Put a small wing under the backplate, and hold on with bolts.
Also read Lamar Hires article in sidemount passage.
Jeff.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matej Simonic / Testing LTD" <mail@te*.si*>
To: "Trey" <trey@ne*.co*>; "Gliviak, Jozef" <Jozef.Gliviak@co*.co*>
Cc: "Techdiver@Aquanaut.Com" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: Sidemounts, sump diving, valve protection during transport


> Which wing do you use in Bahamas, how do you rig it? Doesn't it stand
> strange without the back tanks ?
>
> Best
> Matej
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Trey" <trey@ne*.co*>
> To: "Gliviak, Jozef" <Jozef.Gliviak@co*.co*>
> Cc: "Techdiver@Aquanaut.Com" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 12:27 PM
> 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
> >
> >
> >
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