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Blly, it was a joke, tounge in cheek, a gag etc...you need a few Fosters... :-) Sean To Err Is Human To Forgive Divine Neither Is My Policy ----- Original Message ----- From: <bdi@wh*.ne*> To: Aquanaut Mail <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 5:05 AM Subject: Re: Icy water diving and SPG placement > At 11:23 8/11/99 , Michael J. Black wrote: > >My preference is to not clip the SPG to my left hip or > >chest D-rings. I prefer to tuck the SPG on a long > >hose > >into my butt crack. That's right, between my legs, in > >the butt crack, which cradles the thing nicely, and I > >know where it is at all times by feel. I often have > >to reach for the SPG (which is mounted to a console, that > >has a compass, knife, scissors, computer, slate, depth > >gauge, pencil) mainly to read my compass. My usual > >diving is in freshwater lakes in Wisconsin, with poor > >visibility (yesterday vis was 3 feet in Lake Mendota, > >Madison, WI) and I rely on my compass for underwater > >navigation on a regular basis. > > The original question was about the placement of the SPG > in a system called DIR. The enquirer wanted to know, within > that system, where other DIR divers clipped their SPG. > > There is no console in DIR, Michael, for the simple reason > that consoles drag, scrape and get in the way - even when > they are clipped off. They trap line. And they place an untoward > strain on the hp hose. Further, they are impossible to mount > in a streamlined fashion so that information can be read at > a glance without having to unclip and/or handle them first. > > As you have discovered, you have to go to ridiculous extremes > just to carry the thing in an out of the way place. In your case, > by keeping it as far from its intended place of use as you could > think of - and on a long hp hose to boot! This is the height > of inconvenience and inefficiency. Esp. considering your compass > (which you say you use regularly) is attached to it. Michael, > that's like keeping the speedometer in the trunk, no? > > The DIR system on the other hand, enables the SPG to be read > at a glance and keeps the diver tight, tucked in and stream- > lined - which is a distinct benefit when moving through the > water, whether swimming, in current or scootering, or negotiating > tight spots, whether in caves or wrecks. > > Those other things you have attached to your console would be > more manageable and accessible if you put the depth gauge > (and the computer if you must) on your wrist, the cutters on > your belt, wrist mount the compass (on a piece of bungy if you > like to swim with it held out in front of you) or put it with > the other stuff in your pocket. > > >Looking at some of the other postings on icy water > >diving, it appears that more than one system works for > >different people. > > No-one has ever been able to explain anything other > than DIR as a 'system'. So as far as diving is concerned, > there is only one 'system'. And what you're diving is a mess. > > > And isn't that what diving is > >about, using what works best for you. > > Michael, you have yet to discover what works best for you. > You've hung nine separate items (that's 9 - count 'em!) off > a long hp hose to create one of the all time great gear fuck-ups. > And by way of proof, look at the assinine way you have to dive > it - with the whole shebang sitting in the crack of your ass! > > rgrds billyw > > > One final opinion, > >regarding dry gloves. I have used the Viking cuff > >ring system for years, with over 200 dives using the > >5-finger latex gloves. The times I have had a > >substan- > >tial leak are so few, that I strongly recommend it to > >others. Viking does not pay me to say this. Safe > >diving, everyone. > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.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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