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Not very bright, was he. He could have just cracked the valve and "sipped" the air from either tank 
If I witnessed some clown doing this, I would have been laughing so hard I would have spit the reg out. I would've made sure I brought the video camera though. The temptation to post this on the internet would have been too great to leave the video equipment on the boat.
If I witnessed some clown doing this, I would have been laughing so hard I would have spit the reg out. I would've made sure I brought the video camera though. The temptation to post this on the internet would have been too great to leave the video equipment on the boat.
wilkie
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Wow...
SparticleBrane
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This requires a pimp slap.
H2Ogirlie
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Did someone on that rig give a countdown to rapid water evaporation?
blindref757
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Assuming this story was somewhat factual...I can only presume that the 1st stage would be terminally damaged when it was flooded during the transfer. Would it still function until it rusted...or would it fail immediately?
gangrel441
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Nomad:
Inclined to agree. Problem is, this was in "Lessons for Life" in Rodale's. Making stories up to prove a point seems against the grain for such an otherwise reputable article in such a crappy mag. A great illustration of how bad this could hurt their credibility is the issue two months ago when they apparently made up a story about a guy buying a reg online and the first stage blowing out on his first dive because he didn't have it inspected. The lesson: don't buy your scuba gear online, be a good little diver and buy it from your LDS. :shakehead
Sorry...I used to consider LFL required reading. Now I consider it bathroom reading, good for a cheap laugh.
It would work fine. It would certainly need a thorough cleaning after he got out of the water to avoid internal rusting, especially if this stunt was performed in salt water.blindref757:
Scared Silly
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blindref757:
I have practiced this before while doing a deco class. The reg should immediately be put into fresh water and then rebuilt. Of course the alternative - terminally dead or terminally injuried - is worse. This is one reason when doing deco diving you have all the same valve fittings. So that if one goes tits up and you can switch it out if necessary.
scubadobadoo:
It is the diver's fault.
I don't fault the DM, boat, or anybody else there. Some people just make stupid mistakes and it is no one else's fault but their own.
That's what is wrong with people today... nothing is their own fault anymore. I digress...
Hopefully this is not a made up story just to prove a point. No decent magazine should do that... oh wait, maybe they did make it up...
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