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You missed the whole point didn't you Teddy???? Later ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Green" <scuba@md*.co*> To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Cc: "Capt JT" <captjt@mi*.co*> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 5:37 AM Subject: Dir fundamentals - What's the point of this drill? > > From: Capt JT <captjt@mi*.co*> > Subject: Dir fundamentals instructor beats up student for DIW part 2 > > > BTW, I forgot to mention we were not allowed to hook up our DS > > inflators, the squeeze made reaching your valves much harder. > > Maybe I'm missing something here. The only time I have had the > "shrink wrap effect" was on a descent when the dry suit inflator > hose came off. No problem, reconnect drysuit inflator hose or > inflate wing and return to surface. If you have a regulator or power > inflator failure which prevents buoyancy control, ditch weight and > return to the surface. "Shrink wrap effect" is a shallow water > problem where the greatest volume change occurs, usually the first > 33'. If your not putting gas in your drysuit until you hit the bottom, > you have a skill problem, or you don't understand how to operate a > dry suit properly, or you just like the sensation of your testicles > being squeezed. To me, valve shut down drills while shrink wrapped > would be pointless. > > JT maybe you should take Andrew to one of the 40 degree quarries > let him enter the water with his drysuit zipper open and let him > demonstrate gas shut down drills, buoyancy skills, and deco stops > with a flooded drysuit. Having to complete a dive with a flooded > drysuit in cold water is probably a thousand times more likely than > than his exercise. > > While I'm not a member of the Jim Cobb fan club, I tip my hat and > congratulate him as being the only one willing to say, "this is > bullshit!" and walk away. > > Ted > > > Ted Green > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dive Charter Boat: O.C. Diver > Sunset Marina in Ocean City, Maryland > http://www.ocdiver.com > 410.742.1992 800.637.2102 > Fax 410.749.9410 > "Diving the Atlantic coast from Cape May NJ to Cape Charles VA." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.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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