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Not having time to participate lately , I still
have to comment on some DIR related subjects. They
are :
"Ditching light"
"Inflators"
"Gas Rules" and the Quest List
Short version of the answers:
1) I made up the ditchable light thing - my light is
HID with $1000 nicad batteries. Fuck the light.
Also, you do not have time for convoluted bullshit
that will NOT work underwater. The "battery" comment
embarrassed the farm animals , who called me and
complained. My bet? You would not even have time to
save a light head on an E/O connector if your life
was on the line, nor would you care.
2) Inflators - no high speed inflators. They are
dangerous and unnecessary,. No air balanced
inflators - they just screw up. You do not want a
high speed runaway. Only an idiot like OMS would
have an argon reg with a high IP , for instance. You
need low IP, low speed inflators. You learn to
anticipate buoyancy and stay in control at all
times - that is called finesse ( New Jersey divers
grab a dictionary). These also cause freeze up
freeflow in cold water. They also make using the
inflator as your third and final backup reg nearly
impossible ( next to Bondage Wings in the periodic
chart of dive gear stupidity) .
3) "DIR" gas rules for lost deco gas - there are
none - it is bullshit. You play or stay home. This
is not wheelchair frisbee. Learn about deco and
about the effect of different gasses ( ignore the
agency crap ), and find out that for most dives,
differences are immeasurable, and even for the dives
I do, it holds little real consequence. You share
when you can, and you use what you have. No big
deal.
4) Quest list, DIR quest, help at DIR quest, etc,
whatever. Jarrod has put together a huge email list
for this stuff and has all kinds of on line
resources at your disposal .Quit crying like
babies - you guys did not have jack shit of a
reliable nature for info until he provided this, so
use it and quit complaining. Nobody is obligated to
answer questions when it is apparent in the question
itself that the asker has no business asking it.
"Daddy, where are the fuses for this dynamite, we
got rats in the basement?"
I wish I had more time to play, but I don't.
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