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John McMillan wrote:
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> I read a lot of crap in the many posts that have been presented over the
> last few days regarding weighting. Most of the suggestions have been down
> right bloody dangerous, stupid, and idiotic. Hey guys what happened to
> keeping it simple. We should weight ourselves with out tanks harness etc
> attached, just negative. if we are still negative with the tanks and harness
> etc on then we are correctly weighted. Using the traditional weight belt is
> the most effective way of doing this. Have a bloody good think about why you
> should be weighted this way before you make any comments. The guys that want
> to wear tank weights etc all over the place have a think about buoyancy
> control if you have to take your gear off in water at depth. If and when the
> shit hits the fan and you have to do this with weights all over your gear
> "good luck".

Johnny,

I think, even though bits of what you say might have merit, that you
have just created a hornet's nest.

I'll cast the first stones: are we talking trilam or wetsuit? Twin or
singles? Steels or Al? Open ocean without penetration? Open ocean with
penetration? Cave?

Or are we talking what _you_ do in _your_ neck of the woods?

Christian
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