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At 10:22 AM 2/1/99 -0500, you wrote: >To all South Florida Wreck Divers, >Can someone please give me a DETAILED article on gear configuration. Try www.wkpp.org in the gear config section, check out the equipment considerations section of www.gue.com and order the DIR II video from www.halcyon.net. >Specifically, if you are carrying a deco bottle on the right and a stage on >the left, where would you clip off reels? (in scots brogue) yuv gut ta hang it frrom yer crutch, boyoo. Also, reference above to see why those folks have figured out that staging both on the left is a better idea in most cases. The more info people can send the >better. I have searched all the books and have yet to find anything concrete >to start from. Every author seems to leave out direct diver application. Check out the equipment configuration chapter by Bill Gavin in the NACD's "The Art of Safe Cave Diving" I know it's about cave diving and not specifically wreck, but most everything there is pretty useful and applicable. Honestly, I think the reason most authors leave out direct diver app. is because in most cases they themselves are never quite comfortable with their configs. The configs and techniques you'll see in the video and the web sites listed are a distillation of the lessons learned from years and years of honest-to-god staged deco and overhead envioronment diving. The reasons they have for doing what they do are all fully explained as well; and, hey, the people most responsible for disseminating this info are also the people doing the most challenging dives anywhere right now. I figure with that kind of foundation, it's in my best interest to take cues... I'm sure I'm going to be one of about 10,000 people on this list that are going to tell you pretty much the same stuff.... Hope it helps -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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