From:           	"George Irvine" <<girvine@be*.ne*>


<color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>> Ted, I agree 100%. This is total
bullshit.

> 

> </color>The suit needs to have the proper garment under it and it needs 
> to be filled to comfort, not squeezing. That is pure idiocy. If you  
> guys did anything other than bounce dives, you might appreciate 
> how the suit is supposed to be worn, or learn the hard way what 
> problems are produced by tight suits, as is all kinds of skin       
> damage and DCS. You never let the suit squeeze, and if it

> were about to due to some failure, you go up. 


To all,

     A couple of points:


As I originally said, "you have a skill problem, or you don't 
understand how to operate a dry suit properly If your not putting 
gas in your drysuit until you hit the bottom". The above is also true 
if your using the suit for buoyancy control or you can't maintain 
depth or attitude at a deco stop because of to much gas in the suit.


Andrew, do you make it a habit of hadicapping people <bold>YOU HAVE 
NEVER BEEN IN THE WATER WITH BEFORE! </bold>


Andrew, do you mean to tell me that <bold>YOU </bold>can't figure out if 
someone is using their drysuit for buoyancy just by looking at their 
wing and drysuit while there diving?


Andrew, do you mean to tell me that you lack the ability to 
communicate to a diver underwater that they need to let gas out of 
their drysuit and control their buoyancy with their wing?


Andrew, when you teach basic scuba, do you tie the students 
hands together so that they have to swim with their feet?


Andrew, here is something you could learn from my 22 years of 
teaching diving and 10 years of teaching technical diving. Take 
divers whom you have never dove with on a short 10 minute dive 
before trying to tech them anything. Observe their basic diving 
skills. Then in a friendly and positive manner correct deficiencies 
before trying to teach them anything new. People generally learn 
better when they are comfortable with their equipment and their 
instructor, not when they are trying to over come the equipment 
and survive the instruction! 


George, am I right, or am I right!




<nofill>
Ted Green
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