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> At 1:50 PM 1/12/96, Jim Greenlee wrote: > > > > Would you knowingly dive with someone who would not give you the > > regulator out of their mouth? I wouldn't. The point that we're all > > making is that this attitude is implicit in the way the "hose > > stuffers" rig their gear. > > > > And what exactly is the big deal about taking a regulator out of your > > mouth? As George has said before, "if you are afraid to take the > > regulator out of your mouth, then you have no business diving". > > > NOT that i'm arguing for breathing the short hose per se, but... > > > i could ALSO say that if a buddy cannot be relied upon to discuss gas > sharing ahead of time and then be relied upon to go for the agreed upon > regulator then HE "should not be diving" either > > > why MUST we assume that the distressed diver becomes an instantly > unreliable, panicky liability? Because emergency planning based on anything else is a complete waste of time. Plan your emergencies on the basis that vis is zero, water is cold, current is high and confused, buddy is completely brain fucked; now, do your procedures still work, or do they depend on stupid things like - two hands, vis, a functional buddy. Jason > > > > which of you has needed to share a partner's gas underwater? > did YOU signal the need to share and get HANDED the regulator...or did you > dash up and SNATCH the regulator from your partner's shocked lips? (as the > scenario has been exclusively portrayed) > > > perhaps it's all more about George's infamous rule #1 than it is about hoses > > > what do you all think? > > w2 > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'.
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