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From: jstrohm@un*.un*.co* (Jim Strohm)
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 95 16:33:09 CDT
To: gleafe@ns*.ne*, techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: in water rehydration
Greg Leafe writes:
>The idea of inwater rehydration is I think a sound one, I don't think that
>the Scuda with its 12 ozs will be all that great but something with move
>storage would probably be more usefull.  In one case of DCI that happened to
>a friend it was basically decided that he got hit because he was so
>dehydrated his blood volume was sludge.  
>Any more thoughts?

At the risk of being tagged a nickelrocketeer -- we've seen the SCUDA suggested,
as well as the fanny-pack flasks.  How about a vinyl bag mounted in the dead
space
between doubles, or between a main and a pony?  This should be something that
would
be easy to jury-rig.  As long as the bag contained no air, it should hold any
volume of water (your noncarbonated rehydration fluid goes here).

I guess you'd want a drinking tube down to the bottom of the bag, and you'd
need to hover head-up for it to work well.  A water-tight cap is a given.

Several years ago I saw a suitable bag sold to motorcycle racers that 
wasfilled with ice water and placed in the channel up the middle of your back
to keep racers cool during sprint races.  If these are still available, you'd
need only to drop a drinking tube down the middle and silicone it into the cap.

Jim Strohm
PADI OWSI 51985

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