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  andy kerslake <andy_kerslake@sm*.re*.co*> wrote (Subject: Re[3]:
Manifolds, etc):-

> The problem is (as far as I can see) that it is virtually impossible to
> reach the taps behind your head. OK your buddy could do this for you, but
> what about self reliance and diving solo? I've heard various comments about
> going upside down to slide the set up your back, but I have never been able
> to get near my cylinder valves. It was mainly the shoulder straps of my BC
> which prevented me getting my arms up.

  I could just about reach my own cylinder valve long ago when I used a
5-inch-diameter cylinder strapped straight to my back without a backpack
shell. Not now. (Should `scuba diving injuries' statistics include shoulders
sprained in vain attempts to reach one's own cylinder valves? :-) ) That is
why I much prefer cylinders with the valves at the bottom, and a long
high-pressure tube running up to the top of the cylinder(s) to fasten the
regulator on in the usual place.

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