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Blow Horn You obviously have never made a dive in warm Caribbean water or you would understand the dehydration issue. And if you read my post you moron you would understand that the BC is flipped around, not upside down. What a buffoon. Bill Mat Bloedorn wrote: > Pawn, > > You are in fact the master of misdirection! > > How are you going to handle anything but warm water? The issue of warm water has been addressed > already by George and others. Read the posts. Oh yes, you were worried about dehydration. > That's right. You are quite correct that a (is it 1/8 inch?) wetsuit provides far less insulation > that a trilam drysuit with minimal underwear (t-shirt and shorts?) at the deco stops. So you'd be > far more comfortable in that wetsuit (yah right). You are quite correct that an upside down BC > with waist level inflation makes far more sense... > > Pawn, > > I can't wait for the video so we can all see the full explanation of the Big Pawn system. I'm > looking forward to the video shots of the gear in use. > > When will the web-site be up? > > Mat. > > --- bigvon@be*.ne* wrote: > > Like I said before George you are a master of misdirection. The discussion > > was about deep warm water diving with steels without the use of a scooter.. > > Not cold Britannic water with drysuits and scooters. > > You still did not answer the question tough guy and I doubt you ever will. > > Von > > > > kirvine@sa*.ne* wrote: > > > > > Von, why don't you stop by GUE and straighten Jarrod out. I tried to > > > tell him that diving the Britannic in a drysuit was not the Von method, > > > and that since he was beyond 300, he should have had steels and a > > > wetsuit, a backwards bc, two bottom timers in case his arm got bit off > > > by a shark, etc. > > > > > > Maybe you can come to a WKPP dive and tell me how to do more than a > > > "bounce" dive, since I have very little experience with the kind of big > > > bottom times you are doing, and show me about "exploring" and what I > > > need to do in the way of "modifications " to accomplish these feats, > > > short of the lobotomy is appears you forgot to tell us about. > > > > > > bigvon@be*.ne* wrote: > > > > > > > > I did laugh at THAT one. > > > > I realize I am on the "DIR list", not techdiver. I will continue to > > > > dive my way and you guys can stay above 300 and dive your way. No one > > > > has addressed the deep issue. I am not advocating deep diving, just > > > > commenting on a style that is safe. You WKPP guys keep bouncing the > > > > wrecks and we will keep exploring them. > > > > Von > > > > > > > > gordonjr wrote: > > > > > > > > Von, You place your backup wing on upside down, strap the > > > > inflator to your waist strap, and orally inflate at waist > > > > level?Hell, if I could do that I'd never leave the house > > > > (credits to G.Carlin). JR Gordon "Just flip the BC over > > > > and place it over the bolts as you do your primary B.C. > > > > I loop a small loop of small bungie over the bottom bolt > > > > before I assemble the > > > > harness. This loop is placed over the power inflator > > > > mechanism to secure it at > > > > your right waist. There is no hose run to the inflator. Just > > > > orally inflate if > > > > needed." > > > > > > -- > > > 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'. > > > > ===== > M-Plan - Free-Ware dive planning software utilizing > the Buhlmann ZHL-16 algorithm at: > mailto:mbloedorn@ya*.co* http://www3.sympatico.ca/bloedorn > __________________________________________________ > 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'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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