Paladin
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spg on the right?
Yep. I like it there.
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spg on the right?
Personally, I like having my SPG on my right and having the secondary on the left makes it more comfortable for another diver to use. A little talk before the dive should be sufficient to let your buddy know what's what.
I often hear or read something along these lines when someone is rationalizing a personal choice that has the potential to impact others. It occurs to me that of the OOA incidents I've either read or heard about, very few have been a buddy pair.
Secondly, when things get stressed, a person's first reaction won't typically be to recollect pre-dive conversations as they formulate their plan to resolve their OOA situation. Chances are, they'll react as they trained until panic sets in.
I once watched a diver casually switch to a pony reg that had not been charged. The look of surprise, then realization and then urgency... the guy fumbles for his valve (he couldn't see it) and deftly unscrews his yoke.... He'd dived this rig before and knew what was what.
Wait who teaches the left shoulder? Padi taught the right shoulder, and I always figured the rest of the recreational folks do the same thing.
I often hear or read something along these lines when someone is rationalizing a personal choice that has the potential to impact others. It occurs to me that of the OOA incidents I've either read or heard about, very few have been a buddy pair.
Secondly, when things get stressed, a person's first reaction won't typically be to recollect pre-dive conversations as they formulate their plan to resolve their OOA situation. Chances are, they'll react as they trained until panic sets in.
I once watched a diver casually switch to a pony reg that had not been charged. The look of surprise, then realization and then urgency... the guy fumbles for his valve (he couldn't see it) and deftly unscrews his yoke.... He'd dived this rig before and knew what was what.
I often hear or read something along these lines when someone is rationalizing a personal choice that has the potential to impact others. It occurs to me that of the OOA incidents I've either read or heard about, very few have been a buddy pair.
Secondly, when things get stressed, a person's first reaction won't typically be to recollect pre-dive conversations as they formulate their plan to resolve their OOA situation. Chances are, they'll react as they trained until panic sets in.
I once watched a diver casually switch to a pony reg that had not been charged. The look of surprise, then realization and then urgency... the guy fumbles for his valve (he couldn't see it) and deftly unscrews his yoke.... He'd dived this rig before and knew what was what.