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Tony I have not read every word but I thought the language had been rather mellow on equipment. In fact I thought this current session had been more of a discussion vs flame than any presented prior to now. Tom You wrote: > >>Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 01:09:46 >>To: cavers >>From: Tony Phillips <ameridiv@em*.ne*> >>Subject: language/gear rigging >> >>firstly i don't care if you all flame me for this but please can you keep >the language a little better than usual-i was brought up in a society where >we were taught that foul language was invariably used by lower life forms >who either did not understand the argument or did not have the vocabulary >to compose a response. >>i'm sure that many of us would like to be able to check our mail without >having to send the kids out of the room first. >>thanks >>having followed the discussion about correct gear rigging for several weeks >and having watched george's "doing it right" video many times i've made a >number of low risk/low stress dives during the last month trying out a >number of george's recommendations (orders?) and would like to pass on my >own comments for what they're worth: >>the general idea of having all the hoses pointing straight down and >passing behind the head seems to work very well for me. >>using pieces of inner tube rather than surgical tubing is absolutely better >since it avoids the potential line snag of the join in the surgical tube. >>thus far the idea of breathing the long hose seems more logical though i >can see a few potential problems if a less-than-calm diver is going for an >air supply(no problem if you only ever dive with others you trust). since >there is logic to breathing the regulator on the left post (potentially the >one most likely to be rolled off) why not breathe the long hose mounted on >the left post with the short hose on the right post to be retained if the >long is donated? >>over two weekends i've tried waist mounting, backplate mounting and butt >mounting my light and for me buttmounting has been the most comfortable and >best balanced setup- if someone else doesn't like that, that's fine but for >me it works and for the diving i'm doing with the equipment i'm using it has >no disadvantage. >>likewise for the diving i'm doing my square, grey dive rite light performs >just fine. if i ever get to diving in an environment where an inordinate >number of my peers are having problems with this type of light then i may >look at changing equipment when diving with that group or in those >circumstances. >>the same applies to my bc. right now i'm using a dive rite backplate and >wings, i also plan to continue experimenting with my transpac- the backplate >system definitely is more streamlined but i must say the transpac is more >comfortable- i think i may be able to make the transpac into a more >streamlined unit in time by changing some of the adjustments into permanent >settings to suit me. >>i think the point i most would like to make is that if diving within an >environment where the equipment configuration is laid down (WKPP) then you >have to abide by the rules, otherwise you are free to (and should) listen to >and look at every other divers ideas and choose those that suit your own needs. >>shoot me down if you will but be sure you have logic on your side- if you >can't master correct English then please work on that before replying >>regards all >>tony phillips >> >> > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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