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George, out of curiosity did you have Gavin scooters at this time? If not, = what kind of scooters were you using? Jim On Thursday, January 13, 2000, kirvine@sa*.ne* wrote: >Should be the same as a reg as far as gas usage , but your next move is >to fix your buddy's problem and then turn your own valve back on if it >is still there.=20 > > By the way, when things like this happen and you are on a stage bottle >, go to your backgas - you do not want to run out on your stage while >dealing with a problem and then have the whole thing start all >over. > > I had a situation like this while diving with Exley and another guy. >Exley went throgh a restriction at 300 feet, and then I went. Exley >immmediately scootered over to a lead he saw on the left, about 40 feet >away, I turned and framed the restiction for the next guy with my light, >but instead of him coming thrugh, his scooter came through by >itself.=20 > > I batted it away from me and the silt, grabbed the mainline, went to my >backup , got neutral and had my long hose ready when the guy came >thougth not breathing. I grabbed his right arm asnd held him tight at >alrms lenght,and hit him with the reg - he took a couple of breaths, and >then we sorted out the probem. Shit in the stage reg . > > That could have been a huge clusterfuck , but it only delayed us about >one minute. Exley retreived the scooter and we were off on our way. The >other thing that this guy did that was screwed up was that he had all of >his stage regs over his neck and also had his other two regs sprayed >eveywhere - he could not find one that was turned on fast enough. He >changed his gear after that dive. > > >Thomas A. Easop wrote: >>=20 >> Jim Cobb wrote: >>=20 >> > 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. >>=20 >> One thing to keep in mind when doing this, it buys you time >in an otherwise fatal situation to come up with a plan that >would ultimately get you out. Since you >> waste *alot* of gas doing it, you must start thinking immediately of = your next move. >>=20 >> -- >> The Guns and Armour of Scapa Flow Scotland >> 1998 Underwater Photographic Survey of Historic Wrecks >> http://www.gunsofscapa.demon.co.uk/ >>=20 >> -- >> 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'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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