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> Is there anywhere commercially available a man-lifting harness that (1) can
be 
> routinely worn under scuba gear, and (2) can be fastened easily in emergency 
> to any sort of lifting gear that a rescue helicopter / etc may be equipped 
> with?
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>      I have used a standard Miller harness in conjunction with a Willian's 
>      seat harness.  The Miller harness is made for divers. The seat harness 
>      is made for climbers.  I wore it under my gear, over my drysuit.  The 
>      application was for being lowered over a bridge rail into a river.  I 
>      controlled my angle by using a line with a prussick knot from the 
>      Miller harness to the main line. The whole rig was quite 
>      uncomfortable, but it worked safely.
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	I think that may have been a 'Whillans' harness. 

	A lot more comfortable, and easier to use would be one of a
dozen one piece whole body mountaineering harnesses. Many large climbing
type shops list them in their catalogues.

	A thought I had on this would be (although a little drastic) to
build a full harness set of straps into a dry suit. My brother uses as a
set of working overalls a german army issue tank drivers suit - converts
from all-in-one to great-coat with two zips, can be stripped in the
event of napalm splashes with two toggled zips and comes with tapes sown
in to function as an emergency stretcher or air lift suit (or body-bag).

	De riguer for cave diving, by the sound of it, eh Neal? ;-)

	Jason.

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