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Jim I dont mean to pick on you, and I realize that you are not a PADI instructor..but, your about me page states that you went all the way to DM under PADI, and as such, you would have done rescue exercise 7 twice...once as a rescue diver and once as a DM....and the exercise is to remove equipment from both yourself and the victim while towing them in and providing rescue breaths...., so Im having trouble understanding why you would be so suprised that I brought it up ..I only teach PADI, so that's the way I teach it.....towing a diver with equipment is much harder than towing a diver without.....a wetsuit provides plenty of buoyancy and all you need is their head out of the water....
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Assuming they are wearing a wetsuit, I've seen many divers in the tropics dive in just shorts.
I'm not any of the above - nor ever will be. But I might have to rescue someone. So now I have 3 places to look when approaching a diver in distress right?so it behooves all Rescue Divers, DM's & Instructors to learn where the i3 lever is.
Assuming you can find the hose....that is if you can find the inflator....which by the way will be at the end of the inflator hose....just like on every BC ever made....
I cant argue with your methodology, but I would not be within standards if I taught it that way.
Ive never encountered any trouble floating someone in salt water, its usually getting them negative that's the problem
And what's that got to do with living in a free society that innovates new designs and concepts???
Gee... we are becoming all communistic these days or is that just old age weeping thru!
You don't like it don't buy it! Simple enough to me.
and don't be a rescue diver if your not up for changes in future, because the most certain thing in the future is change.......
Since when does scuba have anything to with a free society? Lets see: To scuba you need mandatory training, required equipment, etc.