Phish-phood
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I posted a thread earlier looking for some advice on how to focus on a gauge with no mask on.
As well as getting some useful advice I also got the expected and very legitimate comments about where my buddy was, how I ended up in the situation etc and it got me thinking about whether doing these worst case scenario drills were of any use.
An example of a couple that we do are:
Mask and reg recovery. The theory behind this is you get caught by some-ones fin and lose mask and reg at the same time. so what we do is lose our mask by taking it off and dropping it in the pool beside us and at the same time spit out our reg. The idea is you must recover your air supply by finding your octopus and then either find your spare mask put it on, clear and then switch back to main reg and attempt to recover your mask from the water, all while maintaining bouyancy.
Reading gauges under water without a mask which is what I described in an earlier thread. Basically you lose your mask, viz is terrible buddy is MIA, no spare mask, anything like that that basically means you are in control of your own assent with impaired vision and need to be able to see your gauges/computer
Other ones we do are practicing buddy drills or OOA drills with no mask on, reaching blind for each others octopus so we build up that second nature regarding the configuration of each others kit
None of these are taught by any agency and are just something we do to build up our own skills and confidence. Does anyone else do suff like this or is it just me!!!
As well as getting some useful advice I also got the expected and very legitimate comments about where my buddy was, how I ended up in the situation etc and it got me thinking about whether doing these worst case scenario drills were of any use.
An example of a couple that we do are:
Mask and reg recovery. The theory behind this is you get caught by some-ones fin and lose mask and reg at the same time. so what we do is lose our mask by taking it off and dropping it in the pool beside us and at the same time spit out our reg. The idea is you must recover your air supply by finding your octopus and then either find your spare mask put it on, clear and then switch back to main reg and attempt to recover your mask from the water, all while maintaining bouyancy.
Reading gauges under water without a mask which is what I described in an earlier thread. Basically you lose your mask, viz is terrible buddy is MIA, no spare mask, anything like that that basically means you are in control of your own assent with impaired vision and need to be able to see your gauges/computer
Other ones we do are practicing buddy drills or OOA drills with no mask on, reaching blind for each others octopus so we build up that second nature regarding the configuration of each others kit
None of these are taught by any agency and are just something we do to build up our own skills and confidence. Does anyone else do suff like this or is it just me!!!