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Dan Nafe wrote:

> > The main danger of this is that the snorkeller will do a breath-hold ascent
> > after breathing from a scuba set at depth.
> 
> Yeah, no joke, pal. Are you crazy? Do you think someone would actually 
> sell this sort of system?.

It isn't a special system. Take any old cylinder, attach a regulator and drop
it in the sea. Put on a mask and snorkel, and jump in. [Similar to what I
with your kit, Barrie :-)]

I'm not advocating it - only describing it. Didn't this come up on rec.scuba
last year after a spurious cross post from alt.nude.[something]?

> Divers swimming around holding compressed air 
> in their lungs, that is crazy

Isn't this what we do every time we dive? Or am I the victim of some
serious sarcasm here?

A commercial diving friend told me a story of two of his workmates who were on
holiday in the Mediteranean. They took their kit down to 30m (100ft) and tied
one set to each end of a wreck. They then proceded to dive around the wreck in
mask, snorkel and fins.

Alan

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