billt4sf
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Last weekend I tried a new rig and was quite disoriented. I didn't have the trim right and ended up rolling around side-to-side. It was very disorienting and I took on a bit of water in my mask, could not stabilize myself and had a bit of panic. Depth was around 15 feet. In retrospect I recall that during my brief moments of panic I had an urge to spit out the reg. My brain and my training intervened and I heard myself say "Breathe, breathe you silly fool, and you'll be OK no matter what else happens".
I did not go into any sort of continued distress but I am now wondering why would I have the urge to spit out the reg from this little bit of panic? Are there any known explanations? I believe there have been a number of deaths from people with plenty of air and the reg out. I wonder if my small experience may have familiarized myself with that situation ? Or maybe it was a one-off.
- Bill
I did not go into any sort of continued distress but I am now wondering why would I have the urge to spit out the reg from this little bit of panic? Are there any known explanations? I believe there have been a number of deaths from people with plenty of air and the reg out. I wonder if my small experience may have familiarized myself with that situation ? Or maybe it was a one-off.
- Bill