahahahaha. Wow! I start feeling drunk at 90' (1 martini). By 100-110' I start losing short term memory. I 'don't remember nuthin' about depths sans helium greater than that. Then again, I'm a cheap drunk too - unfortunately NOT a cheap diver.

So you dive mix at Little River and Cow?

i was gonna say, i'm glad i can deal with some depth, i couldnt imagine paying for mix everytime i wanted to dive to 100ft.

Yeah, it sucks, but worth every penny. Old diver sh** I guess.......

I used to dive it all on EAN32 but once I hit the mix, dives were so much more pleasant.

[Tegg]

A bit because not needing testosterone to make good decisions, my 'stones' are not proportional to size of my brain. I actually acknowledge that it is better to be a straight diver than to be afraid of ridicule. My buddies can count on me to have a clear mind and a 'stone cold' attitude when the feces hit the fan. I'd say that's worth the extra bucks. 8)

It had nothing to do with testosterone and everything to do with helium.

It was a mere question of what you dive at given sites, thats all.

People are different in their physiology and effects of gases at depth and their ability to work with "said" effects. I merely asked what worked for you.

.. for being such a feminist, you sure talk about testosterone alot....

[Angie Reim]

A bit because not needing testosterone to make good decisions, my 'stones' are not proportional to size of my brain. I actually acknowledge that it is better to be a straight diver than to be afraid of ridicule. My buddies can count on me to have a clear mind and a 'stone cold' attitude when the feces hit the fan. I'd say that's worth the extra bucks. 8)

It had nothing to do with testosterone and everything to do with helium.

It was a mere question of what you dive at given sites, thats all.

People are different in their physiology and effects of gases at depth and their ability to work with "said" effects. I merely asked what worked for you.

.. for being such a feminist, you sure talk about testosterone alot....

Okay. I flew off the handle. Sorry. Probably had something to do with your 'stones' comment this last weekend. See....what you say, does matter. Nevermind what you are really thinking. As for being a feminist....bahahahahahahaha. Okay if you say so.....must be my 1970's experience - I wouldn't be caught dead in the 'real' world without my bra.

Yes, it was surprising (and annoying) to discover that my physiology called for the use of helium at only 100ish feet. I'm glad you acknowledge it because I have run into a number of folks that are in denial about it and I think that might be a dangerous attitude. Some people really can handle deeper depths on air only, but some people 'really' can't. I think some of the scooter divers in Ginnie are half-stoned and don't know it. Nothing personal scooter folks but how can you hit someone or the ceiling in a huge passage if you are not 1/2 stoned? I mean it was funny at the time but now that I think about it, it was not so funny to watch or to be hit.

Peace Tegg 'cause that would be better. 8)

[CaptainSpeleo]

How many cave divers are actually diving on AIR now, regardless of the depth? With all the exertion and extended bottom times that occur during a dive, EANx is obviously safer.

I did a dive at Madison Blue Spring to "The Court Yard" on AIR which took 108 minutes round-trip and required 102 minutes of decompression afterwards. A year later, I did the exact same dive on EANx 32 and it only required 5 minutes of decompression afterwards.

[Angie Reim]

I don't know how many folks are still using air - depends on the depths you dive. TMX ain't cheap. However, I sure do appreciate ALL of the dive shop folks that had the nerve to start those business's so the gases are available. 102 minutes of deco? What a drag. Like having to get up to change the TV channels. You can still do it, but why not use the remote?

[brianstclair]

102 minutes of deco? What a drag. Like having to get up to change the TV channels.

Holy crap!! I've never done a dive requiring 102 minutes of deco - intuitively I knew it must suck pretty bad, but now you've really put it into terms that I can understand!! Thanks Angie

Brian

[CaptainSpeleo]

After discovering first-hand about the drastically-reduced decompression times on long dives using EANx instead of Air, I made the switch real quick, and the added cost of EANx over Air was well worth it.

[DeWayne]

I have always felt better post dive when using the maximum amount of O2 in my breathing mix. A shop owner with shoulder problems tried to convince me it was nothing more than a myth until I got her to start diving EANX for a while and she found that her shoulder felt much better after her dives as well. Throw in the reduced deco obligations you get from it and it more than makes up for the slight increase in cost. I only breathe air when standing on dry ground.

[jpdiver]

Curt:

That's a LOT of helium for a 170' - 180' dive. A 21/25 mix would've more than sufficed. It's also cheaper in cost and quicker to mix, especially if you're getting your Trimix fills at "Cave Excursions East".

The more helium the better, why are you questioning a man about his mix when it is on the side of safety. an end of 100ft is the deepest I want to have.

I agree- more helium is better and more up to date deco tables don't penalize much for it. In the Northeast, 21/40 is the minimum mix most of us dive at that depth. Lower END's are safer and you can't put a price on that.

[CaptainSpeleo]

DeWayne:

I like having an higher O2 content and prefer to mix for about 1.50 PO2 exposure on non-exerting dives. I've got a cave dive coming up next week in which I'll be using EANx 36 for a max depth of about 102'.

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jpdiver:

The mix that I prefer to use for 170' - 180' depths is 23/12, but I can't get it anywhere unless I pre-mix it myself, so I settle for the 21/25 that's readily available to me.

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