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Hugo the Red Sea Clown might be good for a laugh but as an instroketor he is a seriously dangerous piece of shit. In case anyone has any doubts as to how dangerous, read on. rgds billyw ------------------------------------------------- billy, could you please forward this to the tech list regards dave guys, you'll all by now be familiar with 'hugo'. i've been in discussion with him for the last few weeks trying to show him some of the advantages of DIR, and the disadvantages of what he is doing. sorry about the length, but if someone can drill it through this guys' head that he is courting stupidity, then maybe an egyptian teenager will not die on deep air. below are some of his 'gems'.... in reference to his deep air dives and my post telling him technical diving came about to avoid deep air... >OK, I'm not doing technical diving. I'm just doing daily fucking >awesome >deep and long exploratory dives, with a variety of mixes, >lots of tanks, >the appropriate gear, lots of friends, and a good >mood. to those telling him deep air is dumb... >Seriously, I'm fed up with advices coming from wealthy short-sighted >westerners. then.... >I'm extremely interested on your system, from which I can >learn lots, and that I would probably use in any other environment >than >here. btw, what is so special about the conditions in egypt??? in regards to one of his configurations.... >Actually my independent doubles are rigged the most simple way I've >found: >a couple of soft bands like Aqua Explorers or DiveRite for immediate >tank >replacement, and the left regulator coming above the left >shoulder. You'll >have to reverse your left reg, easy to do with the >R190 or the new Titan, >or even easier, Poseidon. You then bungee-tie >your left pressure gauge on >the left inflator for streamlining and >reducing the number of hoses, and >repeat on the right. > >You then have 1 left tank, 1 left 1st stage, 1 left second stage, 1 >left >inflator, 1 left air gauge and the exact replica on the right, >everything >neat and tight. Even under heavy narcosis or stress it's a >fool-proof >system. and more wisdom.... >But careful gas management and proper >redundancy is even better. And as you're not manifolded, the odds of > >having total gas failure is virtually nill. after you have read the above description of the 'simplest' way of rigging his gear, he chooses to do this for a 60m air dive... >In the case of that famous 60m dive, I would on the right put my 15L > >H-valve with redundant regs on and my choice of mix inside ( usually >air >in this case). On the left any size of tank you find apropriate >for your >deco with the proper weight compensation. Your deco reg >being wrapped in a >plastic bag, you're not gonna use it by mistake. his opinion of those in the water with him.... >I rarely dive alone. But no matter who or how many people I dive with >(usually one, and always the same guy), I consider myself solo diver on local deaths... >We have our share of recoveries here. We usually take care of them >ourselves. on my description of the sighting of MOD on the side of a cylinder to instigate and confirm a gas switch... >I don't want to have to look at anything. I don't want to rely on my > >sight. My deco gas is carried on my right, has a plastic bag around >the >second stage mouthpiece, has an Aqualung mouthpiece, and it's >closed. btw, didn't he describe having his deco gas on the 'left' in the last config description? he doesn't want to rely on his sight, but this guy probably should not be relying on his air damaged memory. on diving DIR in egypt, after boasting to the list that he will soon have steel tanks for his warm water, wetsuit clad clients. >I don't want to dive with a config which is definitely too heavy for >my >environment. Open-water diving has different requirements than >cave or >wreck. I need to carry all my gas with me, I can't rely on >stages. You >want to rely on the lift of your dry suit with 5 tanks at >120m? I'm very >happy with my superwings (although too big), thank >you. this man is an instructor. let that sink in....... regards dave ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.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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