ajduplessis
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Removing/replacing gear at depth is a vital skill. If you can't master your equipment while diving, start working on it.
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Dont want to stray to far from the subject but are you guys saying that it isn't a wise idea to carry weights all on your rig incase you do need to remove your gear to clear an entanglement issue?
E.g I carry 6lb of weight and was considering ditching my weight belt and to carry my weight on tank mounted pouches. Bad idea?
Might have to start a new thread for this one....
Also, ditching and donning underwater may become necessary to clear an entanglement, such as from fishing line or kelp.
First step is to try to clear the entanglement yourself. Second step is to rely upon your dive buddy to clear it. If those fail, the next step is to ditch, clear the entanglement and then don your gear and swim on.
In 10,000 dives, that's never even come close to occurring. That's what knives are for. I bet of the thousands upon thousands of divers on scuba board, multiplied by hundreds of thousands of dives conducted, the issue of needing to exit your gear to free a line entanglement is less than 1. If it has happened, I'd bet some other piece of training or gear was the issue. Lack of knife or lack of common sense.
If most people are like me, they're wondering why you would need to exit your rig and then get back in it at depth.
Probably not much kelp or fishing line where you've been diving. There are lots of different environments out there.
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In 10,000 dives, that's never even come close to occurring. That's what knives are for. I bet of the thousands upon thousands of divers on scuba board, multiplied by hundreds of thousands of dives conducted, the issue of needing to exit your gear to free a line entanglement is less than 1. If it has happened, I'd bet some other piece of training or gear was the issue. Lack of knife or lack of common sense.
In 10,000 dives, that's never even come close to occurring. That's what knives are for. I bet of the thousands upon thousands of divers on scuba board, multiplied by hundreds of thousands of dives conducted, the issue of needing to exit your gear to free a line entanglement is less than 1. If it has happened, I'd bet some other piece of training or gear was the issue. Lack of knife or lack of common sense.