team diving skills

[tbrown]

OK, back to discusion. Using GP's example, donated reg, was handed off on 7' hose. All h#@l breaks loose, but everyone makes it back OK, so I think we can count that as a success.
Did the hose make it better/easier? It seems it was easier to donate air, and diver who needed air got it and avoided panic (unless I am missing something). Could it have been done with a short hose? Sure but it is hard to deny results. Could there have even been an advantage to a short hose. Maybe if buddy breathing was used, but then again buddy breathing can be done with a long hose as well, and I don't think that would have been a wise choice in either case. Further note, Lonnie and Chris need to quit gearing up in a pet cemetary, or quit doing whatever it was that cursed their dive.

In Joel's case, long hose did not hurt, and seemed to make it easier.

These kinds of things are what I was hoping to get. While I have heard the logical arguements for using a long hose, logic and "real world" seem to cross paths only on occasion.

Oh and FMT- never at any point did I feel I had control of the earlier situation. It was his buddy, that dumped weights and quite frankly was exemplary in every way. I just showed up and through sheer luck managed to survive and not make matters worse. Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good.