Mailing List Archive

Mailing List: techdiver

Message Display

On Mon, 4 Apr 1994, mark pipkorn wrote:

> 
>      One more disadvantage - no good way to get to an alternate air source 
>      in emergencies.  One of my dive buddies lost a friend wearing one of 
>      these while doing search and recovery (car) in a flooded river.

Actually, that's a disadvantage of *every* full-face mask, though I have  
heard of people rigging them in peculiar ways to make it possible to 
insert a second stage without removing the first. (This has been done 
with an AGA, too, though I don't recall how. It was quite complicated.)

Full-face mask diving is something that, in my humble opinion, should 
only be done by solo divers under conditions in which they are quite sure 
they won't need access to a pony bottle. (Forget the buddy's octopus. 
Full-face mask divers are solo divers, regardless of whether anybody else 
is nearby. <g>)

John H-C

Navigate by Author: [Previous] [Next] [Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject: [Previous] [Next] [Subject Search Index]

[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]

[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]