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> Date sent: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 18:08:30 +0500 > From: gmcgee1@fo*.co* () > To: gmiiii@in*.co* > Subject: Re: Long hose Methods ?? > Copies to: techdiver@terra.net > George (& WKPP crew) > > I've never had a problem getting to my regulator to hand to my buddy. > Not while in a cave, on a wreck, or under the ice. > > BTW: > I love how you WKPP boys. Take one thing that I say and ignore the rest, > then try and make it sound like I said something that I didn't. > > My point is, no one, I mean no one, has ever been able to show me that taking > a good working regulator out of your mouth, is safer then keeping it in your > mouth while underwater. It's just that simple. > > One of your pals (Ken S????) stated some crap about stressed out divers. > At this stage of the game I don't dive with stressed out divers. The guys > I dive with have had more then their share of underwater emergencies in the old > days. They deal with underwater emergencies now like a piece of cake. > NO STRESS!! Gary, when you're handed a non-functioning regulator and are out of air, guess what. There will be some stress. Remember, when you realize you're out of air you're inhaling, that means you have an empty set of lungs. You don't get that chance to take a full breath. Now you still haven't answered my question. Tell you what Gary, when you can answer it I'll GIVE YOU FOR FREE ONE SET OF 104's. You pay shipping. The question is: How is stuffing the long hose and breathing the short hose safer then always breathing the long hose and passing that regulator off? And sorry, "two divers out of air for one second" doesn't cut it because if you can't handle doing a regulator change you shouldn't be diving. DCS is not the issue. Drowning is. DCS is just skirting around the topic at hand. > > Having a problem taking a regulator out of my mouth!! NOT HERE. > I had a regulator stop on me in more that 1oo' of water and I've removed > the regulator and made a free ascent to the surface at a controll rate of > speed. NO DCS, changed reg.'s then jumped back in the water, finished the > dive NO DCS. This is Great Lake cold diving. FUN, FUN, FUN!!! > > I understand that when you're in a cave you could be a mile or so back. > But, you shouldn't be more than 50' from a secondary air source (your > dive buddy). You should be able to maintain controll long enough to > get your buddies attention and start your sharing air routine. > > George, their are somethings I like about your diving style. Just as I've > mentioned to you in the past. I change my stage bottle regulator/SPG style > of setup to that of which the WKPP uses. > > If I happen to be diving with you in some Florida cave and you are the team > captain I will change my setup to match the "TEAM" needs. I don't have a > problem with this for I'm a thinking diver. There is noting wrong with > your primary reg. being around your neck and handing it off. I've been there > and done that. "I" just don't feel this is the best way. > > The only thing I won't compromise on, is something I think is death seeking > behavior. For this debut, "I" feel either way works. > > No dive buddy of mine has ever had a problem getting to my primary regulator > (long hose) when I wore it around my neck. Plus, no dive buddy of mine has > currently had a problem getting to my backup reg. worn in the chest > area. > > Gary McGee > Detroit, MI USA > Great Lakes Wrecker > > > PS, > I live in Detroit, Death is not a high stress situation. (smile). > > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ken Sallot "Mock me if you like but don't mock the gods!" CIRCA - Joe Nightengale kens@uf*.ed* (352) 392-2007 http://grove.ufl.edu/~ken -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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