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G. Irvine wrote:
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> Thomas A. Easop wrote:
> 
>  Tom, then if you can swim them ( yuor steels) up , you do not need the
> double bc. 

At the end of the bottom time, when your cylanders and mine are lightest, if I
still had to rely on just my 
suit for bouyancy, and/or fin to ascend, a cascade of other problems would
begin. For one, my RMV would be 
increased due to the finning and so I would consume more gas than I had
planned. And I plan my pp02 in deco 
gases for resting deco, not swimming deco. I don't know I want to chance that.
Also, when I've had to use my 
suit for bouyancy it felt like I was being lynched. The suit pushed up on my
neck while all my equipment 
pulled down on my shoulders. Having another bladder in the BCD would have been
appreciated. I'm also thinking 
if such a strain could have predisposed me to DCI (I did not have any), and
what if my neck seal failed with 
all that "stress" on it?
>  If we want to do somethning cold or longer or deeper , drysuit with
> 104's would be the correct choice.

Dry suit diving is what I was refering to. I would like to know where "Tom's
article" which we refer to is 
published and I would like to get the entire thread so I have all the facts.

> Convoluteing the rig wtih doubole
> bc's is a dangerous choise and implies not doing it right to start with,
> as Bill Mee suggested. We get lots of chances to try everything with the
> wyear round diving we have, and we have tried every stupid think you can
> think of, and already know it is a cluster.

I know you would consider the added bladder uneeded and the additional low
preasure hose a failure point but 
please explain to me how a charlie foxtrot arises from this.

Tom
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