David, the thing you need most in these dives is the vehicle. We use several
, rather than let's ay one big one , for redundancy and we only burn them
part of their capacity. We always have on us a scooter that will get us back
to another scooter which has enough time to get past one to the next
scooter, etc., all permutations and combinations thereof. No scooter, no get
out of cave. JJ and I use ten between us. The bottles float ( heliox or high
trimix ) and we pull them in a chain. The scooters tow perfectly and you can
not feel them and they do not slow you down. The rest of the gear is tucked
away. The camera is snapped onto the scooter as a separate "Mini Mee " body
with the lights and camera built into the nose with a double sided
separation plate between the real scooter and the camera. The rest of the
gear is DIR rigged so allows us the slickness.

-----Original Message-----
From: David M. Burnworth [mailto:xlh883@ea*.ne*]
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 2:36 PM
To: Techdiver@Aquanaut. Com
Subject: Re: New European Record at Doux de Coly by WKPP divers


That is a lot of gear you all carry, but I am sure it is all necessary or
you wouldn't carry it.
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