Mailing List Archive

Mailing List: techdiver

Message Display

I didn't think that would count. I can loosen the harness to get to the
isolator.   See what I did to be compliant, was to move the doubles so high
on my back that I couldn't lift my head.  This high mount lasted one dive &
I went back to a stage mounted pony.    I don't need a lot of air/gas.  I
dive a single 125 that covers my consumption requirements as I don't do deco
in excess of 20 minutes.

So I say why dive doubles if I don't need the volume and can always return
to the surface at any point in the dive with my 30 pony.

Randy Sullivan
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont
sulteck@ic*.ne*
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Breazile <breazile@ne*.co*>
To: sulteck@ic*.ne* <sulteck@ic*.ne*>; techdiver@aquanaut.com
<techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Date: Sunday, January 25, 1998 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Pony Bottles


>>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'.

Navigate by Author: [Previous] [Next] [Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject: [Previous] [Next] [Subject Search Index]

[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]

[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]