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From: "Dominic Humphries" <diverdominic@ho*.co*>
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Helmets for cave diving. What's the deal?
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 11:20:37 +0000
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/
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