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Rred
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My backup backup (the 3xAA job) is always in the BC. But anything more?
There's an art to traveling light and fast, and you can't do that when you're carrying everything that might possibly be needed for every condition you aren't going to encounter.
Like, flatfishing on a sand bottom, in clear water. I don't need lights to take flounder, I just need my knife. And if I don't plan to go poking into the jetty (there's things with teeth in there and lobster are seasonal anyway)...that flashlight is just "MORE STUFF" to slow me down.
Been on treasure hunts the same way. Less crap means covering more ground, finding more markers. Lights? Yeah, no need for that.
"PLAN YOUR DIVE, DIVE YOUR PLAN." If the plan says there will definitely be no need for a light, I don't carry one.
There's an art to traveling light and fast, and you can't do that when you're carrying everything that might possibly be needed for every condition you aren't going to encounter.
Like, flatfishing on a sand bottom, in clear water. I don't need lights to take flounder, I just need my knife. And if I don't plan to go poking into the jetty (there's things with teeth in there and lobster are seasonal anyway)...that flashlight is just "MORE STUFF" to slow me down.
Been on treasure hunts the same way. Less crap means covering more ground, finding more markers. Lights? Yeah, no need for that.
"PLAN YOUR DIVE, DIVE YOUR PLAN." If the plan says there will definitely be no need for a light, I don't carry one.
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