I posted this on californiascubadiving as well, but am hoping to get a little more info if anyone has it. I am a relatively new diver and am trying to get my...
Extra breath? Ugh! I really wish instructors would quite saying this - remember one thing and one thing only when you are out of air you are OUT of air....
Regulator 1st stage is a passive mechanical device that works on (against) the tank pressure. Modern balance regulator design requires a balance sensor to the...
You are ignoring that the SPG shows PSIG, which is pressure relative to ambient pressure, and that is also what determines whether the regulator will work. At...
Chuck got lung power to suck against the spring. 8-) Teaching people that they might be able to get another breath or two on the way up teaches them to keep...
Ok - "teaching people they might get another breath or two on the way up teaches them to keep their airway open?" What the hell? I don't know about you, but...
The whole idea is flawed from the start because your assuming that you breathed the tank down. There could be many reasons your tank is "empty", high pressure...
Oops. Grammar error. Should read: "Instead of teaching people they might get another breath or two on the way up, it's better to teaches them to keep their...
Very few people think they have air when they don't. The people who run out of air aren't thinking about their air supply at all, and that's the problem....
I was under the expression that the diver in this OOA situation was ascending, which mean that the lung would surely be expanding and a good chance this diver...
... If you're trying to inhale it's a pretty sure bet that your airway is open. If the gas in your lungs is expanding, it's looking for a place to go. It...
Chuck, There is one major difference in your experiences compared to a true OOA - you were thinking, you knew the problem/issue and you were not 100 feet down...
Agreed ... ... From: Adam Bertsch <abertsch@...> Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 11:17:07 -0700 ... If you're trying to inhale it's a pretty sure bet that your ...
You earlier said "its really stupid to run out of air". I qualified that to "its really stupid to UNKNOWNINGLY run out of air" I agree that divers need better...
You just got to watch out for their teeth when you goose them. Actually, adult wolf eels exhibit a fair amount of sexual dimorphism. The males have, to quote...
The females are ugly. The males are an order of magnitude uglier and have a distinct resemblance to Jaba the Hut. ... -- Chuck Tribolet triblet@... ...
... I just *knew* there must be some way to get weight belt dropping back into play. In the words of Darth Vader, who knew a thing or two about breathing ...
Very true - you are correct - didn't read through the lines ... ;-) And yes, I do teach both but I definately focus (more like pound into their heads) on "How...
It was a waaay koool dive in the waaay out deeep. The still unfinished business is the missing dentures (uppers in case you are looking or find any), the...
Yes this is true. Happened to me last summer in Bali when I least expected it. I set up my gear for a beach dive, then this very nice young Balinese woman...
... I don't know of a definitive way but the males are the ones with the really big ugly puffy heads and they tend to be lighter colored as well - especially...
Color: In general, Wolf-eels are easily to identify. There name suggests that they resemble eel like structures which range in colour from grey to brown or...
