Kent, the clips are for transporting battles over distance in cave to prevent the reg hanging up in the cave line. If the rubber band breaks, the clip is there . As you suggest, they are never clipped anyplace else. Kent Lind wrote: > > 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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