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Sudden chill from the cold brass? Not in my butt crack baby! Hey, when you dive in the Great Lakes area all year long, the extremities get so numb from the icy cold water, that there is no such thing as sudden chill .. 52 degrees F? Now that's toasty. 10 foot vis? Awesome. Dave Sutton? Hey, everyone's entitled to an opinion. Regards, The Butt Crack Diver --- Sean Cary <smcary@mi*.co*> wrote: > I find the armpit cradle works better... (And there > is less cleanup after > the dive) Besides the fact that it keeps it > warm...so if I have to revert > to the buttcrack cradle (The MBlackian Rig) there is > no sudden chill from > the cold brass! > > Don't know a thing about dry gloves...and don't want > to dive where I'd need > em! I'm happy with my Gin Clear Water wrecks and > TOASTY water! But I do > remember a few days here when we were in 52 degrees > around the 180-200 fsw > mark...but that THANK GOD is rare! > > Mike Rodriguez could tell you about the AWESOME vis > we have here all the > time...that was the Pappa you crashed into wasn't it > Mike?? But that's > right, they only have shitty vis up north... :-) > Hell if we could even > DIVE here in So Fla I'd be happy with 10' vis...I > have not been in the water > in over a month from the wind! I guess Dave Sutton > could come out and show > us how to dive in 8-10 footers! > > Sean Cary > > To Err Is Human > To Forgive Divine > Neither Is My Policy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael J. Black <mjblackmd@ya*.co*> > To: Aquanaut Mail <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 7:23 PM > Subject: Icy water diving and SPG placement > > > > 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. > > > > Looking at some of the other postings on icy water > > diving, it appears that more than one system works > for > > different people. And isn't that what diving is > > about, > > using what works best for you. 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. > > > > > > ===== > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to > `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to > `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.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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