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So I was doing some stuff with my sidemount kit the other day and decided to add some suicide clips to the rear attachment point on my tanks to see if it would help make the attachment a little tighter to my body (at the advice of a reputable sidemount diver). As I was rigging it a dive buddy of mine walk in and starts giving me a hand, and by giving me a hand what I mean is throws a tantrum that I am going to kill myself using those clips.
Now, mostly amused and curious about my friends outburst, I decided to do a little research. So after reading old threads, some accident reports and "Deep Descent" The only instance that I could find where there was a death that may have been attributed to these clips was in the case of John Ormsby on the Andrea Doria in 1985.
So my question is this, is there any well documented instances where there was a death that was directly caused by the use of one of these clips, or is the "suicide clip" name simply a product of urban legend?
Thanks for your insight all.
-- nielsent
Now, mostly amused and curious about my friends outburst, I decided to do a little research. So after reading old threads, some accident reports and "Deep Descent" The only instance that I could find where there was a death that may have been attributed to these clips was in the case of John Ormsby on the Andrea Doria in 1985.
So my question is this, is there any well documented instances where there was a death that was directly caused by the use of one of these clips, or is the "suicide clip" name simply a product of urban legend?
Thanks for your insight all.
-- nielsent
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