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HeyyDude@ao*.co* wrote: > She took the octo, but put it in her mouth upside > down and crooked. As soon as I saw water begin to flow into her mouth I knew > it was time to bail. That's something that keeps getting overlooked in all these long hose/short hose discussions. No matter how you set up your gear for your OWN benefit, one should practice frequently HOW the regulator is actually PASSED to another diver. Not just an S-drill of casually "handing" it to the other person (usually upside down, if it is not a side-exhaust second stage) - but actually PASSING it to the stressed out diver so that it faces the person in the PROPER position and holding it in front of their MASK where they can't see anything else but the very regulator I want them to breath off! Every once in a while I practice that skill with advanced students it is suprising how many divers will hand their buddy their primary or even octopus regulator upside down, or how many hold the regulator out of the field of vision of the out-of-air diver. The first "breath" which the stressed-out diver will take is 100% water. And things are likely to go downhill from there within seconds for BOTH divers. Andy Schmidt [NJ] HTTP://OurWorld.CompuServe.com/HomePages/Andy_Schmidt/ AOL: ASchmidt1 * GENIE: A.Schmidt1 * MSN: Andy_Schmidt
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