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sean
i can appreciate your thoughts on this; however think carefully about what
you are saying.
first you are diving in an environment that in & of itself is dangerous
(i.e., overhead)
you find yourself in a place that does not allow for "normal" diver
configuration (i.e.. DIR). so you elect at that point to change from the
"standard gear" to (by your definition) a riskier configutation. your
justification for this is that you weigh the risk & chose to dive this way,
based on the task that is before you (i.e., to drag yourself deeper than
anyone else into a spot no one has been before for whatever reason you can
use to convince yourself that it is important enough to do).
*****please don't misunderstand me- i happen to agree with
your philosophy on this. i am not putting you down for what you do. i am
merely questioning your attempts to stop others from having the same thoughts
on doing what they do*****
again i am not trying to say that side mounts are bad or the ID"s are good. i
am only pointing out that you are the one making the assumption that you risk
taking is better or wiser than someone else's risk taking.
hank
In a message dated 11/04/1999 4:05:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ststev@un*.co* writes:
<< Hank, that particular statement was made with the important implication
that sidemount diving be employed ONLY when necessary, such as when
back mounted cylinders do not fit into the cave passage. You quote my
comment out of context. The risks that I will accept are limited by
the fact that I will use ONLY the safest possible configuration for the
given environment (short of calling the dive). When tanks fit on the
back, this means an isolation manifold. To incur a risk that is
entirely unnecessary is what I cannot accept.
-Sean >>
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