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This is exactly right. Last week, I saw a cave student demonstrate the very thing you're talking about. He was using the DS for primary inflation when he began an out of air drill. Suddenly, he was upside down and thrashing. The instructor had to save him. It never should have happened Jesse Armantrout wrote: > This technique may work with a single or double alum. 80, but go strapping > on som PST 120's and a couple stages and your gonna be screwd the first > time you go head down or up. > > Come on , Jeremy. Think these things thru. You should know better. One > rig, one configuration, one way to dive, the right way, all the time. > > Trout > > ---------- > > From: Jeremy Downs <dcrco@jp*.ne*> > > To: Jason Weisacosky <hypoxic@tr*.mi*.or*> > > Cc: Paul Kaufman <pkaufman@sc*.cc*.ne*.us*>; techdiver@aquanaut.com > > Subject: Re: Dry Suit Diving. > > Date: Wednesday, December 17, 1997 1:58 PM > > > > Jason, > > Instead of making crass assumptions why don't you list the dangers you > speak > > of, I would be really interested to hear this one. > > > > BTW it's not for convenience but rather for better control and less CF's. > > You do have to have a genuine clue about proper weighting to begin with > > though (and most people really don't). > > > > > > At 08:59 AM 12/17/97 -0600, Jason Weisacosky wrote: > > >The idea of using a dry suit for primary inflation because it happens to > be > > >convenient is dangerously flawed at best. Please re-evaluate and do not > > >sentence anyone else. > > >To everyone else who would consider this: DON'T FUCKIN' DO IT.---Jason > > > > > >Jeremy Downs wrote: > > > > > >> When properly weighted & adjusted (this is the key) I allways have > simpler > > >> and better control when using only the suit and completely ignoring my > wings > > >> during the dive. With this method your bouyancy is basicly automatic > (with > > >> shell suits) and you have less items to worry about. Everybody I have > talked > > >> into trying this has not gone back and their bouyancy control and > awareness > > >> (one less distraction) has improved. > > >> > > >> I even had a former student last month come up and ask me about how to > use a > > >> shell suit he had rented for the weekend so I briefed him on this > technique > > >> and went with him on his first dive to make sure everything went ok. > This > > >> was his first time ever in a drysuit and only about his 20th dive > ever. I'm > > >> not overexaggerating at all here but within fifteen minutes his > control was > > >> as good as most seasoned divers I know (with or without a drysuit). > > >> > > >> I know George & Jim both don't advise this method but I hope they give > it a > > >> real try (this is about the only thing that I don't agree with them > on). I > > >> really can't say the same for neoprene suits since I have never tried > one > > >> and their characteristics are different (although two converts have > been > > >> neoprene users). > > >> > > >> At 02:08 PM 12/12/97 EST, Paul Kaufman wrote: > > >> >Eric, > > >> > > > >> >I always leave the auto-deflate on my TLS-350 set almost fully open > (least > > >> resistance). > > >> >Just add enough air to your suit to take off the squeeze. Then use > your > > >> wings to adjust > > >> >your buoyancy. You have to remember that you are now dealing with > two > > >> systems, but it > > >> >works better this way than trying to make all your buoyancy > adjustments > > >> with the suit. > > >> > > > >> >Take care, > > >> > > > >> >Paul > > >> > > > >> >-- > > >> >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'. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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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