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Old 19th May 2006, 19:54   #15 (permalink)
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Re: Weight belt/harness management in emergency

This is a buoyancy question - I'll assume that we all have a bailout strategy for gas...

Dumping lead? The only thing you have keeping you down? I don't think so!

My order:
Wing - I haven't been using this (I suck a vacuum on it before diving), so that's 16Kg to play with.
Dry suit - must be able to get a few more Kg's in that before the neck seal starts burping...
Buddy AutoBlob - an instant source of lift, and if you're cool enough to send it up on the reel, you can now reel yourself up if you have to!
Counterlungs - things would have to be pretty bad...
Lift bag - would be fiddly to do, especially plummeting downwards...

If all else fails, I could always invert and fill the DS legs too. In my case, that would have to be 10Kg+ easy.

In short, I don't think a flooded loop calls for lead dumping and uncontrolled ascents.
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Last edited by Mdemon : 19th May 2006 at 19:58. Reason: PS. What Trob said about deco etc. Spot on!
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