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I will most likely adopt your crotch strap idea into this. I realize that when I dive with WKPP it will be the wasit light that I use 30 to 40 % of the time anyway and that my SPG will have to be placed on the lowere D ring. However on my dives this is the way I prefer, I think it realy is a hogarth style at least by Bill Mains definition. as follows . The doubles are manifolded together and ,ideally, an isolator valve is used. . . The regulators are placed so that all hoses extend downward vertically from the valves. The BC inflator hose and the spg are attached to the regulator on the left post The long hose is on the right post and is the regulator that is breathed from. The long hose runs behind the wings then under the shoulder and is either ran under a waist light or excess hose is tucked under the waist strap when I buttmount. . The short hose is the backup regulator and is secured by a permanent surgical loop at the neck. . The SPG has a custom length of 22 inches as does the BC inflator hose. The SPG is on the regulator on the left post and runs under the left arm. It attaches to the lower D ring on the left shoulder of the Transpac. The reason I wear it here is I never have to touch the gauge rather swimming or on a DPV I simply look down and read the gauge. It is snug and sets in the exact same location all the time. it protudes about one inch out from my chest. It is easy to read with multi stages as well. The transpack has been modified so the shoulder pull straps are preset and their are no pull tabs or dangling ends. The waist strap has fixed D rings added to it and a few other alterations have been done. I actually had to make less alterations on the transpack than i used to on the backplates. The inflator hose runs through innertube sections that are on the inflator hose leading from the BC. The hose is attached via the retainer on the left shoulder of the Transpac. When diving wet ,a backup BC, DiveRite Superwings, or OMS dual bladder BC is used or a custom made seapro two wings set up. On dry dives, one set of wings is used. The dry suit serves as a backup BC. The primary light for use in cave or wreck diving may be either butt mounted or waist mounted. When diving in areas that are narrow, such as some sections of wrecks or constricted caves, butt mounting is a logical choice ( I butt mount about 60 to 70% of the time). Waist mounting is a simpler configuration for use in less constricted areas and is ideal for long hose storage. c The safety lights are mounted at the back portion of the backpack with the base being snapped onto the bottom D ring hanging from the waist strap. The light then faces upward and runs through surgical tubing located on the lowest of the small rings attached to the sides of the Transpac. The lights face upright and set against the wings. I actually got this idea from the wau Larry Green mounts his backup lights on a back plate. I used to shoulder harness mount the lights but that does nor work well with the transpack. Reels as needed (use only what you need )are carried on the waist D rings. Cutting tools 2 are used one is a surgical scissor on the waist dtrap, the other a zknife on the oppossite side (open water) The lift bag is carried by tucking it through surgical tubing loops run through grommets at the base of the backpack. Stage tank rigging may be as described in the hillbilly configuration or the holgarth. Tom Mount . You wrote: > > > Tom, as usual, since you do not so the diving we do, you do not understand why >we do not buttmount, but it makes no difference - you don't need to know. Let me >ask you who out there that is a buttmounting hose-stuffer can do the dives we >do, and Tom, I mean HAS DONE. > > When they do, we will see. Right now, I think we have pretty well proven what >way is best, and you can call that slamming, I call it reality, something nobody >seems to want to face out there. > > I put out a list of thirteen reasons why not to buttmount, why don't you try >taking the cotton out of your ears and putting it in your mouth. I do not care >how long you or anybody esle out there has been doing this - we do it better. - >G > >George M. Irvine III >DIR WKPP >1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 >954-493-6655 FAX 6698 >Email gmiiii@in*.co* > >
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