Mailing List Archive

Mailing List: techdiver

Message Display

At 06:13 PM 3/11/97 -0800, you wrote:
>I must agree with some of the points made by you long hose breathers.
>But my major problem with it is that having someone pull a breathing reg
>from your mouth in the cold waters I dive will 9 out of 10 times result
>in a free flow. Hot meets cold and causes a freez then you both
>fucked.Excuse my language. My long hose is stored allong the side of my
>right tank easily accessible from the rear with the reg bungied to the
>upper chest which can be pulled free. The hose is tightly kept to the
>body avoiding being snaged on the wreck. As for getting air from my
>buddy  not a problem we carry 40's strapped between the tanks just for
>such a problem and breath it untill we can remedie the situation
>together. Everyone up here dives that way for different reasons mine is
>purely safety. Maybe I should breath the long hose and follow the trend
>but I choose to stay with something me and the people who are much more
>qualified than me dive. Every environment requires a different
>configuration the balance requirers being safe and comfortable.



 You
>should dive cold waters more often and see how fast a set of twins empty
>from a free flowing reg before you can shut it down.
>BSC
>
I guess the 100 or so dives a year that I do in the great lakes, many of
which are done on trimix does not qualify me to know jack shit.  I bow to
your superior wisdom and vast experience.  If you guys feel that is the way
to go I won't be changing your mind, just invoking Rule #1

Jeff  

--
Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'.
Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.

Navigate by Author: [Previous] [Next] [Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject: [Previous] [Next] [Subject Search Index]

[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]

[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]