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    Most cylinders on one diver?

    What is the most cylinders that you have seen on one diver? http://www.nautic-dive.com/de/images/tec1.JPG shows a diver with 2 on his back and 5 trailing from his waist or hips, total = 7, all full size (not ponies)! That load can't have helped his swimming hydrodynamics much. I suspect that a big rebreather would be more useful than an open-circuit "tank farm" that big.

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    I've personally seen 24 on one person.

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    I think I see 7 around the diver in the middle.

    Sometimes I think my single tank is heavy

    did they have a crane to get that guy in the water with his "double doubles"
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    Frogkick.nl - De Online Gids voor DIR Duiken - Doing It Right Duiken has a picture of a guy with 5 sets of doubles (only one set of regs)

    Cannot link the picture. Sorry. It's in the DIW on the DIRvsWIW tab.

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    Iceberg- I'll help you out with that pic.
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    Please, what is the correct technical term for a fullsized cylinder trailing from the hip or waist?

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    Eh, I don't know if its a 'term,' but we call them "bottles on a leash" (which is a loop of rope and a double ended bolt snap used to hold multiple bottles when you run out of real estate under your arm).

    A deco bottle, stage, or safety all might be placed on a leash. Its the function that determines what its called.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PfcAJ View Post
    Eh, I don't know if its a 'term,' but we call them "bottles on a leash" (which is a loop of rope and a double ended bolt snap used to hold multiple bottles when you run out of real estate under your arm).
    If the side-cylinder is under the arm, which part of what is it tethered to?

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    Quote Originally Posted by IceBergSlim View Post
    Frogkick.nl - De Online Gids voor DIR Duiken - Doing It Right Duiken has a picture of a guy with 5 sets of doubles (only one set of regs)

    Cannot link the picture. Sorry. It's in the DIW on the DIRvsWIW tab.
    Try this link:

    http://www.frogkick.nl/index.htm?htt...ges/diw065.htm
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cave Diver View Post
    Thanks but Frogman159 was kind enough to post the actuall picture above.

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