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Mitch - seee rule number one - don't dive wtih strokes, rather than rig yourself up to dive with strokes. Also under rule number one is the stroke whose geaer is so screwed up that he can not lay back. I dive mostly ocean, and I can lay back quite easilym, and as eveyone knows, swimming on you back with scuba on the surface is far better. Snorkels are not even good for snorkeling On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, chance@sn*.ne* wrote: >George, > >(hang on a sec...I'm donning my nomex suit) > >I completely agree that snorkels have NO place in overhead >enviroments - either cave or wreck - but I do request some guidance >here. > >I don't wear a snorkel while doing ANY overhead diving. For caverns >I don't even take it with. However, up here in NE there's been more >than one occasion when the snorkel somebody has carried with them has >come in handy. One example - a person was on a NJ wreck dive - the >diver got blown off the wreck and had to do his decom under a lift >bag. By the time he surfaced, the boat was long gone. Fourteen >hours later when the coast guard picked him up he was glad he had >chosen to carry his snorkel tucked neatly away behind his back >plate where he could get it if he wanted. It seems that with his wings on >he felt more comfortable resting with his face in the water. Of course, only the >snorkel would help with this. > >The main reason for many up here carrying a snorkel is for when they >end up having to do any long surface swims or get blown off like this >guy did. > >What do you think, is this a stroke idea or what? I'm open to >suggestions and welcome your points on this. > >Thanks, > >Mitch > > George M. Irvine III DIR WKPP Woodville Karst Plain Project 1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-493-6655 FAX 6698 Email gmiiii@in*.co*
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