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rig your stages so the valve handles point down and can be turned with
either hand.  Actually, I use my left hand to open and close valves most of
the time, especially when scootering and shutting stuff down on the fly.

trout

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> From: Brian Greenberg <grnbrg@cc*.um*.ca*>
> To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
> Subject: Sinister modifications to DIR.
> Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 9:50 AM
> 
> Ok, the subject is a troll.  I admit it.  :)  But the message is real
enough.
> 
> DIR rigging puts the stage bottles on the left, and the battery canister
> on the right.  I believe this is to allow for easy access to the valves
on 
> the stages, and allows the battery canister to assist in the routing of
the
> long hose.  
> 
> Is this still the ideal configuration for a lefty?  This configuration
makes
> it more difficult to turn valves with the left hand, and forces the diver
> to either wear the light on the right hand, or cross the wire over the
body.  
> Would it make any sense to swap the equipment on the waist left to right
in
> this case?  (ie:  light and buckles on the left, stages on the right)
> 
> The only drawback I see with doing this are that the rig is now slightly
non-
> standard.  Is this sufficient reason to not rig this way, or am I missing

> potential problems?
> 
> Brian.
> (Who is hoping for answers and discussion, not flames.)
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