I was talking to a friend a while back about DIR gear set-ups and such. I remember him telling me that divers would put their weight belt under their crotch strap, the idea being you shouldn't have to dump weight and losing your weightbelt at depth could be dangerous etc etc.
I was wondering how that would pan out in a rescue situation. All likeliness aside, if you have to rescue an unconsious diver with his/her weight belt set under the crotch strap and harness, is it easy to take it off.
Assume the unconscious diver is kitted with bullet weights and weight keepers on his belt so that the weights sit at his hips. This would leave a gap on his back side which could easily drape and hook across the crotch strap if dumped.
How would you go about taking that belt off at
- at depth? (and at what orientation for the victim)
- at the surface?
- And what about your own assuming the same weight belt? On the surface would you undo your crotch strap then dump your belt?
I only ask because the way I was taught rescue was to dump the victim's weights at depth (recreational depths). I assume that if I were to bring a diver fully kitted up to the surface it would be safer to take the weights off first before the BC.
Any thoughts?
I was wondering how that would pan out in a rescue situation. All likeliness aside, if you have to rescue an unconsious diver with his/her weight belt set under the crotch strap and harness, is it easy to take it off.
Assume the unconscious diver is kitted with bullet weights and weight keepers on his belt so that the weights sit at his hips. This would leave a gap on his back side which could easily drape and hook across the crotch strap if dumped.
How would you go about taking that belt off at
- at depth? (and at what orientation for the victim)
- at the surface?
- And what about your own assuming the same weight belt? On the surface would you undo your crotch strap then dump your belt?
I only ask because the way I was taught rescue was to dump the victim's weights at depth (recreational depths). I assume that if I were to bring a diver fully kitted up to the surface it would be safer to take the weights off first before the BC.
Any thoughts?