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You wrote: > >OOOH, a cutting retort ;) > >> George is right, why bother. >> >> On Sat, 25 Nov 1995, Jason Rogers wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > Charles said: >> > It might take 10 seconds to loosen your crotch strap if you were on AIR. >> > Once again, know your equipment and practice the procedures. >> > >> > ***** >> > Ok so you can loosen your crotch strap in only, what, 3 seconds? >> > While you are being beaten to death by an out of control hose? >> > With zero vis because of the huge bubble plume, and because your >> > mask has been knocked off by the hose. >> > >> > Fantastic! You only lose 7.5 cuft! (making 97.5 lost). >> > >> > And while you are using both hands to turn off a valve (one to lift >> > the set and one to turn the valve), what do you use to hold the >> > anchor line with? (or your light, or your reel etc). >> > Oh! you just clip off your Jon line? both hands free! Terrific, >> > and all in under 3 seconds. >> > >> > Why do americans bother with disney land? The whole country is >> > fantasy land. >> > >> > Cheers Jason =:) >> > >>Jason With training allmost all divers can reach valves without loosening the crotch strap and it is a brief period until the valve is shut down. It is easy to do on a jon line, it is easy to do in current, in caves and in open water and it is easy to do in wrecks. IANTD students as well as experienced divers do this all the time without problems once they have praticed. >Tom >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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