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And ahieved the "admiiration of scubaboard.com members" (well, at least one)
Well, I guess I could hang both stage bottles on my left side... increasing the chances of switching to the wrong one, which are currently about zero... and forcing me to check the MOD, that I've turned on the correct valve & have the correct second stage in my hand, and getting my buddy to double check for me
Yeah, that sounds like a huge improvement
If I was using 3 or more stages, or in overhead with a can light, then yeah sure. But in open water, with good vis, doing gas switches at 21m and 6m? Why make it any more complicated than it needs to be
Well first if you decide to ever do a three gas switch dive with a can light then you will be well practiced. Plus it really is not hard it took all of two dives and I didn't even notice they where there. I have seen guys doing 260' dives with two deco gases and when asked why two instead of three gases the answer was three bottle's was to hard to carry!!!
VooDooGasMan
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I understand the point about consistency but if it only takes two dives to get used to it then it doesn't need to be practised on dives where you're only carrying two bottles... At this point the only way I forsee myself doing a three gas switch dive is on trimix, which means I'll have plenty of opportunity to practice during my trimix course. SImilarly if I decide to take up cave diving, I'll need to do the certs first
As I mentioned earlier, I do check the MOD markings just in case I managed to put the wrong tank on the wrong side somehow (check them before the dive as well so it shouldn't happen) and I will sometimes check that I've got the correct second stage although it's almost impossoble not to when slinging left/right
I'm back in the Philippines now and will be doing some diving next weekend... I might try both stages on the left on one dive and see how it goes, but frankly I don't see any need to start doing it all the time, I think the potential complications outweigh the benefit of practice. One of the tenets of DIR is simplicity, no?
So, if you read about a diver in Puerto Galera oxtoxing on O2 at 21m, you only have yourselves to blame!
I understand the point about consistency but if it only takes two dives to get used to it then it doesn't need to be practised on dives where you're only carrying two bottles... At this point the only way I forsee myself doing a three gas switch dive is on trimix, which means I'll have plenty of opportunity to practice during my trimix course. SImilarly if I decide to take up cave diving, I'll need to do the certs first
As I mentioned earlier, I do check the MOD markings just in case I managed to put the wrong tank on the wrong side somehow (check them before the dive as well so it shouldn't happen) and I will sometimes check that I've got the correct second stage although it's almost impossoble not to when slinging left/right
I'm back in the Philippines now and will be doing some diving next weekend... I might try both stages on the left on one dive and see how it goes, but frankly I don't see any need to start doing it all the time, I think the potential complications outweigh the benefit of practice. One of the tenets of DIR is simplicity, no?
So, if you read about a diver in Puerto Galera oxtoxing on O2 at 21m, you only have yourselves to blame!
Sharing air would be very different also with tanks on both sides. I will not try and tell you my way is better. The main thing I try to do is dive the same way every time. If I go dive a 70' wreck I will look the same as if I was diving 260' but without the deco tanks. The only time it changes is went teaching class for OW. Things become second nature you just don't need to think about where things are.
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Agreed, consistency is good and builds habit. My processes & equipment are consistent for OW deco dives. Should I change that to allow me to use three or more stages, something that I may never do? There are arguments for both
Can consistency can be taken too far, and prevent you from having the ideal setup for different conditions?
Can you explain how it would be different? My long hose routes under the end of the right stage bottle (outside the clip), much as it would with a can light, so deployment is essentially the same
Can consistency can be taken too far, and prevent you from having the ideal setup for different conditions?
Can you explain how it would be different? My long hose routes under the end of the right stage bottle (outside the clip), much as it would with a can light, so deployment is essentially the same
So you are saying getting your long hose around an AL80 and a can light are the same?
Well which is it????
OP
Hi all,
I did a lovely 85m air dive at Verde Island, Puerto Galera in the Philippines earlier this month, after workups of 45m (fish bowl), 55m (abyss), 65m (secret reef) and 75m (joshua's wall). With a bungeed OMS wing. It also had 94# lift and a redundant bladder
Run time was 41 minutes with 8 minutes bottom time, deco on 50% (21m) and 100% (6m), with support divers at 40m with spare stages, plus more on the boat
Nice to be able to deco on the wall and see some fish/coral instead of blue water for a change
I would've posted this in the Tech forum but didn't see where it would fit
As far as I can tell I don't appear to be dead yet, YMMV
Happy diving
PS Don't do this, it exceeds PP02 limits
You don't know some basics all the PADI friends know.
You die after 18 meter if you don't have the AOW
you die at 30 meter if you don't have the deep diver certificate.
And lower than 40 meter is nothing to see.....only after you pay big $$$$ for Padi you are allowed to go there...
Everyone on air dies immediately at 41 meter, because the followers of the PADI religion beat you to death for not believing their holy book.
Take care, good luck and ignore the angry postings.....I for myself can take my own judgment and don't need any commercial company telling me how deep I am allowed to dive/or that I am not allowed to dive alone.
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