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Ah, you spotted that one. Exley and I had Gavins, the other guy had an Aquazepp. Good one , Jim. I never unclip my scooter in a restriction. Jim Cobb wrote: > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > 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: > >> > >> Jim Cobb wrote: > >> > >> > 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. > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> -- > >> The Guns and Armour of Scapa Flow Scotland > >> 1998 Underwater Photographic Survey of Historic Wrecks > >> http://www.gunsofscapa.demon.co.uk/ > >> > >> -- > >> 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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