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James, these idiots will go to any length to justify the quick release thing that Mouth requires. I guess TDi must do the same. It is so stupid as to be criminal in my opinion. A properly adjusted harness is the way to go and is as old as the hills, and solves the real problems of diving that these guys do not understand. -----Original Message----- From: James Dibbs <JDibbs@ma*.co*.au*> To: 'techdiver@aquanaut.com' <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Date: Monday, July 10, 2000 6:35 AM Subject: RE: DIR Demo Flop > >"Wombat", > >Why didn't he just put the reg back in his mouth / why was it out in the first place? I normally wait until I am standing on the boat before I take the reg out and if I am using deco mix will stay on it for a minute or so afterwards. > >Cutting yourself out of a harness as an option to get out of the harness quickly could be construed as drastic but it is much better than having a quick release let go when you least expect it. > >What scenarios can you think of where you would need to get out of the harness in a hurry than could not have the urgency removed by just putting the reg back in your mouth? > >James Dibbs >Sydney, Australia > >-----Original Message----- >From: KRussellTX@ao*.co* [mailto:KRussellTX@ao*.co*] >Sent: 10 July 2000 9:55 AM >To: Techdiver@aquanaut.com >Subject: DIR Demo Flop > > >From: "wombat" wwombat@bi*.co* >Date: Wed, Jul 5, 2000 11:54 PM >Message-id: <jWV85.6928$c5.18659@ne*.bi*.co*> > >The DIR thing hasn't caught on well here in the land Down Under. Last >weekend I and a few (8) others attended a demo at Cronulla , a suburb of >Sydney the first here in Australia to my knowledge. Roger Sims was the poor >guys name. He gave us a classroom style walk through the principles behind >the DIR configuration and then a boat dive / try out of some gear. All was >fine until we were getting back on the boat. Roger slipped as he was >climbing up the ladder and as he fell his arm got caught between the boat >and the ladder and his body ended up through the ladder pinning his arm with >his body weight. >To put it simply his gear nearly drowned him. He had to be cut out of his >harness because after it was undone it was still pulling his face under the >water and there was no easy way of releasing him. >Granted this was a bloody rare event. It did however raise an interesting >point: >There was no easy way of getting out of this configuration quickly. Yes his >harness could have been undone but the clock was ticking. >All ended well we took him to a pub and showed him how to DIR. Drink >IRresponsibly. > >Wombat >-- >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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