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Susan, The deeper you go the more you need a scooter to reduce gas consumption and CO2 build up. The logistics of placing stage and safety bottles for a swim *in* in addition to a swim out would be more complicated than necessary. An exception to this would be an extreme bounce dive for the purpose of setting some "record". In that case you need a shovel. Without a deep, long range, reliable scooter (Gavin) there is very little deep horizontal (Cave, big wreck, etc) diving that is logistically feasible. I know because I don't have one (yet). Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 12:17:00 -0500 From: premier@ma*.ac*.ne* (susan m. innes) Subject: Is a scooter necessary? Just wondering if a scooter is an integral part of DIR since most of the dives in the caves, ocean, (Brittanica),etc seem to be using one? I know it is not mandatory, but the majority appear to be using them. Does anyone swim any more? What about deep dives below the scooters capabilities? Susan Chris Elmore University of SC (803) 777-1534 office (803) 348-3055 mobile Chris@sc*.ed* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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