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Uncle Pug once bubbled...
I would eliminate as many failure points as practical in my breathing gas supply:
All of my breathing gas would be in a single tank with one first stage, one second stage, one SPG, one lp wing inflation hose and one suit inflation hose (if diving dry.)
I wouldn't split the gas I was carrying up into multiple bottles with mutliple 0-rings, second stages, hoses and spgs to fail. In other words... no ponys, doubles, spare airs.
I would split the gas up through planning and set aside enough gas to make a controlled ascent from what ever depth/time I was at in the event of a failure in any component. This amount of set-aside gas would change during the dive as the depth/time evolved.
awap once bubbled...
And I'm sure you would have to go with a single lens mask and a mono-fin.
After all, a spare tire is really just another tire to fail.
ScubaJeep once bubbled...
Excuse me pug, but why do you need a wing when you have a perfectly good drysuit to use as a buoyancy compensator? Just another thing that can fail.
cornfed once bubbled...
So are you.
cornfed once bubbled...
You're an idiot.
So are you.
Uncle Pug once bubbled...
... I would split the gas up through planning and set aside enough gas to make a controlled ascent from what ever depth/time I was at in the event of a failure in any component. This amount of set-aside gas would change during the dive as the depth/time evolved.
Mo2vation once bubbled...
I found myself recently...thinking I would really (and I have to emphasize REALLY) love to be solo diving right now...
But I couldn't bring myself to do it. Without a completley independent, redundant gas supply (AKA buddy) I wasn't comfortable enough to head in solo...
Solo diving is calling me big time...
The buddy is just a mobile bail-out - and often, less than that.
...If anyone has any serious solo diving input (I haven't seen much in this thread yet) then chime in...