Randy43068
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Are you already comfortable unbuckling and ditching your rig?
I would not do it. I see no reason to ditch the rig as long as there is air in the bottles.
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Are you already comfortable unbuckling and ditching your rig?
This assumes you have air but neither wing nor suit is working. Makes sense. Would you 'ride the bag' up? I would assume that the best course of action would be to run it up on a spool and wind yourself up the line rather than try to control the lift of the bag.
That could be my inexperience talking.
p.s. I mean wind the line up on a spool and hang onto the spool, of course. You need to be able to let go if something really bad happens, like the bag being snagged by a passing boat.
This assumes you have air but neither wing nor suit is working. Makes sense. Would you 'ride the bag' up? I would assume that the best course of action would be to run it up on a spool and wind yourself up the line rather than try to control the lift of the bag.
That could be my inexperience talking.
p.s. I mean wind the line up on a spool and hang onto the spool, of course. You need to be able to let go if something really bad happens, like the bag being snagged by a passing boat.
if in the odd case ( and I can't imagine how I'd get in this jam ) that I were out of air, no wing, no DS and no buddy and my only option was to dutch the gear and bob like a cork to the surface.. would I do it? Yes, rather than drowning. But, I cannot imagine ever being in that situation. I can imagine ripping a hole in the DS and wing on a wreck with lots of sharp metal. But my buddy will help me in that case.
This was my thought also.This assumes you have air but neither wing nor suit is working. Makes sense. Would you 'ride the bag' up? I would assume that the best course of action would be to run it up on a spool and wind yourself up the line rather than try to control the lift of the bag.
That could be my inexperience talking.
p.s. I mean wind the line up on a spool and hang onto the spool, of course. You need to be able to let go if something really bad happens, like the bag being snagged by a passing boat.
Definitely. Why get rid of what you need/want (air).I would not do it. I see no reason to ditch the rig as long as there is air in the bottles.
I would, but very carefully. I sure that you know it, but I need to remind everyone to never forget that using any form of inflatable, "soft" buoyancy creates a positive feedback loop that can hurt and even kill you if it is not tightly controlled.
I'd be very interested in how others practice this and what sorts of exercises others use to teach it.
We were doing lifting stuff with the bag from 25' in my advanced class. While it's a bit tricky it can be accomplished. We were using open lift bags that had the dump line hanging close to the handle so you can create a negative feedback loop so if the bag speeds up it will cause the dump to be pooled and thus air to be purged.