master00sniper
Contributor
One that is entirely avoidable by having a redundant air source or a buddy, but I've often wondered about this anyways.
Your diving, and you have an OOA emergency at 50 feet. Whether solo or your buddy is too far, in this case your only option is to go up.
Where I dive, at 50 feet deep neutral buoyancy means quite a bit of air in my BC. I have a bunch of neoprene to weigh down to get me down. This means a lot of extra air expanding in my BC on my way up. Obviously you don't wanna go up too fast, but isn't it a shame to release air out of your BC when no air is the reason you are going up? Would it be unwise to just stick the inflator hose in your mouth and reverse the process of orally inflating your BC?
The only cons I could come up with didn't seem like reason enough to not try it in a real emergency, when it starts looking like you might not make it to the surface.
I would imagine the air quality isn't as good as it is coming out of your BC. You might get some water mixed in as well. It also wouldn't really slow you down if you needed too because the air isn't really escaping, just transferring over to your lungs. Are there other reasons not to attempt this in a real emergency?
Your diving, and you have an OOA emergency at 50 feet. Whether solo or your buddy is too far, in this case your only option is to go up.
Where I dive, at 50 feet deep neutral buoyancy means quite a bit of air in my BC. I have a bunch of neoprene to weigh down to get me down. This means a lot of extra air expanding in my BC on my way up. Obviously you don't wanna go up too fast, but isn't it a shame to release air out of your BC when no air is the reason you are going up? Would it be unwise to just stick the inflator hose in your mouth and reverse the process of orally inflating your BC?
The only cons I could come up with didn't seem like reason enough to not try it in a real emergency, when it starts looking like you might not make it to the surface.
I would imagine the air quality isn't as good as it is coming out of your BC. You might get some water mixed in as well. It also wouldn't really slow you down if you needed too because the air isn't really escaping, just transferring over to your lungs. Are there other reasons not to attempt this in a real emergency?