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Jim, You sure are pretty dam sadistic:) Your drysuit points are all valid. Jonathan >Erik- > >You need some pool time to get your kit squared away. All answers lie in >the bottom of the pool. Personally I did not find that I needed a huge >weight increase and I have a neoprene suit, only about 5lbs. For a shell, >you might find that you need *less* weight. You need to purge the excess >air out of your suit before you jump in by crouching down while holding >your neck seal open. > >Dont treat your drysuit as your primary floatation. Put just enough air >in it to be comfortable and no more. If you put too much in (a common >mistake with new users) it will fuck your trim all up and make ascending >a nightmare. Who on earth told you not to use your wings with a drysuit? >Whoever it is is an idiot. > >About your comment about closing your auto valve all the way, you do know >that you can manually let the air out? You did read the manual? > >As far as your teeth are concerned, I'd don't think you are giving your >mouth time enough to heal. I remember when I had some molars yanked and >the pain was excruciating, I could not eat for a week, much less dive. >Having them pulled today, huh? Man, I can feel those pliers now, working >back and forth, back and forth. The sick cracking/ripping noise as the >tooth gives way. > >Yes, I remeber the drowning sensation as the blood spurts out in gallons. >And that's the first tooth. The second is worse, your fingernails are >digging into the hand rests, your toes are curled all up in your shoes. >All the while the asshole sadistic doctor is laughing and joking with the >nurse. The last two you are hell on earth. You lapse into and outof >consciousness, the pain manifests itself as horrifying flashes of color >as you realize in horror that the novacane is wearing off. > >Then you have to eat penicillin for 10 days, the new versions of >penicillin are awful. It makes you nauseous and near puking all the time. >Here's some advise- After the horror is over, take that dentist by the >collars and tell him in very clear terms that you don't like pain. And if >you are in pain, you will call him at 3am and scream at him. Tell him you >want some knockdown, dragout painkillers or you will rip his head off and >shit down his neck. If you are lucky, you *might* get some tylanol 3's. > > Jim > >On 12/12/97 1:55 AM Erik Schmidt wrote: > >>I have recently purchased a drysuit and am learning how to >>dive it. My understanding is that I should have the auto >>deflate almost all the way open, get in the water in all of >>my gear with an empty set of doubles, and see how much >>weight (if any) it takes to start descent. This would show >>me the amount of weight that I need to carry. First of all, >>is this correct? >> >>My main question is this: If weighted as described above, >>how would I compensate for the extra weight when beginning a >>dive with a full set of doubles? I would not want to close >>the auto deflate at all because that would just create a >>large bubble in the drysuit and be uncomfortable to dive >>in. I also would not want to use my wings because I know >>that they are not supposed to be used with a drysuit. So, >>how do I compensate for the weight of full tanks without >>adjusting my auto deflate and without using my wings? Maybe >>I'm all wrong... Help me out! >> >>I'm sure this is a very basic question, especially for those >>of you who have been diving dry for a long time, but I am a >>very experienced diver - just not an experienced drysuit >>diver! >> >>Thanks! >> >>-- >>Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >>Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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