Horizontal is just too difficult for OW, AOW & smug DMs....
Pete, first you said you wanted a Medical Doc to give an opinion and you would accept that....
Now you want statistics....
I think the real reason you are fighting this so hard is because of where the theory came from....
You are the only one mentioning *cavers* *stroke* *god* *ect.*...
We have presented reasons for the horizontal position....
You have presented the only reason for the vertical....
Quoted above....
In what appears to be a very long thread for this forum no one else has come forth with another reason for vertical....
Perhaps we need a poll to see who votes for vertical and who votes for horizontal as best .... and not just because that is the only thing they can do.... but from the arguments presented here...
which position seems to have won.
Practice, practice, practice.....
When you can do slow controlled horizontal ascents....
With perfect stops....
While you are air sharing ....
With a buddy who has lost his mask....
And you must manage both of your buoyancy....
And both of your gas switches....
While shooting a lift bag for the boat to track....
Let me know you still prefer vertical.
