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I may have missed most of this thread, as the S/N ratio drove me off
this list a month ago.  However Rodney has been sending me the better
"gems".

George, I normally agree with you, but not this time.  I gather you
were discussing *open water* diving with trimix, and you agreed with
Tom Mount's idea that manifolds should be a requirement.

I know that many people are happy with a system where they can point
to an item of equipment and say "if this fails, I will die".  I'm
not one of them.  Cave practices are for *caves*, just as OW practices
are for OW.  You americans have found that manifolds do the job in your
type of cave.  Leave them there!  Manifolds are just plain stupid
in the open water environment.  They *depend* on a tight buddy system,
and while you may be able to manage that in a nice still friendly cave,
you *cannot* do that on an ocean dive.

If you think you can climb an anchor line in a 6 knot current while
shareing gas (even with the silly 7 foot hose!) you are *nuts*.  The
drag on the hose *alone* would tear it out of your mouth!

OW trimix is no place for the buddy system, and solo diving is
no place for manifolds.  Make no mistake, with a manifold system
on a solo dive, a major failure will mean you *will* die.

Cheers Jason =:)

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