garry,

sorry, but that dog just don't hunt.  the light cord changes 
nothing.  even if it is on top, they are going in opposite 
directions.  how can the light cord go with the reg.  i would 
have to take the long hose out of my mouth, and purposefully 
twist the light cord and it together to make this happen.  the 
light cord cannot magically thread its way under the long hose 
around my neck.  if you had any clue whatsoever as to how we 
dive, you wouldn;t create such absolutely pathetic scenarios.  
george creates REAL scenarios that we have answers for.  ask bill 
mee.  he will give you the answers to those.  it is no big deal.  
the reg gets passed, teh donor picks up his backup under his 
chin.  where is the panic?  where is the oblivious?  how has this 
shortened the available hose that i am passing?  whose buoyancy 
just crapped out?  you have obvioulsy not thought this all the 
way through or have ever passed off a regulator.  this is not a 
problem for pros.  you may have a problem with it, but not pros.  
when we have problems, nobody panics.  everything is handled 
efficiently and methodically.  nobody's pulse goes above 60 and 
nobody's bp goes up.  the breathing rate remains at a 
semi-comatose level.  until you have seen this first hand, you 
need to stick to croquet or shuffleboard.  garry, have you signed 
up for wakulla2?  i think they need a self-proclaimed diving 
expert like you.


garry said

>Guy with long hose looks up to see frantic buddy. Hands off long 
>hose. Light 
>cord (still behind his neck) twists around long hose because 
>light cord 
>was on 
>top, so they are in each others faces with about a foot and a 
>half of slack.
>The guy with the long hose is fumbling for his backup reg and 
>both are 
>trying 
>to untangle. By this time they are flailing and have lost 
>buoyancy and are 
>obliviously ( not obviously, obliviously) sinking.
>We were able to sort it out for them without too much drama but 
>it was lucky 
>they had company.


scott landon
wkpp
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