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Geroge

Well we agree on one thing, Jarrod is a good guy and one hell of a diver.

I guess it really does boiler down to the differenes in philosophy.

Without a doubt the hogarthian method has severals merits, however they do
not prove another method "unsafe"

>Where as the diver who routinly shares gas with his dive partner and then
switches back to a stage might feel that breathing from the long hose would
be optimal<  I did not mean this statement as dig and I apologize. Should
have read the diver who is concerned with gas sharing and then switches back
to a stage bottle.

>The use of minute in my last post was referring to (mi-noot) meaning
exceptionally small.  Not (min-it) one sixtieth of an hour. Sorry for any
confusion



The following are the main reason I feel breathing from the long hose is not
only safe but optimal as well.

The primary rule for life saving is never endanger yourself while coming to
the aid of ours.  When passing off the regulator that you are breathing from
will leave two divers simultaneously without regulators in their mouth in
what could be a potential stressful situation.  Team diving is a completely
different world from buddy diving. Most of the team divers that I know are
willing to place their life at risk while aiding a fellow team member, (and
that's the way it should be)  The buddy system has become a crutch for the
average diver, and I feel these divers should not be practicing methods that
could potenial put their own wel being at risk.

For the diver who mainly conducts most of his dives alone but occasionally
dives with others gas sharing is not a concern. Having the backup regulator
around the neck can only get in the way when the diver choices to carry his
travel gas regulator around the neck (travel gas bottle is not dropped but
carried the entire dive) Having the long hose stowed properly out of way is
optimal.

The time difference of deploying a properly stowed long hose is exceptionally
small if any at all.

As to teaching: I agree: That's why both methods are discussed in my classes
with merits given to each.

On the contrary Jarrod was so convincing of his style that I used it may
times, I found that breathing from the long hose when conducting classes was
easier ( but then again I am comfortable without a regulator in my mouth).
He was also a good listener and evaluator. Ask him about the style I
preferred to use and what he thought.
 
John
 

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