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"John R. Rose" wrote:
> 
> Sure. No real dexterity is needed.
> The wetnotes go in the small pocket on the right leg. Nothing else
> is in that pocket, so you don't have to worry about loosing anything.
> If you want, you can start with the wetnotes opened so that
> the compass is on one side and a blank page on the other.
> The standard wetnotes have width and height dimensions similar to a VCR
> tape, so you should be able to hold onto that with heavy or mitts.
> You can always shove them back into your pocket if you need both hands.

Obviously you are talking about cave diving here and not ocean
diving.  For cave diving, I totally agree, there isn't much use for a
compass (at least that I can think of) except for surveying.  If you
are navigating through cave by compass and do not have a guideline you
are in serious trouble.  So keeping a compass inside your wet notes in
your pocket is totally appropriate.

However, for ocean diving, the situation is totally different. I
constantly use a left wrist mounted compass to navigate open water,
especially when scootering over non-descript terrain (e.g. hunting
king crab).  On these sorts of dives, I don't need to know my heading
down to the degree, I just need a glance to see what general direction
I'm going.  I have yet to figure out how to pull a compass out of the
right leg pocket and read it while scootering.  But I do know I can
read the compass on my left wrist without letting off the throttle.

-Kent-
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