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Absolutely agree with you about training. That being said, it would be nice to at least have a rough idea of how to fit a plate in case you want to try it out before you take a class, or if you just plain want to ditch your Zeagle and switch to a backplate. I wrote up something on the quest list a little while ago about sizing a harness, so I took that and threw it on the BAUE website. So Brian, if you want to check out the following link, it may at least get you started: http://www.baue.org/faq/backplate_sizing.html There's also some good pictures on the wkpp site (wkpp.org) showing how the backplate looks properly rigged and on. Regards, Dave James Funderburk wrote: > Hey Brian, not yelling at you, but I am just wondering... > > > Where are all of you being trained??? Although I always enjoy helping > out the next guy with quirks and subtleties, it seems that way too many > of you have questions that should be addressed in an organized class. > Any technical training that does not cover all of these questions is not > worth even showing up for. When I teach, it seems that we never really > have enough time to fully explore all of the possibilities. however, I > do have a huge equipment portion, as I am and have always been > hogarthian/DIR/etc. Then again, I refuse to teach the ladder system. I > teach one course - that is how to ive appropriately for the level of the > student. > > It seems too often that many on these lists ask the same questions, most > of them being equipment related, many others in the decompression theory > realm. Perhaps there is a slew of instructors out there who can breathe > really well, swim decent, but know very little about te industry, > equipment, and theory to slam it all together. > > 1. Buy JJ's book - it is the finest diving text out there. Strictly > adhere to the philosophies of a qualified instructor presented therein. > Ask questions. > > 2. Perform a good, honest self evaluation. Get real. When I hear that > 9 out of 10 technical divers "fail" a Doing it Right (within > Recreational Limits I may add) class - time to get honest with your self. > > 3. Seek proper training and do not be afraid to climb the ladder. > Often times, I prescribe to many students that they need to go diving > recreationally and build the watermanship skills so lacking these days. > They get pissed and go and find another instructor tha will accept > them. I never thought that they were recieving poor instruction to > begin with - they just didn't like the steps (tey needed to have some > introspection) > > 4. Go diving. I am diving atleast bi-weekly (many times weekly), but I > have the benefit of many deep coastal caves in the Tampa area. Yu want > to climb Everest, then one needs to work out constantly and start with > the smaller sand hills. Seems that many of the technical community > divers forget that a plunge to perhaps 200 feet is not a walk in the > park. If you cannot logistalliy dedicate time to dive, your skills will > never be sharp enough to tackle more elaborate dives. Just natural > law. Hell, I feel goofy after a two week lay-off, couldn't imagine a > month or two. > > 5. Take quality classes - NAUI, GUE, from whomever you find that meets > the criteria eported in JJ's Fundamentals book. > > > 6. All of the above > > Enough ranting - I just have been reading the list for a year, and seen > the same suff over and over and over again. > > James Funderburk > Tampa, Florida > NAUI Trimix Instructor > >> From: "Brian Garner" <brian@le*.co*.uk*> >> To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> >> Subject: Harnes rigging >> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 09:49:08 +0100 >> >> Hello everyone. >> >> I usually only follow the list and have never posted before. >> I would like some info on rigging a harness. How much slack should >> there be in the shoulder straps part? oes anyone have a strarting >> measurement for this length? >> >> Many thanks in advance >> >> B Garner. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > -- > 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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