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Old 13-07-04, 08:07 AM
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A very close friend of mine was found by the shot line at 40m, unconcious.
His buddy (not me!) ditched the weightbelt inflated the bc and went up with him, letting go at 10m. The casualty was recovered into the boat, airlifted to DDRC. He is still alive and diving today. If a text- book CBL had been carried out it would have taken at least 3 mins to get the casualty to the surface, as opposed to the 1 minute it took.
Always think of ditching the weightbelt as soon as is reasonable to do so. I have seen people practicing/teaching rescue techniques, with no mention of weightbelt ditch.
Get rid of the bloody thing!
Paul
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