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At 10:20 PM 10/23/99 -0400, Dave Sutton wrote: >The guy was carrying two WKPP type sidemounts No he was not , I was talking about me.He had 2 steel stages left and right.I guess I should rewrite that part to make it clear.I had both on the left and someone was saying that about me ,then another said thats the WKPP shit.They were talking about me before I entered the water to look for Charlie. You yourself in your story >told >about difficulty climbing the ladder after your mask problem due to your >side bottles. Maybe it's time to rethink this too. You have 2 different dive trips to the doria going here.Doria 98 I had the mask problem on the first dive and had my stages right and left.The ladder on the boat in 98 sucked ,in 99 they had a new ladder , I could climb that ladder with 4 stages anywhere on me ( not steel stages)if I wanted too. >I've seen many a deep >blue water wreck dive done with twin overpumped 80's and a 40 cube >poney with 02 in it. What depth and where is the blue water you refer to.What is the goal , plan? > Think about it: Less drag for sure than side mounts >and adequate gas for bottom and deeper stops and 02 for the shallower >hang. But poneys suck 100% says the guru(s) from the South. I better >not get off on that subject either... ;-) I could agree here if you were more detailed of the dive. >I'm not the sidemount expert so I'll keep my yap shut from here. But >it'll take some convincing to get me on board the idea that they are >always appropriate in high current blue water diving. There are NO experts on this list , all the experts I've heard of are dead.Thats the first thing they say about them in their obituaries "John Doe was an expert scuba diver", screw it I'm still learning don't want to be an expert:) Planning and back up planning same as redundant gear dictates what you take with you on a dive.Currents,water temps,and goals are factors also worked in.But you know this already. You are answering a great many questions from the list , ready for a break? JT ;) >Dave Sutton -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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