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>To: "Bob Orlando" <bobo@mi*.co*> >From: jhcarson@ma*.ne* (Jeff Carson) >Subject: Re: Questions before my cavern course > >scheck breathed the long hose and so does the wkpp. further evidence of the optimal way to dive is not necessary. people that do not dive the optimal methods do not get optimal results. > >jeff carson >orlando, fl. >wkpp > >>Hi, I'm getting ready to take my cavern course next week and I was >>reading Sheck Exley's book "Basic Cave Diving" last night and I have >>a question. I've been lurking on this list for quite some time now, >>and I also have been out to all of the dive sites doing some kamakaze >>dives (that's why I decided to get the training). At any rate, most >>of the guys I see diving usually have their hoses stuffed on the side >>of their tanks with bungee, and are breathing the short hose. However, >>I noticed in Sheck's book that on page 22 he writes: >> >>"Most NSS divers probably prefer to dive breathing from the regulator >>with the long hose. When a partner approaches you needing air, >>chances are that he is quite out of breath and needs help fast. The >>easiest regulator to locate quickly is of course the one in your mouth >>By giving him the long hose initially, it is not necessary to swap >>hoses for the trip out. Further, experience has shown that the >>regulator not being used frequently collects sand and silt during >>the dive, which takes time to clean out. An out-of-breath diver might >>not have that much time." >> >>He then continues: >> >>"There are a variety of ways of storing the extra length of the long >>hose to keep it from snagging on rocks and getting in the way. The >>important thing is to make sure that it can be freed instantly when >>needed. A popular position for the five-foot hose is simply to coil >>it once around the diver's neck. When this was initially conceived >>we had visions of a panicky diver becoming an underwater version >>of the Bostom Strangler, but our fears were allayed when tests showed >>that snatching the mouthpiece out of a buddy's mouth merely partially >>flooded the buddy's mask, if anything." >> >>So I have a question that hopefully someone out there can answer. >> >>What do guys like Bill Rennacker know that Sheck Exley didn't? How >>come when even right there in the basic cave diving book the concept >>of Breathing the Long Hose (like I've read here on this list so >>many other times) is not used everywhere? Even the most basic of >>cave diving manuals has it written right here in black and white (well >>blue). Do these people who breathe the short hose know something that >>Sheck Exley didn't? I suppose they must, but what could it be? >> >>Thanks for the time to answer, >> >>Bob Orlando >> >> >
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