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Tom, this is one of many completely stupid and irresponsible pieces of
nonsense you have posted to the lists. I just did a body recovery on a
student of IANTD's who was wearing these riciculous bondage wings that
did not work, and we are still searching for the bodies of two more
victims who were wearing steel tanks in the ocean with wetsuits and one
of them , the one who had the problems that precipited the TRIPPLE
fatality, was using your beloved bondage wings.
You say "nobody dives" aluminium in the ocean. Well, Tom, I am not
exactly "nobody", and that is what I dive with a wetsuit. The reason,
which has obviously escaped you in all your years of diving, is that the
tanks have a 3 pound swing (each) with air, and about a -1 + 3 with the
gas I usually dive . I wear a weightbelt and or a cannister light to
offset the max positive of the tanks. If I have a problem with this, I
drop the weightbelt - just like I learned in PADI Open Water One. What
do I drop with steel? Why not dive a balanced rig in the first place?
Why do you not understand this ?
With cold water , or deep water which is likely to be cold at the
bottom, a drysuit is the right choice, and with that steel can be used,
or aluminum with a wedge or steel plate, but then you have to try
walking around a pitching boat with heavy steel tanks - NOT TOO SMART,
not a well thought out recommendation from somebody who pretends to know
what they are doing. Clearly this is not the case. I have to admit to
having done this jmyself, but that was because when I got called to
recover the body of the last fatality here I only had my hundreds mixed
and ready to go. My aluminums had been already used looking for more of
yours in Palm Beach.
Steel tanks with a wetsuit are too heavy , to negative, and too
dangerous, as the track record is now showing. Adding more convolution,
clustery and cluter to a rig with more bc's, double bc's, the totally
ridiculous bungeed wings ( I guess nobody has yet informed you that the
manufacturer does not recommend bungying the wings) is an accelleration
of task loading, drag, confusion and represents a mindset that is
incompatible with underwater activities, otherwise known as a "stroke".
One would think that for once in your long life you wild learn
something, like when your idiot pal Jim ("I can't count my dead buddies
on one hand") Lockwood left Frank Martz in Blue Hole Number Four; Frank
was wearing 104's with a wetsuit ( and diving deep air, and diving with
a stroke). That was 30 years ago. One would think that with all of your
recommending of the bondage wings from your vast excperience you would
have noticed that the inflator does not work and was recalled, and that
the bungees are dangerous. I know of three deaths involving
non-functioning bungy wings, and you claim to be the big "expert" -
expert my ass.
You go on in this post to recommend putting a "quick release" buckle on
a harness, one of the single dumbest things you have ever come up with .
We do not allow that or any plastic on a harness, and for good reason -
we do not want our gear to go one way, us the other (duh), and we are
diving caves with ceilings - using this in the ocean with no ceiling
borders are mental retardation. You then "challenge" - this is a big
thing with you - anyone to try a rescue with hundreds and stages. Try
Jarrod Jablonski - he did it at Wakulla with three stages on the diver,
and he stripped his gear and revived him on the surface. I "challenge"
you to recommend a piece of gear that works, a method that is sound, or
anything that makes any sense what so ever - you can't do it.
You also neglect to mention that another one of your famous
"standards" which has been implicated in several other deaths of late,
is the business of trying to identify what gas is in what bottle by the
position the bottle is worn in. This is dangerously stupid, and its
track reocrd says so.
You say "this is not a bands name post " - BULLSHIT - it is your
recommendation of everything OMS makes and sells. Tom, when one uses an
OMS steel backplate ( -5-6 lbs ), OMS tanks ( -the weight of the gas ),
and any other gear , like a light ( -7 lbs), one is starting the dive at
minus 24 to minus 30 pounds - only a real asshole would do that,
recommend that , or try that. When one uses the aluminum with an
aluminum backplate everything but the gas is ditchable, and that leaves
you minus 6 with air, minus 2.5 with 50% Helium . 2.5 pounds. Not 30 ,
2.5. THINK FOR ONCE .
You last line, which reads "from experience instead of arm chair theory"
is a classic - how the deaths, Tom - what do you call that ? How about
MY experience , Tom? How about that? I can make sense - you don't. Quit
recommending dangerous nonsense and get with the program - the program
is doing things properly and safely, not convoluting, making excuses,
bullshitting, and talking out of your ass - the fact that you continue
to recommend and make the same mistakes is appalling.
******** the uninteligable slop below is the post I refer to ***********
Fw: cylinders-BC's =
wet. Yet I rarely see anyone in the ocean diving deep on Aluminum =
cylinders. Including me I use the OMS double 85's and love them. If fact
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Aluminum 80's would be my last choice of diving cylinders.
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How many people on this list have dived either OMS double 98's (not =
pressed steel 95's) or OMS 85's. Those of you who have most likely can =
report that you can dive them even in event of BC failure. I have =
practiced this with both and have no problem with a 3 mil wet suit. =
(using Al 40's for stages)=20
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In fresh water with a 3 mil suit and no cylinders or other gear I can =
lay on the bottom of a pool, so you can say I'm negative buoyant , Yet =
swimming these cylinders is doable, With steel 45's it would be =
difficult and I would definitely recommend a backup BC inthis event.
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On the subject of redundant BC's if a failure occurs with any tank =
configuration double 80's or whatever the second BC may save your life
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or the life of a buddy who has had a BC failure. So although I do not =
always use a second BC when diving wet I certainly support the logic =
behind its use. For an instructor who must make a rescue it could prove
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to be a valuable asset.
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I see discussions on using the lift bag as a redundant BC , on ascent or
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on the bottom it will work , but how about during a rapid descent in =
deep water, how easily will you pull out the bag hook it up to a reel =
and deploy the lift bag, some of you should attempt to practice this =
during a rapid descent and see how well it works, then come back and =
give you views on it s use as a reliable backup BC. plus what if the =
reel jams or the lift bag dumps, what is the reliability factor in this
=
method?=20
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Also have a buddy get totally negative and simulate a rescue using just
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your BC or a lift bag. I plan to experiment with this some myself, due =
to a conservation I had with one of our instructors this morning. =
Remember this has to be doable at a high rate of descent trying to =
manage yourself and your buddy. Also factor in that you are fully =
negative at first in order to catch the descending diver. So :\
1. Catch the buddy
2. Make contact
3. Stabilize buoyancy
4. Start ascent
5. on the surface remain stable
Note! check your gas consumption during this drill.=20
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I suggest we all go out and experiment with this before drawing =
conclusions about what does or does not work. and what works under what
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circumstance?
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Note this is not a brands or no brands post this is a lets see what =
really works post and then for those who are willing to do the practices
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a discussion of the results. Any takers??
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Second practice drill while using continuos webbing (no quick releases)
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have a buddy simulate being unconsciousness , while in doubles and two =
stages. Remove the stages, and doubles on the surface as well as your =
own as in making a real life rescue. To make this more real simulate =
mouth to mouth as you are doing it.,
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Those of you who have QD's should also practice this skill.
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This is a good basic buddy rescue skill and we should all remain =
proficient in it.
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You should also time your results and bear in mind that if the diver has
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no pulse or it is an AGE, the time this is accomplished in is critical.
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The above skill is required in IANTD trimix courses now adays so I have
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some knowledge of how well it works in both applications.=20
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Remember try these first and then talk about it from experience instead
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of arm chair theory
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Tom
Tom
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