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Mat Blowhorn I have never advocated bungie wings, hose stuffing, etc. All I am saying is that there are different ways to be hogarthian in the ocean. I feel redundant BT on a serious ocean deco dive is smart. bill Mat Bloedorn wrote: > bigpawn > > One size fits all? > > Let's start by saying I don't dive in caves! ... (yet) > > No one is telling you you need to wear one size of > tank, drysuit or whatever. What people are suggesting > is a way to set up your gear that has been proven to > work and work well over many years. I myself have > begun the evelution towards DIR and you know what! > Each time I adopt more of the system I find out it is > better than what I was doing before. Take your > blinders off and try it! I think you'll find it's > cheaper better, more streamlined and simpler to use. > > Most of the people I've seen who say it is not > practical don't want to change because they have to > much time, money, and energy invested in trying to > make a bad or sub-optimal configuration somewhat > workable. These are the people that spend $800.00 on > a butt mounted light and are determined to make it > work somehow! These are the people who were duped > into buying dual bladder bungee wings and insist on > making a go of them. These are the people who stuff > their hoses .. Etc. Etc. > > Mat. > > --- bigvon@be*.ne* wrote: > > As in life there is no "one size fits all". > > Would you drive a Corvette off road in the woods? > > Would you wear office shoes to the mountains? > > I agree DIR is appropriate for cave. > > > > > > Chris Werner wrote: > > > > > Why would you ever keep changing gear config. to > > suit differing conditions? > > > Go with what works in all environments. > > > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to > > `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to > > `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > > _____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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