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Erika, quads sounds like convoluted strokery to me, and extremely dangerous. If you are teaching diving, I would suggest you learn some yourself and not expose newcomers to bullshit like this. The problem with IANTD is that they rubber stamp every personal preference piece of bogus stupidity that they see. The other problem with these agencies is that you could draw and instructor like Jablonski, or some stroke who recomends transpacks, quads, butt lights, etc. I have tried to work with Mount and straighten him out - I even had him over to my house to show him a proper setup, and made a harness for him. I took him diving a few times and tried to straighten him out - he is an excellent diver, but his penchant for putting up with other people's bulshit is his achilles heel - I would tell them to take out the cotton. Instead, he borrwos some from them and puts it in his own ears, and what we end up with is what we see here: somebody claiming to represent IANTD Canada posting stupidity so horrifying that it looks like somebody playing a joke. On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, Erika-leigh Haley <rcreight@di*.ca*> wrote: >I'v had the opportunity to use a Diverite >backplate system, and the Diverite Transpac a >fair bit (I have both), and I have been very happy >with the performance of each. At 5'3 and 120lbs, >(a fairly normal size for a woman) I have no >problem running twins or quads and dealing with >the weight. I've also trained a few women in >technical and trimix, and thus worked with them >in these systems, the general opinion has been: >these systems fit better than some of the >recreational BC's on the market. >As far as padding and thin suits, I can't help >you there, most of my diving is done here in >Canada in a dry suit, and I can't say how well >they work with a single tank because I don't do >any diving where I could use a single, but if the >opportunity should ever arise, you can bet that >they would be the first on my list to try. >I hope this helps. >Dive Safe. >Erika-leigh Haley >Director, IANTD Canada > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > > 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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