billgraham
Contributor
Hilarious. Seriously though Subprdude is right on the simplicity part, which is what drew most of us to sidemount for cave diving in the first place. Everything is right in front of your face. You can take it off and put it back on easily. There's no manifold, nothing on your back to bang on thei ceiling (watch the melon, though). In the example, presumably you're diving thirds so your (at least 2/3) reserve is going to be enough to get you out and even if it isn't, you could put that leaky hose reg in your mouth, feather the valve and breath it if you had to.
Also, in the cave scenario, your buddy theoretically has enough gas to get both of you out if everything you had stopped working.
Also, in the cave scenario, your buddy theoretically has enough gas to get both of you out if everything you had stopped working.
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