Originally Posted by
vkalia
Maybe things have changed now, but plenty of bozos doing self-taught trimix dives on the Wahoo and other boats, back in the late 90s/early 00s. RJ's Blind Squirrel (is he still operating?) had fewer loony tunes but a goodly number even then. Got some interesting memories from those days (and that is why I do all my tech dives solo, if I can. GI3 can kiss my a**).
V.
Back then...no standards really for tech mixes. B. Deans was doing his stuff in Fla. and NE guys were doing their own mixes. IANTD / ANDI / Hamilton etc. can claim credit for standardizing some mixes. Since I know the "bozos" on the Seeker/Wahoo from those days I know what they were doing and mixing. Glad that most of them are still around. Luckily I missed the spate of Doria fatalities during those summers on the Seeker.
I also know WKPP fellas and like you - some of them can kiss ____ though some of the ex-members are pretty decent fellas now that they left the cult. That being said- not hard for a clever shade-tree mechanic to make his own mix and kill themselves in a cave...though getting past the keepers is harder now. Thank heaven.
Cheers,
Essex