StuartT
Contributor
I was hesitant to post because I feel like such an idiot but thought I should so others don't make the same mistake.
So last Sunday myself and 7 of my regular dive buddies went out to Kelvin Grove in West Vancouver to dive the very cool wall there. I'm setting up my rig, bcd on, regs on, integrated weights in, tank charged and ready to go. Just need to don my drysuit put my rig on and walk to the water. Well I decide my rig will be ok for a couple of minutes standing up about 30" off the ground (wrong) while I put on my suit. The stupid thing is I saw it was tippy after I put my front weight pouches in and I shifted the rear trim weights a bit to make it stable. I was also hesitant to lay it down because the concrete block it was standing on was dirty. Ok now I feel really stupid because as I turn around to put on my suit the whole thing tips over forward landing upside down right on the yoke adapter of my first stage bending it sending air hissing all over the place blowing the grass and dirt it landed on all over everything in a 6 ft radius. I get the air turned off and start assessing the damage. Well my yoke adapter bracket is bent and won't secure to my other tank. So some of my buddies offer up their pony regs for me to use so I can do the dives. Simple fix just swap my second stage,hoses,transmitter, etc. to their first stage and I'm good to go. So I'm taking off my transmitter from my first stage with one of those little scuba wrenches and puncture my palm with the little screwdriver thats sticking out the end. At this point I decide to thumb the dives figuring it just wasn't my day. Plus I was mad at myself for being so stupid about leaving my charged scuba unit standing up. I've been diving for 3 years now and up till now never had to miss a dive for equipment forgotten or any other reason. I'm also very anal about rinsing, and regularly maintaing all my stuff. SO NEVER EVER LEAVE YOUR RIG STANDING UP EVEN FOR A FEW SECONDS UNATTENDED I WAS LUCKY ONLY MY YOKE ADAPTER NEEDED REPLACED. HAD THE VALVE LANDED ON CONCRETE COULD HAVE BEEN WAY WORSE. TANK VALVE COULD HAVE BROKE CREATING A MISSILE.
LEASON LEARNED. I'LL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.
So last Sunday myself and 7 of my regular dive buddies went out to Kelvin Grove in West Vancouver to dive the very cool wall there. I'm setting up my rig, bcd on, regs on, integrated weights in, tank charged and ready to go. Just need to don my drysuit put my rig on and walk to the water. Well I decide my rig will be ok for a couple of minutes standing up about 30" off the ground (wrong) while I put on my suit. The stupid thing is I saw it was tippy after I put my front weight pouches in and I shifted the rear trim weights a bit to make it stable. I was also hesitant to lay it down because the concrete block it was standing on was dirty. Ok now I feel really stupid because as I turn around to put on my suit the whole thing tips over forward landing upside down right on the yoke adapter of my first stage bending it sending air hissing all over the place blowing the grass and dirt it landed on all over everything in a 6 ft radius. I get the air turned off and start assessing the damage. Well my yoke adapter bracket is bent and won't secure to my other tank. So some of my buddies offer up their pony regs for me to use so I can do the dives. Simple fix just swap my second stage,hoses,transmitter, etc. to their first stage and I'm good to go. So I'm taking off my transmitter from my first stage with one of those little scuba wrenches and puncture my palm with the little screwdriver thats sticking out the end. At this point I decide to thumb the dives figuring it just wasn't my day. Plus I was mad at myself for being so stupid about leaving my charged scuba unit standing up. I've been diving for 3 years now and up till now never had to miss a dive for equipment forgotten or any other reason. I'm also very anal about rinsing, and regularly maintaing all my stuff. SO NEVER EVER LEAVE YOUR RIG STANDING UP EVEN FOR A FEW SECONDS UNATTENDED I WAS LUCKY ONLY MY YOKE ADAPTER NEEDED REPLACED. HAD THE VALVE LANDED ON CONCRETE COULD HAVE BEEN WAY WORSE. TANK VALVE COULD HAVE BROKE CREATING A MISSILE.
LEASON LEARNED. I'LL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.