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| Originally Posted by zepp If you plan your dive correctly, neither of you should be in a position where you lose ALL your gas. That is why we use manifolded twins with isolators. You should always plan for enough gas to bring you back to the surface including stops if at any point during the dive you lose upto half your gas. Also you should NOT be planing for your buddy to 'get you out of jail' as he may not be there when sh#t happens. |
You're right that you should plan to always be able to get out if the need arises.
To that end, I don't plan to have my buddy rescue me should I have a gas failure. However, I do plan to be able to bring my buddy back should he/she had a catastrophic gas failure.
The difference between the two approaches may appear academic, but they are in fact a world apart.
Rich