Valve drill issues with drysuit undies

[Marie13]

I don't think the OP needs a new drysuit or change to a different platform. The main question is tips and tricks on how to gain flexibility here.
If only she was GUE trained. Clearly that would solve all issues.

 

[EireDiver606]

I don't think the OP needs a new drysuit or change to a different platform. The main question is tips and tricks on how to gain flexibility here.
If only she was GUE trained. Clearly that would solve all issues.

It can be a solution.
I knew someone GUE trained who had an old otter suit and because the seams in the armpit were bad, he couldn’t reach his valves.

 

[JBFG]

It can be a solution.
I knew someone GUE trained who had an old otter suit and because the seams in the armpit were bad, he couldn’t reach his valves.

hmmmmmmm ok. that's more of a drysuit issue than a training mentality.

 

[EireDiver606]

hmmmmmmm ok. that's more of a drysuit issue than a training mentality.

Ah so youre saying agency is irrelevant in this thread?

Yes, it is, that’s why I replied to you with that inserted.

 

[-JD-]

@Marie13 (Admittedly a gear solution to a physiology problem ) Have you considered inverting your rig and using a valve protector/stand? That would probably make access to your L/R valves trivial, but isolator access might be trickier depending on your arm length.

 

[Marie13]

@Marie13 (Admittedly a gear solution to a physiology problem ) Have you considered inverting your rig and using a valve protector/stand? That would probably make access to your L/R valves trivial, but idolator access might be trickier depending on your arm length.

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

I don't think this has been said, but when I used to dive doubles, what helped me was to close my exhaust valve, add a bunch of air into my dry suit, lay face down in the water, and throw/punch my hands/arms one at a time over my head (so horizontally on the surface). People talked about stretching, I'm talking about more like throwing.

I hope that makes sense and possibly helps.

Oh, and I learned that when I took fundies.

 

[-JD-]

Fine, fine, fine ... You do realize that when you get your rebreather, that that is where the valves are gonna be.

I have monkey arms. I could probably flip my HP120s and comfortably access my valves.

 

[Marie13]

Fine, fine, fine ... You do realize that when you get your rebreather, that that is where the valves are gonna be.

I have monkey arms. I could probably flip my HP120s and comfortably access my valves.

 

[EireDiver606]

@Marie13 (Admittedly a gear solution to a physiology problem ) Have you considered inverting your rig and using a valve protector/stand? That would probably make access to your L/R valves trivial, but isolator access might be trickier depending on your arm length.

Introduces a lot of issues for solving one problem that doesn’t need to be solved this way.