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"safety sausages" , lift bag or whatever is being carried for marking are
kept between the backplate and body, with a bungee around to the front
d-ring for access, or just on the hip if there is not a bunch of other
stuff.
flares, radios or anything else that can't get wet needs to be in a
canister - slide it on in front of the light if this is a needed issue. I
prefer just not to dive with assholes or off of boats run by assholes, but I
know you guys don't get that part yet.
tools should all be in one bag, it should be easy to handle, and it should
be carried as a stage if big with clips on both ends or on the side if small
enough. You just don't want it causing a CF if you have to respond to a
situation or in a bad current.. If you really wanted to be slick, you could
put the tools in the kind of container we use to collect water , which can
be opened underwater and is carried like a stage. When we have to carry
something a long way, we take it in a scooter body or a similar tube towed
behind or rigged as a stage. These are permeable at the ends so they don't
lock up, the buoyancy is added inside the open tubes
Bottles are worn on the left side, but can be attached by the nose to the
hip ring instead of both clips being used between the chest and hip ring.
The smaller bottles do better on the hip, the larger ones do well if they
are high in helium content.
I know that you did not expect good answers to these questions, as most of
you still think that being a complete walking clusterfuck in the water is a
sign of a "tech" diver, that there are some "regional" issues that require
you to be a stroke, or that we don't know what we are doing, despite
powerful evidence to the contrary, but if you had to do the serious shit
that I do, some of you might wake the fuck up. Jarrod and I carry more gear
than you can fathom, and we do things underwater with total slickness and
ease as demonstrated by our ability to video places 19000 feet from an
opening under 300 feet of water and have it be television quality complete
with sound and HID lighting.
-----Original Message-----
From: Salty32321@ao*.co* [mailto:Salty32321@ao*.co*]
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 9:34 PM
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Simple DIR placement questions
Hi all, Im just coming out of stealth mode to ask a few questions on gear
placement for ocean diving.
1. Are safty sausages generaly carried and where should thay be placed?
2. How about flare kits (I have several pencile type flares stored in an
old 4-c cell light housing )?
3. Salvage tools, how should thay be arainged, I only carry if I know I
will be using them and they usaly only consist of a 4 lb. hammer, chisle,
small crow bar, and a drift pin.
4. If diveing with a stage and a deco bottle (80 and a 40) are they still
both worn on the same side ?
Thanks in advance for the info.
Ron
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a bunch of other stuff.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=3Dsans-serif =
size=3D2>flares,=20
radios or anything else that can't get wet needs to be in a canister - =
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dive=20
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get=20
that part yet.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=3Dsans-serif
size=3D2>tools =
should=20
all be in one bag, it should be easy to handle, and it should be carried =
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stage if big with clips on both ends or on the side if small enough. You =
just=20
don't want it causing a CF if you have to respond to a situation or in a =
bad=20
current.. If you really wanted to be slick, you could put the tools in =
the kind=20
of container we use to collect water , which can be opened underwater =
and is=20
carried like a stage. When we have to carry something a long way, we =
take it in=20
a scooter body or a similar tube towed behind or rigged as a stage. =
These are=20
permeable at the ends so they don't lock up, the buoyancy is added =
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open tubes</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=3Dsans-serif size=3D2>Bottles
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worn on the=20
left side, but can be attached by the nose to the hip ring instead of =
both clips=20
being used between the chest and hip ring. The smaller bottles do better =
on the=20
hip, the larger ones do well if they are high in helium=20
content.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT face=3Dsans-serif size=3D2>I know that
you =
did not=20
expect good answers to these questions, as most of you still think that =
being a=20
complete walking clusterfuck in the water is a sign of a "tech" diver, =
that=20
there are some "regional" issues that require you to be a stroke, or =
that we=20
don't know what we are doing, despite powerful evidence to the contrary, =
but if=20
you had to do the serious shit that I do, some of you might wake the =
fuck up.=20
Jarrod and I carry more gear than you can fathom, and we do things =
underwater=20
with total slickness and ease as demonstrated by our ability to video =
places=20
19000 feet from an opening under 300 feet of water and have it be =
television=20
quality complete with sound and HID lighting.</FONT> <BR><BR></DIV>
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size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
Salty32321@ao*.co* =
[mailto:Salty32321@ao*.co*]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 24,
2002 =
9:34=20
PM<BR><B>To:</B> techdiver@aquanaut.com<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Simple DIR=20
placement questions<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT =
face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT=20
size=3D2>Hi all, Im just coming out of stealth mode to ask a few =
questions on=20
gear placement for ocean diving. <BR>1. Are safty sausages generaly =
carried=20
and where should thay be placed? <BR>2. How about flare kits (I have =
several=20
pencile type flares stored in an old 4-c cell light housing )? <BR>3. =
Salvage=20
tools, how should thay be arainged, I only carry if I know I will be =
using=20
them and they usaly only consist of a 4 lb. hammer, chisle, small crow =
bar,=20
and a drift pin. <BR>4. If diveing with a stage and a deco bottle (80 =
and a=20
40) are they still both worn on the same side ? <BR>Thanks in advance =
for the=20
info.=20
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Ron=20
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