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> One comment on this one. Yes, this is true that the dry suit and BC > backup each other in this useage. But, if you happen to fill your dry > suit with water after a major damage, swimming up can easily become a > nigthmare, if there's no other boyancy available. > > I and my friend once did a test in a pool were we went to the bottom of > the deep pool, one in a full dry suit gear and the other snorkeling. The > snorkeler took the octobus and we started to change the equipment > including the dry suit, underwear and everything, only swimming suits > were not changed. I happened to be the one who then got the equipment on > and surfaced with all wet gear. I can tell you that swimming up is not > easy when you have your dry suit full of water. It's ok in a pool, but > if it should be done in open water from deep depth the way up will be > long... Hopefully there will be rope, buddy, bottom or something that > can assist the ascent. And getting out of the water with suit full of > water weighting a lot was not easy either. > > Of course, this kind of damage to your dry suit will most probaply not > happen and there will be air in some parts of the suit, but the > experience was very teaching. I often hear people saying that "yes, you > can swim up with full suit" but after this test I will allways warmly > recommend that you'll stop arguing and jump in the pool and try it - and > get supprised ! > > Terho Terho, If you blow both your BC and your drysuit in the same dive then I strongly suggest you have much more serious problems then just a bouyancy control device. Ken -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ken Sallot "I'm not flying. I'm falling, with style" CIRCA - Buzz Lightyear kens@uf*.ed* (352) 392-2007 http://grove.ufl.edu/~ken -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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