Mailing List Archive Mailing List Archive
Sender: bigvon@be*.ne* Date: 8/8/99 5:59 PM > > >Jim Cobb wrote: > >> You want flame? You got it. >> >> No canister light? I don't know about you, but I LIKE to see what I am >> looking at when I ocean dive. If you like pawing around like a blind man >> that's fine but a 50watt light does wonders to find goodies and to enjoy >> the wild coloration that even Atlantic diving provides underwater. Why >> anyone would dive in the Atlantic with a lousy 15watt light is really >> stupid. >> > >You better go back and re-read my post. You can read can't you? >I said that a light was appropriate in certain circumstances ie East Coast., >cold dark H2O Hey Von, there are these things found underwater called wrecks? And these wreck things have dark areas caused buy a lack of light. I suppose you could just ignore these "lightless" areas and go on a do laps, but surprize! Cool stuff hangs out in these "dark zones" and you need a.. Guess what? Yes a Light! A light will fill these dark, lightless areas with bright, shiny light so you can see what's in them! Wow, fascinating stuff, huh?? >> So you think that penetration needs DIR, eh? How the hell do you know >> what is going to be awaiting you down there? I guess if you dive one or >> two wrecks only during the course of the diving season you might know. >> But in VaBch you have dozens of wrecks to choose from and us experienced >> divers like to be prepared for poor vis, penetration or whatever. >> > >Gee, if one were exploring new territory then overkill would be appropriate. >However I must say that I probably would not penetrate my first time on a >wreck at 300 feet unless I knew the wreck. There are old divers and bold >divers but no old, bold divers. Gosh, the neat thing about light is it, like, go's places? So you can actually be OUTSIDE of a "zone of darkness", you turn your light on (hold on to something so the light won't push you back) and, with proper training and technique, point the light (the shiney end) into the "hard to see things area" and, WOW! You can see stuff! And heres a tip for you: The brighter the light, the more you can see!!!! A true miracle, Von, a true miracle. >> What makes you think that a lift bag prevents you from DIR? Where in DIR >> does it say "oh, and no lift bags allowed"? It's lame groundless rhetoric >> from old timers like you who like to act like something as trivial as >> adding a lift bag makes you non-DIR. Wrongo, Von. >> > >OK finally something on which we agree! > > >> >> Steel tanks are FINE, Von. You just need a drysuit for your secondary >> buoyancy. You dive with a wetsuit in the North Atlantic? If so you are >> either a stroke or an idiot or you don't deco dive. And why anyone would >> use steel stages when AL stages are so much easier to manage I have no >> idea other than bone-headed stupidity. >> > >Again learn to read. I do not dive wet in cold water, nor do I use steel >stages. >Never said I did. Reread my post. So your saying that you are just trolling and wasting our time? >> Again, shoe me where DIR states that a jon line and a spare mask is not >> acceptable. You idiot. >> > >If you guys get in such a tizzy over a spare bottom timer I was sure these >items were verboten. Again we agree on something! Lame, Von, really lame. This is a real pussy, juvenile statement. I'm not surprized at you. >> Why do you old-timers fight DIR to the death (literally)? Try it, Von, >> you'll like it. >> > >Since when is 42 old? How old is george???? >I have and do dive DIR in caves. I just feel these changes or modifications >or whatever they are called give me an edge IN THE OCEAN. Oh, so you're not old, just pig-headed stupid. Von, will you please at least try it DIR and after you have tried it come back to this list and explain in detail why you did not like it. Then I will have some respect for your opinions. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
Navigate by Author:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Subject Search Index]
[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]
[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]