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How about inside a wreck, have to doff rig to squeeze through a
collapsed hole?

With a drysuit and all the weight on the rig, that'd squeeze you to the
ceiling while the rig stays negative?


Cam Banks wrote:
> 
> I guess that's what I'm trying to figure out; if it's okay to go with weight
> that is completely undroppable.  It's kind of scary to make that final step
> away from the conventional "drop your weights" training.
> 
> Let's see, what scenario would undroppable weights be bad in?  I'm on the
> surface, in distress, out of air?  I could probably get out of the rig
> entirely almost as easily as do a two-step belt drop.  I'm on the bottom,
> OOA and need to make an emergency buoyant ascent?  Same answer?  Hell, I
> don't know...  Any input welcome.
> 
> Cam


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