This is not the official word, but as long as the gas in his doubles isn't
hypoxic, he should be OK if he "bobbled" the stage and long hose regulators
as you described below.  Sooner or later your buddy should realize that he's
been breathing the bottom gas (dope), and will slouch in embarrassment.  I
would imagine an adjustment to deco time and/or purchase of a wheelchair may
be in order depending on how long he's goofed  <g>

Bill Lais, E.I. - Engineer II
Handex of Florida - Mt. Dora, FL
352/735-1800 ext. 166


		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Anthony DeBoer [mailto:adb@on*.ca*]
		Sent:	Tuesday, May 04, 1999 9:56 AM
		To:	kirvine@sa*.ne*
		Cc:	cavers@cavers.com; limon714@ao*.co*
		Subject:	Re: tank markings

		<kirvine@sa*.ne*> tells <limon714@ao*.co*>:
		> Tough Guy - reread my stuff: the unused hoses are all
parked on their
		> respective bottles - you figure it out. Nobody wants to do
it the easy
		> way, do they? 
		> 
		> The real answer is try diving with people who give a shit
about what is
		> going on around them, and people who will deal with
situation.

		Okay, but there's still one question.  All stage hoses but
one are
		parked, you can spot the backup by its necklace, but your
buddy now has
		two hoses coming around the back of his neck and over his
right shoulder,
		with identical second stages, and both have bolt clips for
parking.  How
		can you quickly spot that he hasn't bobbled the reg switch,
parked the
		stage reg on his right chest D-ring, and gone back to the
long hose?

		I can see at least one good answer, but it might be good to
hear the
		official word for the benefit of those who don't dare stand
up and ask.

		-- 
		Anthony DeBoer <adb@on*.ca*>

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