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At 05:11 8/03/01 , Adam wrote: > Sorry Billyw and Tray I was out of town for few days! >> >>billy@v3*.co*.au* wrote: >>Adam, I see from your 'handle' that you're a deep wreck diver. >> >>OK. You are on a deep wreck, say 250fsw. The visibility isn't great, there's a bit of current and you're working hard. It's also a leetle chilly so you're wearing your gloves - dry gloves or heavy wet gloves. >> >>Most of my diving is in Grate Lakes. It is always �little chilly� here nothing but dry gloves. We don�t get to enjoy 70 degree at 350 ft. ;-). >> >>Say you're ascending the line and you look at your tables to check your run-time 'cause you want to push it out a little bit, and through a slip or a clip, it doesn't matter what, your tables get away from you.No matter, you have your spares in your zipper pocket. So you reach down and tug on the zipper-pull and... you got some grit in the zip from wriggling through a sandy gap near the bottom of the wreck, or you graunched it against some concretions and the zipper jams or the pull breaks off, or the drysuit manufacturer put a tight fold on the zipper and the teeth have worn or they unlock and jam, or you get one of the other zipper failure modes that the other list-members have reported. So the gear you need - in this case your tables - stay in your pocket. >> >>I have been diving for a along time. The experience told me long time ago I don�t put anything that my life depends on in my pockets. Including spare tables. This is nothing to do with zipper vs Velcro issue. It is strictly a habit. No disrespect but you guys are failing to see the difference between diving environments. No disrespect, but 'diving environment' is a piss-weak rationale for putting stuff you need on a dive behind a potential firewall. rgds billyw -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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