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Hi LL
I have no problem maintaining deco stops, line or not. I prefer to have a
line and like to put out a johnline, this is not because I can't hold my
stop, but because of the number of deaths from divers who tox or other and
then sink, that offers almost no chance for survival.
During the DIR fundamentals every ones gear was totally rearranged, if this
was not enough to mess you up some, then you were asked to do skills in a
way never done before, the whole class is designed to show you a different
way of doing things and make you feel like you fail (there is no pass or
fail in that class). I have never attempted doing a deco stop with no mask
on before, very hard if you have never practiced it or even attempted it
before. When ever I had a mask problem before my answer to it was put my
spare mask on, problem solved.
Divers have been diving for years and doing things that those with the very
best skills now could never do, they were just taught different to what is
becoming the normal way now.
At 09:19 AM 7/31/02 -0400, ALobster@ao*.co* wrote:
>Hi Joe,
>
>I've been reading this thread and finally decided to jump in because IMHO
>the need to emphasize holding your stop while drifting is so important and
>fundamental.
>
>Do you know if there is any requirement for agencies to teach drifting
>deco for Decompression and Trimix Students?
>
>To take care of the problem it could be made mandatory and be taught right
>from scratch and not start people out thinking that dangling on a line is
>acceptable.
>
> I am absolutely certain that most instructors simply consider this par
> for the course and don't even have the concept of teaching any other
> way. BUT definately not all of them. My tech career began with being
> trained to shoot a lift bag while kneeling on the bottom! and holding
> onto the line while decoing. Drifting for deco was out of the question!
> and if the standards don't require it then what's to say anone is not
> teaching it right?
>
> I don't think I have ever kneeled on the bottom since that class so I'm
> not quite sure what good it did me. Honestly i'd rather bury this but I
> thought it important to share because the information might just alert
> new people should they be missing out on something very important in
> their classes.
>
>Perhaps this would be a really good skill to get specific about and
>include in all the S&P's out there, :-).
>
>LL
>(recovered line dangler)
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