somewhereinla
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I am editing my own post because I think the spirit of the original question is getting lost... I don't really care to know if the guy was an idiot.... I would like to hear from experienced divers as I feel there is a possible safety issue we (the less experienced divers) can all learn from:
So here is the re-phrased question:
On a deep dive (at least under 100ft) with a 7mil suit and a single Hp steel tank,
1/ if your bc fail can you make it back safely?
2/ what would be the safest procedure to do so? I assume you probably would have to let go of some of your weights...
We will assume your body isn't around, you don't have a lift bag and you were properly weighted when going down.
I am reposting a question which was posted on the DIR forum yesterday. I was asked to re-post it elswhere. So here it is for the second time (sorry):
An interesting story happened to me today and I really would like to get the DIR/tech divers opinion on the subject.
I have been needing a float for my L.A County ADP class and found a very good one at a good price on craig's list. I called the guy, we agreed on the price and I drove to his home. The guy is obviously an experience diver and a tech. diver as well. We start talking and I tell him I dive with a steel tank and a wetsuit. As soon as I tell him that, he starts telling me how dangerous it is, that I am a fool, that he would never dive with someone like me... well you get the point it actually started to get really awkward...
The reason he says that diving with a (single) steel tank is dangerous it that if your BC fails, the negative buoyancy of the steel tank would make it impossible to go back up on a deep dive. I then told him that I could use a safety sausage or a lift bag to lift me back up should my BC fail, then he said if that failed too I wouldn't be able to go back up. He then went on saying that you should only dive with a steel tank if using a drysuit. And added again how much of a fool I was
Is there any truth to that? Is it that dangerous to dive steel with a wetsuit? All the UICC instructors dive wetsuit and steel, actually most instructors or experience divers I ever see diving have steel tanks. Can so many people be wrong?
So here is the re-phrased question:
On a deep dive (at least under 100ft) with a 7mil suit and a single Hp steel tank,
1/ if your bc fail can you make it back safely?
2/ what would be the safest procedure to do so? I assume you probably would have to let go of some of your weights...
We will assume your body isn't around, you don't have a lift bag and you were properly weighted when going down.
I am reposting a question which was posted on the DIR forum yesterday. I was asked to re-post it elswhere. So here it is for the second time (sorry):
An interesting story happened to me today and I really would like to get the DIR/tech divers opinion on the subject.
I have been needing a float for my L.A County ADP class and found a very good one at a good price on craig's list. I called the guy, we agreed on the price and I drove to his home. The guy is obviously an experience diver and a tech. diver as well. We start talking and I tell him I dive with a steel tank and a wetsuit. As soon as I tell him that, he starts telling me how dangerous it is, that I am a fool, that he would never dive with someone like me... well you get the point it actually started to get really awkward...
The reason he says that diving with a (single) steel tank is dangerous it that if your BC fails, the negative buoyancy of the steel tank would make it impossible to go back up on a deep dive. I then told him that I could use a safety sausage or a lift bag to lift me back up should my BC fail, then he said if that failed too I wouldn't be able to go back up. He then went on saying that you should only dive with a steel tank if using a drysuit. And added again how much of a fool I was
Is there any truth to that? Is it that dangerous to dive steel with a wetsuit? All the UICC instructors dive wetsuit and steel, actually most instructors or experience divers I ever see diving have steel tanks. Can so many people be wrong?