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Using your BC inflater as your third reg does not mean breathing the air =
in your BC, you bozos.

You breath from your BC inflater by depressing both inflate and exhaust =
valves at the same time while it is in your mouth, and then inhale. Try it,=
 it works.

   Jim

On Wednesday, January 12, 2000, RBDhunter@ao*.co* wrote:
>Tom,
>
>I think you are misinformed about the probability of CO2 problems from=20
>breathing air stored in your BC. The BC does not release any CO2 and the =
gas=20
>in it is fresh from your tank already (unless of course you manually =
filled=20
>it, which is almost never done). The reason you are taught not to breath =
air=20
>from your BC is contaminants, some people even use Clorox to kill any=20
>bacteria growing in there. As you could imagine a breath full of that =
could=20
>be quite unpleasant. Hope this clears things up. Any one out there knows =
how=20
>CO2 would get in a BC, I think you should warn US!
>
>Regards,
>Richard Daniel
>
><< NEVER breathe the air from your bladder. The trick is that you
operate =
both
> the exhaust and the inflater button at the same moment so you breathe
> straight from BG. Rebreathing air from your bladder will almost certainly=

> black you out within a couple of minutes due to CO2.
> Practice this skill in a pool like environment first before you think =
about
> using this skill, and it does need practice...
> The deal here is that your "third reg" comes from right post that does =
not
> roll of. Ever using this option would need some strange situation indeed,=

> but still it is an option not to forget.
> I can imagine you can figure out these situations yourself. <g>
>=20
> Best,
>=20
> THOMAS >>
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