This is more of a history of the term question...
Though I'm new diving I've had a fascination with the sport for as long as I can remember. Once upon a time regulator sets were simple, first twin-hose then single hose with a single second stage. Along the way spgs were hung on hoses and some of them grew nto consoles. Then someone got the idea that hanging another second stage on there would be handy so enter hose number 3. Bouyancy control devices got more spophisticated and so a 4th hose was added to make the addition of lift just a button push away. And lastly drysuits became more common and for some divers this meant a 5th hose.
My perception had always been that the whole ganglia of hoses was where the octopus idiom came from since that's what it looks like.
In practice the term has come to represent the safe second.
I'm asking the veteran divers (or language scollars) where the octopus term really originated.
Pete
Though I'm new diving I've had a fascination with the sport for as long as I can remember. Once upon a time regulator sets were simple, first twin-hose then single hose with a single second stage. Along the way spgs were hung on hoses and some of them grew nto consoles. Then someone got the idea that hanging another second stage on there would be handy so enter hose number 3. Bouyancy control devices got more spophisticated and so a 4th hose was added to make the addition of lift just a button push away. And lastly drysuits became more common and for some divers this meant a 5th hose.
My perception had always been that the whole ganglia of hoses was where the octopus idiom came from since that's what it looks like.
In practice the term has come to represent the safe second.
I'm asking the veteran divers (or language scollars) where the octopus term really originated.
Pete