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- Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!linus!agate!rsoft!mindlink!a752
- From: Bruce_Dunn@mindlink.bc.ca (Bruce Dunn)
- Subject: Re: Bad Back
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:44:25 GMT
- Message-ID: <20149@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Sender: news@deep.rsoft.bc.ca (Usenet)
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- Aside from the problem of getting into the water, those diving in
- cold water have a potential problem in that buoyancy is distributed over much
- of the body (wet or dry suit) but weight is concentrated at the waist. To
- prevent backaches due to the "bending" this induces, consider carrying a
- portion of your weights as ankle weights or in your BC pockets (where they
- can be directly lifted by the BC at depth). Be sure to maintain enough
- weight on your releasable belt for safety (do our resident instructors have
- any comments on exactly how much of a suited diver's weights must be readily
- releasable?)
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- Bruce Dunn Vancouver, Canada Bruce_Dunn@mindlink.bc.ca
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