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I don't follow cave rules and don't know (or care) what a "stroke" is (besides different water propulsion methods). My thesaurus states a stroke is: an attack, a collapse, a seizure, a dash, a line, a pet or caress, or a rub. This explains a lot, rule number one in cave diving suggests to me that cavers are too busy rubbing each other. 1. You're taking a break on the surface waiting for that school of stripers to calm down since you shot their friend. (spearfishing on scuba, obviously). Or just waiting for something to swim by. 2. The mako's seem more interesting when you can look them in the eye, and you can shoo them away when you can see them. Floating on your back just makes things too interesting. (Open ocean is much more fun than dingy caves) 3. You're salvaging a 32' sport fisher and want to save your gas while you observe the craft rise to the surface. 4. Breathing out of a snorkel is easier (less resistance) than a regulator. So if you happen to be on the surface for ANY reason you can A. conserve gas supply; B. relax; C. watch the pretty fishes; D. watch the other stupid divers; E. get a mouthful of water and spit it at your friends and enemies. 5. You were cave diving and during deco your teammate was experiencing difficulty. You stayed with him as long as your gas supply allowed, he was apparently okay so you surfaced and while putting your snorkel in your mouth told your surface staff to get someone ready to assist him in the water, then you put your face in the water and kept up observance of your teammate in case his condition worsened and until someone could descend to stay by him. Whether you are watching for a few seconds, a few minutes or a few hours you should have the means to keep an uninterupted watch, a snorkel is the perfect tool for this. Ok, so I can't count. Mark ---------- From: john.r.strohm To: mark Cc: techdiver Subject: Re: snorkels Date: Thursday, January 09, 1997 11:23PM >BTW, there are plenty of GOOD reasons to carry a snorkel >on dives. Name three. To make it interesting, they all need to be reasons that are NOT covered by Rule Number One. (Hint: the case that someone mentioned recently, involving the diver blown off the wreck and abandoned by the boat, is a beautiful demonstration of what can happen when Rule Number One is violated.) --John -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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