DevonDiver
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Just one thing to add . . . if you're under stress, there is no particular reason why the line has to be spooled up as you go. You can clip it off and leave it, ascend on it, and pull it up from the surface.
I've considered this many times. It is a real option.
The reason I've avoided it is due to the risk of entanglement from the trailing line (especially in current). Coming up the line, with 2 divers close around it, is asking for the line to get caught around an ankle or fin buckle.
Obviously, such an entanglement would not prevent further ascent, but it would cause more stress and confusion. Possibly enough stress to cause full-blown panic or otherwise an error of judgement that causes greater danger.