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    Ear troubles

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    Drysuit info

    Hi everyone, I've been considering getting a new drysuit lately, and have been focusing on the Bare suits for a few reasons. I'm deciding between the Trilam ATR and the XCD2 suits. I know a bit about the differences between crushed and trilam suits, but I'm just looking for some (hopefully)...
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    Punctured wings

    Hi everyone, With respect to the whole issue of single vs. double bladder wings, how often do wing punctures occur? How many of you guys have had them or heard of them happening? I know the bladders in the new Halcyon wings are made of ballistic nylon and are super tough and all that, but...
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    How would you recommend that I start cave training

    I agree with basically everything that's been said here so far. I too am a "one week wonder," but like cwb, had a fair bit of experience before doing the one week course (in fact, it sounds like my experience level was very similar to cwb's). I really didn't feel overwhelmed by the one week...
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    Bonaire deep dive accident

    I don't like to speak ill of the dead, but based on that article, these guys were tempting fate with a huge piece of chocolate cake. Although I agree that it sounds like the article is not totally accurate. Josh
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    Tech Instructor & Doubles

    I didn't mean to suggest that just anyone could (or should) do this without seeing how it's done beforehand, and I didn't mean to suggest it's a piece of cake. What I meant is most serious tech divers I know (instructors and non) know how to put together a set of doubles. I just wanted to...
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    Tech Instructor & Doubles

    To get back to the original point of that tech instructor not knowing how to assemble doubles... aside from the fact that he's an instructor, that's particularly scary, as putting together doubles ain't rocket science. Josh
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    NE wrecks

    Does anyone know of any good wrecks (technical and recreational) on the East coast of Canada (or very North-Eastern US)? Thanks. Josh
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    right reg for eventual cavern/cave diving?

    Sorry... just a couple more things. What's wrong with the rec wings for doubles? You mean cuz they have 51 lbs lift instead of 55? And as for choosing the right equipment, another good idea is to speak to a tech instructor that you can trust and ask his/her opinion. Josh
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    right reg for eventual cavern/cave diving?

    The only thing I would all this is that I don't like the reasoning that your backup regs (either 1st or 2nd stage) should be of lower performance than your primaries, because they're only backups. When you have a problem underwater and you need to switch to your backups (whether it be regs, or...
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    Discussion - tech progression....

    My personal opinion is that experience is highly under-rated among people making the transition from recreational to tech diving. I've known many divers that with barely 50 dives under their belt, they think they're ready to be diving at 300 feet on a CCR rebreather, because they think they're...
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    How many have had a PFO test?

    Thanks. Josh
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    How many have had a PFO test?

    I hate to sound ign'ant and all, but what's a PFO? You guys are starting to freak me out. Thanks. Josh
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    new guy

    I live up in Canada as well, but I've never really heard of diveable caves up here? As I have recently completed some cave diving courses and love it, finding some cave diving to do up here would be awesome. Do you know where I might be able to find out some more details about Canadian...
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    Ear troubles

    Hello, I've been diving for about 10 years, and for most of it, I never had any ear problems. Over the last 2 or 3 years though, my ears have been getting gradually more and more troublesome. I've gotten two middle ear hemmorages, and I always have to descend really slowly to allow my ears...
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    Sinlge vs double bladder

    To avoid accidentally inflating your backup bladder, just keep the hose detached. I dive with one hose for my primary bladder, one for my drysuit, and if I have a hole in my main bladder or whatever, I unplug my drysuit hose and plug in onto my backup bladder. Granted, I can't start inflating...
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    Sinlge vs double bladder

    Thanks for your input guys. About the drysuit providing enough lift... I don't know. For example, if you read that accident report on Michel Guerin, you'll notice that the author speculates that Guerin didn't make it to the surface, because his drysuit burped out the air when he got close (he...
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    Sinlge vs double bladder

    The St. Lawrence is quite warm during the summer (gets to low 70s), even at 200 ft, and I (and a lot of other people) can do 1.5 or 2 hr dive in that temperature, no problem).
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    Sinlge vs double bladder

    Hey everyone, I have the OMS bungeed dual 100 lb lift wings, and don't like them, so I'm looking for a new set of wings. I'm focusing right now on the Halcyon 55 lb wings. I've had a good look at them, and I'm quite impressed. The absolute only hangup I have over them at this point is that...
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    Rigging for 2 left deco tanks

    Welcome to the board. I've recently starting diving with both my stages on the left, and I just use the same D-ring for both. I haven't really noticed anything that would indicate it would be better to have a "Y-type" attachment. But as I said, I'm new to this setup, and so I'd love to hear...
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