Pretty scary configuration in my opinion, however I'm sure wood works quite well with a big beautiful and fresh bouquet of full aluminums at the start of a dive. But once the tanks are breathed down and you don't need the extra buoyancy?... Unless itÂ’s a vertical cave there's going to be a lot of left over wood in the cave.:-( In my opinion only a stroke would liter a cave. -----Original Message----- From: "Chris Elmore"<elmorec@at*.ne*> To: cavers@ca*.co* Cc: "Techdiver@Aquanaut.Com"<techdiver@aquanaut.com> Date: Fri Nov 09 04:40:55 PST 2001 Subject: Re: [cavers] Re: Towing stages, BC for stages >George, > There is *nothing* in that picture that serves as a good example. >Freediving fins, helmet mounted lights, valve guards, tank boots, >metal-to-metal connections... Really- this has to be a troll. >C. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "George Tzavelas" <gtzav@ya*.co*> >To: "Gliviak, Jozef" <Jozef.Gliviak@co*.co*>; <cavers@ca*.co*> >Cc: "Techdiver@Aquanaut.Com" <techdiver@aquanaut.com> >Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 5:56 AM >Subject: [cavers] Re: Towing stages, BC for stages > > >> Josef, >> >> European cave divers also use this buoyancy control >> for their heavy (20LT) stages. There are a few pics >> from the site that has very good pictures from the >> exciting dive at lake Divje jezero in Slovenia. Look >> at http://www.ipak.org/gigi/index.html What you want >> is at the second page of picture 48. >> I have used this device during the Bouiagmeni >> expedition in Greecee arlier this year when we were >> supporting and carrying the trimix stages. They work >> great and are easy to use. >> For heavy deco bottles they just use rigid pieces of >> light wood or apropriate plastic. You can have a look >> at pics from bouliagmeni at >> homepages.pathfinder.gr/cavediving bouliagmeni link. >> The pics are there , I just need to create the link, >> so try in a few hours. >> >> Regards >> George >> >> >> --- "Gliviak, Jozef" <Jozef.Gliviak@co*.co*> wrote: >> > Hello George, >> > >> > Short time ago I've asked you about the small >> > buyocancy device you are using >> > for fine-tuning weight of stages when you pull many >> > of them in a string. >> > I've checked your photos on WKPP/GUE sites but >> > didn't found any picture >> > where I could clearly see this. Would you be so kind >> > and publish it >> > somewhere to take a close look on the way you do it >> > so I don't have to >> > reinvent the wheel. >> > >> > Can you also describe the setup/attachment of a >> > string of stages when you >> > need to transport them in order to set up safeties? >> > >> > 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'. >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Find a job, post your resume. >> http://careers.yahoo.com >> _______________________________________________ >> cavers mailing list >> cavers@ca*.co* >> http://www.cavers.com/mailman/listinfo/cavers > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. ___________________________________________________ GO.com Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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