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The cave-diving group here in the UK always use helmets, you may find this article on their equipment worth a look: http://www.cavedivinggroup.org.uk/Essays/Scoff.html Regards Dominic >From: Simon L Hartley <shartley@sc*.ed*.au*> >To: techdiver@aquanaut.com >Subject: Helmets for cave diving. What's the deal? >Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 16:08:17 +1100 > >While we're on the subject of genuine risk and paranoia. I'm doing a >Cavern/Sinkhole course in a few weeks. One thing I've noticed is that many >of the pictures of cave divers in Aus show them using helmets. I don't >know this for sure but the use of helmets seems a likely topic to arise and >I may even be required to wear one (for at least some parts of a cavern >course (not sure)). If this is going to be a problem I'd like to know about >it. From what I've seen the WKPP don't use helmets (I assume they are not >DIR and may not fit well with the system). What is the deal? I can think >of a couple of possible problems right away including... > >1) May interfere with deployment of long hose. > >2) Obvious problems with helmet/head mounted lights (blind everyone you >look at, can't hide light to look for buddies, can't signal with lights, >light heads and cables (maybe canisters too) are behind your head so can't >deal with problems). > >.....yet I imagine for abseiling into a cavern and in the dry parts under >ledges, etc there is the risk of rocks/equipment falling on you. What's >the deal? > >Any help appreciated. > >Cheers, > >Simon > >Simon L Hartley >EnvSM Website Coordinator\First Year Course Coordinator >Associate Lecturer >School of Environmental Science and Management >Southern Cross University >P.O. Box 157 >Lismore NSW, Australia 2480 >Ph: (02) 66203251 or (61 66) 203 251 >Fax:(02) 66212669 >E-mail: shartley@sc*.ed*.au* > >http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/shartley/ > >http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/ >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.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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