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Subject: Re: Long hose routing - when NOT wearing a torch ?
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 97 11:05:11 -0500
From: Jim Cobb <cobber@mi*.co*>
To: "Kevin Allen" <kevina@mi*.co*>,
     "Tech Diver"
1) correct

2) no no no. You want to avoid adding any extra hardware. The long hose 
must be free for deployment.
>
>What's the best way to stow the long hose when you don't have a torch
>canister light to loop it under ?  For whatever reason - my current
>reason is I don't have a canister torch yet, and I can live without it
>for a while, open-water diving.
>
>Two possibilities come to mind :
>
>1) just push a loop of the hose through your harness waist-belt where
>the torch should be.
>
>2) tie a piston clip on to the hose, add a D-ring to the waist-belt on
>the right hip, and clip the hose on to it.
>
>I'm leaning towards 1) as it's less convoluted and probably quicker to
>deploy, but option 2) is more secure - once attached it'll stay attached
>until you decide otherwise, but would be slower to deploy (from 5' to
>7', but not much slower than option 1).
>
>I'd appreciate your thoughts on this.
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