Articles

Understanding Nitrox

Nitrox: The Misunderstood Gas

by R. Peter Den Haan

After almost 10 years of teaching & diving Nitrox, I’ve consistently run into the same misconceptions about the benefits of Nitrox, such as:

• It is only for diving deep
• You have to watch your depth
• More oxygen makes you feel better

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Matterhorn Pinnacle Expedition

Trip report, Dec. 2nd, 2000 by Peter Den Haan

The Great Escape, after a six hour boat ride, arrived at 7:00 AM at the Matterhorn in an unusually calm ocean. We had 24 Tech divers with various Dual Setups and slings, anxious to get in the water. Everyone was there, Bruce Bearfield from Dive-Rite, Michael Kane with the DIR group and of course myself with OMS. Since the top of the Pinnacle itself is no bigger than a couple of feet in diameter, it took Tim, the captain, about half an hour to get anchored.

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