lamont
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Luc Dupas:How often did you really experience a buddy or a nearby diver unexpectedly started to panic and you had to hand over an alternate air supply? And how often did you manage/try to calm him down within the first one or two minutes??? Over the last almost 20 years I've experienced this a number of times...
so far I've not been overly impressed with OOAs involving an octo:
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