cidcolada
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This weekend I will be diving with an instructor to try to get a familiarization with both backmount doubles and sidemount. I don't expect to master either in just a couple of dives over one weekend, but I am doing this in preparation for cavern and intro to cave.
What I am looking for are some tips that I can take into this to maybe get me in the right mindset for learning these different configurations.
Backmount will be with an AL backplate and wing. I am diving a Zeagle Ranger currently, so I don't think that this will be too much of an adjustment. I have been told that there are some differences in diving posture with a backplate VS the ranger, but I think this I can get a handle on.
Sidemount will be with a Dive Rite Nomad and twin LP Steel tanks. I have never dived SM in any form, so this is where some input would really be helpful.
I know a guy that has already learned to dive SM from this instructor, and he didn't seem to have much trouble with it. I have done some reading on the subject, but reading can only take you so far.
Any tips would be very much appreciated.
What I am looking for are some tips that I can take into this to maybe get me in the right mindset for learning these different configurations.
Backmount will be with an AL backplate and wing. I am diving a Zeagle Ranger currently, so I don't think that this will be too much of an adjustment. I have been told that there are some differences in diving posture with a backplate VS the ranger, but I think this I can get a handle on.
Sidemount will be with a Dive Rite Nomad and twin LP Steel tanks. I have never dived SM in any form, so this is where some input would really be helpful.
I know a guy that has already learned to dive SM from this instructor, and he didn't seem to have much trouble with it. I have done some reading on the subject, but reading can only take you so far.
Any tips would be very much appreciated.