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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 18:07:22 -0800
From: George Irvine <gmiiii@in*.co*>
Subject: Rebreather vs Manifold was Re: Independents
To: anscott@hi*.ne*.au*, techdiver@terra.net

  Tough Guy - good question - I use BOTH: my 121's are manifoled togetehr ith
my 
ful hogarthian rig on eitehr side of my rebreather with comoressor lines
running 
from the isolator to complete the manifold. The hoses ,other than the long hose 
and the pressure guage hose are a tad longer, and there is a hose to my in my 
breathing block, and there is a hose to the switchblock, but everything is
other 
wise exactly the same.

  The big diffeernce between me and the others is that I KNOW what I can do on 
scuba, and KNOW what it takes to get out of there on scuba, and am prepared to 
do it or any other scuba function, plus I have the giant gas mileage of my 
rebreather , and it is made and rigged with my concepts in mind, so I can ride 
it into the dirt before I have to go to scuba, and have all of the tricks and 
have done them endlessly to do just that - I do it and then talk about it, as 
opposed to the USDCT strokes who have never done jack shit and ALWAYS talk
about 
it. You will see in the tape. 

On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, anscott@hi*.ne*.au* wrote:
>George,
>Since we all know your view on the independents vs manifold debate how about
>telling us which is safer - Manifold or rebreather???
>Are you prepared to risk the dangers of the rebreather for the advantages it
>offers or is it just easier than manifolds or are you just getting lazy???
>
>PS Don't listen to Troppo. He's got a death wish and now dives manifolds
>because he thinks its more dangerous, when he's not diving his home made
>rebreather that is. Inspiration is cheap at half the price.
>Scott
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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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