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Anthony:

#1:  Although it's not really the point of your question, why do you
have bolt snaps on you stage regs?  My stage regs park just fine with
innertubes.  I do not clip them to the bottle.  I can't think of any
reason why you would want bolt snaps on your stage regs.

#2:  The most important thing is to prevent your buddy from breathing
the wrong deco gas at depth.  You should be able to tell this
instantly by glancing at which stage bottle is deployed.  Breathing
back gas at deco won't be fatal and there might be any number of
legitimate reasons your buddy is doing it:  e.g., air break, fixing a
problem with the stage, etc.

Anthony DeBoer wrote:
> 
> <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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