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Hello all,
I hate to disagree with you but the truth is I stuff the long hose.
Chris brown made a few good points actually all of them would apply. When
diving down south in caves like that in Georges "doing it right" video I
would see some advantage. Since I don't dive down south but wreck dive the
St-lawerence in cold quick current I don't see the advantage of breathing
the long hose.
When wreck diving I see the "right" way to do it as breathing the
short hose. While working through a tight wreck with your buddy following
you it would be a poor idea to not stuff the hose. You want him/her to be
able to reach it without problems. If your breathing it and your buddy can't
reach it in a tight corridor there is a potential for a problem here.
I understand your points and must agree with your style for the
environment you dive. Where there is room to get close and get the long hose
from your buddy. Thats all great for you cavers but the reality of doing it
that way in the st-lawerence in tight wrecks is not a good idea.Unless you
have a death wish.
Do you want to be without air and deal with a paniced out of air
diver??? Taking the air source out of your mouth in my opinion is not a good
idea. As George said we must keep things simple. To many tasks result in an
error. By take the reg out of you mouth you are without air(1). Then you
must help a paniced diver(2). Then you must get a reg for your-self(3).
Don't forget about keeping the silt down(4). Then you must take care of your
line and avoid becoming entangled in a panic situation(5). Five things to do
instead of letting your buddy pull out the long hose. Are you catching
on!!!! All of this must be done in a corridor of 3x3ft or less. There is no
room to play or mess up. Here in the river Chris Brown would survive and be
able to help his buddy. Unfortunately you long hose breathers have just been
added to the long list of statistic along with your buddy.
As you probably see every environment requires a different
configuration. I don't intend to insult any of you divers who breath the
long hose because you probably are able to use it safely in your
environment. Here for safety reasons we choose to breath the long hose for
safety reasons. I do what is safe and doing it safe is doing it RIGHT!!!!
Safety is the right way of doing it!
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