Some of you have heard some of my stories about "Ed the Diver", some have not. It is a loooong story, so I will share only tiny pieces.
Ed was shaky diver we met during AOW training in Pompano Beach.
Ed managed to jump in without a weightbelt once. Ed was wearing his BC with the cumberbund strapped on, but the shoulders not connected. Ed forgot to strap the tank to the BC. Ed did a G/S without any air in his BC, got his first stage tangled in the tag line, but he was floating so low in the water that he couldn't hear us yelling to him about the line.
Ed had a myriad of problems underwater, but these are just the problems he encountered while getting geared up (and that was the subject of this thread!)
I think the really critical thing to remember is that all of these problems that Ed had (and a ton more!) all occurred over the space of two dives on one day. Yes, I am serious. The full story on Ed the Diver is 3 pages in WORD.
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