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From: vps@ca*.wi*.ne* (Victor Paul Sparks)
Date: 23 Oct 94
Originally To: witch!osfn.rhilinet.gov!ac122


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> I have seen some other post talking about the use of a 9 ft octopus hose
>when in an overhead environment. How come? At depth can't this have
>a neg effect by giving a person the ability to over breath the regulator?
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>                                                               Dive Safe
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>                                                                Tom
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Tom:

The reason for such a long hose is to enable the diver who is
utilizing the secondary regulator to position themselves
immediately behind the primary diver, in tamden.  This is
benificial in the overhead environment in that it allows the
divers to pass thru a "one-person restriction" in a relatively
normal orientation, as opposed to having to traversing it in a
head-to-head orientation if a standard length secondary hose is
used.  Using the longer hose greatly reduces task loading in a
situation such as that and susequently gives both menbers of the
team better odds of keeping their cave entrances and exits equally
divisible by 2 :->

Victor

"The only boring people in the world are sane." 

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