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>1.. The type of dry suit that wear does not allow you to shut down tank >valves. I am a commercial diver first and have to wear a Viking because you >can fix it fast and will hold up to extreme diving conditions. In all my >years of running a charter operation, I saw VERY few diver could shut the >isolator down because of the thickness of the underwear needed to dive cold >water. I dive cold water with thick undergarments, etc. If you can't reach your knobs then you need to get back in the pool until you can figure it out. If your arms are short then you can still find a way to get those knobs shut down. Most of the time I have to hike the tanks up my back to get a good grip on the knobs, but I can do it. Jarrod told me about a guy (I think one of the WKPP divers) that is short, and can not reach his valves, but he can shut them down anyway. How does he do it? He unhooks his harness enough to get enough slack to hike his tanks up so he can reach them (you have to have another clip holding your light though). There are ways to get the job done without slobwinders. If you don't have the skill, don't do the dive until you learn. Don't compensate by adding convoluted gear. -Jon -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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