Sean, good post -

Only thing I might contend with here:  You made the point about ditching a 
weightbelt, and in the same sentence mentioned a drysuit:

I don't believe a weightbelt is appropriate with a drysuit.

My impression is:
The ditchable weight is only necessary if you don't have redundant lift 
(drysuit & wings)



At 02:30 PM 1/16/2000 -0800, Sean T. Stevenson wrote: lots of good stuff 
except:
>occur, you can still remedy it in a few seconds, you have the drysuit
>as backup, and even if that had failed, provided your rig was balanced
>in the first place a gentle kick is all that is required to halt your
>descent.  I would only wear the belt on the outside if the ability to


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