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On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, IchthyoSapien    <goettg@rp*.ed*> wrote:
>i've got a couple questions for those of you knowledgable about hogarthian
>rigs:
>
>1)  when wreck diving, and carrying the liftbag, what do you use to inflate
>it?  the long hose reg, or do you carry an inflating tool (monkey dick)?
      
       If you don't need it, don't take it (no , we use the reg to inflate)

>2)  on the 'doing it right' video and in all the related web pages, the 
>one-piece webbing runs straight out over the shoulders.  is it bad for some
>reason to cross the webbing behind the shoulders as is usually the case w/
>the multi-piece harnesses that come w/ the backplates?

        makes a mess and is dangerous - can't get it off - to get out of a 
Horgarthian rig you flip it over your head.

>3)  is carrying a small zippered pouch on the waist belt of the harness a
>no-no?
            it is blatent strokery - it is like having the brakes on when you 
are scootering or in a current - nothing on the front of the diver

>thanks in advance for the help
>-glenn goettler
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