Most cylinders on one diver?

[Anthony Appleyard]

What is the most cylinders that you have seen on one diver? http://www.nautic-dive.com/de/images/tec1.JPG shows a diver with 2 on his back and 5 trailing from his waist or hips, total = 7, all full size (not ponies)! That load can't have helped his swimming hydrodynamics much. I suspect that a big rebreather would be more useful than an open-circuit "tank farm" that big.

 

[PfcAJ]

I've personally seen 24 on one person.

 

[frogman159]

I think I see 7 around the diver in the middle.

Sometimes I think my single tank is heavy

did they have a crane to get that guy in the water with his "double doubles"

 

[IceBergSlim]

Frogkick.nl - De Online Gids voor DIR Duiken - Doing It Right Duiken has a picture of a guy with 5 sets of doubles (only one set of regs)

Cannot link the picture. Sorry. It's in the DIW on the DIRvsWIW tab.

 

[frogman159]

Iceberg- I'll help you out with that pic.

 

[Anthony Appleyard]

Please, what is the correct technical term for a fullsized cylinder trailing from the hip or waist?

 

[PfcAJ]

Eh, I don't know if its a 'term,' but we call them "bottles on a leash" (which is a loop of rope and a double ended bolt snap used to hold multiple bottles when you run out of real estate under your arm).

A deco bottle, stage, or safety all might be placed on a leash. Its the function that determines what its called.

 

[Anthony Appleyard]

Eh, I don't know if its a 'term,' but we call them "bottles on a leash" (which is a loop of rope and a double ended bolt snap used to hold multiple bottles when you run out of real estate under your arm).

If the side-cylinder is under the arm, which part of what is it tethered to?

 

[Cave Diver]

Frogkick.nl - De Online Gids voor DIR Duiken - Doing It Right Duiken has a picture of a guy with 5 sets of doubles (only one set of regs)

Cannot link the picture. Sorry. It's in the DIW on the DIRvsWIW tab.

Try this link:

http://www.frogkick.nl/index.htm?http://www.frogkick.nl/diw/pages/diw065.htm

 

[IceBergSlim]

Try this link:

Frogkick.nl - De Online Gids voor DIR Duiken - Doing It Right Duiken

Thanks but Frogman159 was kind enough to post the actuall picture above.