On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Pedro Neves <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all: > > While on the process of helping Willem (and all the others) with the > Subsurface manual, I keep wondering if we should change the terminology > that refers to "no-deco" dives (and NDL, etc.). > > I Personally hate the fact that people (and books) refer to some dives as > "no decompressions dives" when in reality they should be called "minimum > decompression dives". > Technically speaking, decompression is a reduction in ambient pression, > which occurs at the end of every single dive. > > To me, the difference between dives is that some dictate that only a > "minimum deco" (ascent rate in the region of 3 to 10 m/min and a "safety > stop") and others dictate one or more "decompression stops". > Reffering to minimum deco dives as no-deco dives helps, in my oppinion, to > perpetuate the notion that decompression is a somewhat "obscure" and > "esoteric" thing that matters only to experienced or "technical" divers and > that it's relevant only on some of out dives. > I don't think Subsurface should try to "impose" a new terminology. I believe it would be a source of confusion. Having said that, I believe that it would be good to include an explanation on the manual mentioning that "no-deco dives" actually mean dives without deco stops. As I just see, it's similar to what PADI is doing according to Joe Ross. Rodrigo
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