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| Originally Posted by JAG I'm not sure if you thought I was having a go at anyone's procedures because I wasn't. |
No - not in the slightest Ian. I'm trying to say that being self suffiecent (as much as I hate that term) may not be that different in practice from being a team diver. To me it's an attitude thing more than a kit thing... and thus not agency exclusive. (I've read enough of your posts to think you share this view) Personally, I choose to dive with people who share my attitude towards these things.
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Enough Gas to get me to the next gas source with at least 1/3 in reserve. Ian was also trained by the same instructor as myself so he would also be carry all of the above. Diving as a team we would need to have a double / triple failure before we start to get into problems
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Hmm.... so if your buddy suffered a total loss of gas at the worst point would your own requirements plus 1/3 reserve be enough to get you both up.... that's not a double failure is it?
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Clare, as a DIR diver would you also carry all of the above? The reason I ask is I do not know what the DIR approach is.
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Hmm.... well my normal pocket contents are...
1 30 metre spool
1 45 metre spool
1 Small SMB
1 Large SMB in backplate pouch
Three lights
A knife
Depth gauge/timer
Wetnotes which have a form of tables in them, shears and spare trigger pin.
Spare mask
Backgas reserves sufficent to get me and a buddy to next available source of gas (surface or deco) or for me to deco on backgas if deco gas lost. 1.5 times deco gas
Dependant on the dive the team may choose to take a reel and/or a yellow SMB. I may take line markers, and may leave my SMB at home when I go to Mexico
This is just what I carry though - there are no DIR pocket police. As Andy sets out, we try to be practical - take what is needed but enjoy redundancy because we have access to team resources.