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Thanx for the sidemount explanation. Can you also add something to the gas management consideration? What about the second part - valve protection? Guys here dive systems = where you have to pass 15 sifons, drag your gear in mud and sand in between = and climb few hudret meters to get to next few sifons. They argue that if = they would not use protective cages on their valve, they would not be able = to transport their gear safely. They understand that cage is not needed, = even potentialy dangerous underwater, but I do not have a solution for them. Best regards Jozef Gliviak Slovakia -----Original Message----- From: trey@ne*.co* [mailto:trey@ne*.co*] Sent: 30. m=E1ja 2001 12:28 To: Gliviak, Jozef Cc: Techdiver@Aquanaut.Com Subject: RE: Sidemounts, sump diving, valve protection during transport Rig is the same harness only with weight attached to the plate ( or = stacked steel plates ) for drysuit. The right side d ring is just a bungee loop = on the strap. Argon is as in wreck diving. Bottles are rigged as stages. = You can run the wings off of the argon or orally. Nothing changes here, but = we do not do it unless we really have to. I do it in the Bahamas so as to = not have to take much gear over there, and because those caves tend to have flowstone restrictions that are flat and then open back up again, and = most of them are short penetrations so the sidemount bullshit is not too far = out of line. Generally, sidemount means you do not need to be there, but = here in Florida a lot of strokes do it because as Woody Jasper told them all a = long time ago, "you might as well learn sidemount if you want to explore = cave since you are never going to outgun these guys ( WKPP ). -----Original Message----- From: Gliviak, Jozef [mailto:Jozef.Gliviak@co*.co*] Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 4:59 AM To: 'trey@ne*.co*' Cc: Techdiver@Aquanaut.Com Subject: Sidemounts, sump diving, valve protection during transport Hello George, During your visit in Italy I didn't have time to touch on these = subjects. I would appreciate a few words from DIR perspesctive as I was not able to = find answers on this on DIR related web sites. Here are the main question = I'd like to have your opinion on: sidemounts - configuration, house routing, D-ring on right side ?, gas management rules + OOA solving? valve protection - how would you solve transport problems in caves = which require to pass series of sifons with narrow dry passages in between. = On these dry parts there is a high chance of hitting/beaking knobs etc... sump diving - any considerations/opinions on diving in extremly = narrow/low vis caves where buddy system doesn't help Best regards Jozef Gliviak Slovakia -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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