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On Wed, 10 Jan 1996 17:56:53 -0500 Andy said: >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. True. More often than not, possibly as a side effect of "arm-sweep" recovery training, we grab the regs parallel to the hose, with the thumb either up or pointing away from the supply hose. The natural tendency when "passing" the reg with this grip is to rotate the reg vertically and it ends up upside down or else you can't quite turn it to make it convenient to the "victim". If you instead get in a habit of grabbing the regulator with the thumb pointing back along the supply hose (sort of a "hitch-hiking" look) you can then pass the regulator by rotating it horizontally so that it is in proper position for a face-to-face "victim". Of course given enough hose, they'd probably work something out themselves without beating you half to death in the process :-) Jeff Kell <jeff@ut*.ut*.ed*>
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