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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pinotage" data-source="post: 2410520" data-attributes="member: 15194">Yes, I got you on that one!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Just to point out some clarifications - Nitrogen Narcosis (often called the purple moo-moo) is a condition where nitrogen bubbles in the blood lead to a narcotic effect, something akin to being drunk. It happens in deeper water where nitrogen is more likely to be absorbed into the blood stream. Nitrogen Narcosis has nothing to do with ascending or decending. It's physiological, I believe.The bends is related. If you spend too much time underwater nitrogen can build up in the blood. When you rise to the surface, the bubbles expand, causing the bends, particularly dangerous if the bubbles get trapped in bloodvessels or your brain. You can't get the bends or nitrogen narcosis from diving too fast downward. Neither do you get them from rising to quickly if you've spent a safe amount of time beneath the water.If you're diving within safe limits, i.e. when you're not spending too much time below the water to allow nitrogen to accumulate in your blood, you can ascend and descend as fast as you like, as long as you remember to breathe out when you ascend and equalize when you descend. The only limitation the bends placed on you is that it requires a decompression stop to allow the nitrogen to come out of your blood. This generally happens at about 5 m or 10 m under the water. I believe you can rise as quickly as you want to get to these points.That settles it then.Pinotage</blockquote>

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