LC> Get the idea out of your head that deep diving is anything
 LC> but...well...deep. I know, this is a Holy Grail for novice
 LC> divers, but you'll get over it. The only difference is
 LC> that you guzzle air like crazy and you have to get out of
 LC> the water too soon--unless you get narced, in which case
 LC> you become a danger to yourself and your buddy. There's
 LC> nothing intrinsically magical about deep diving,
 LC> especially in fresh water, where it's cold and dark. In
 LC> the ocean, it's usually clear and only a little darker
 LC> than lesser depths, but unless there's something special
 LC> to see, there's really no point in blowing off all that
 LC> air just to say you did it.
I'll second that.  I won't turn down a deep dive when there's something to 
see or if that's what the rest of the boat wants to do.  But it's shorter 
bottom time, longer surface intervals (where you usually get your sunburn or 
your sea sickness), and you can't really see anything while you are hanging 
around in a relatively boring safety stop.
-bry
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