GAS/VALVE INTERRUPTION DRILLS (Sidemount Silesia)
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
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My new video is on IMHO one of the most underestimated drills when learning/teaching sidemount configuration. As I state at the beginning of the video “In the following vid I use the term OOG which actually in this case means running out of gas from one of the cylinders/regulators. It is worth noting that a responsible and procedure-abiding sidemount diver always has at hand another regulator with gas and the cylinder connected to it. Therefore he/she never runs out but can switch to his/her other source of gas”.
We all know that. But do we really know which regulator to switch to while diving? Are we sure we always remember which of the main two we are breathing from at this particular moment? It is Ok when we do… but I would not trust my memory so much… It is always advisable to identify regulators prior to (sometimes during or even after) all operations connected with regs/valves/SPGs and so on…
Imagine you are doing a dive and out of a sudden you feel cut out/interrupted (no gas in the reg). You need to switch to the other (working) one. How do you know it is the left…or the right? Identify and you will!
Do we really practice it? Do we actually include this single element into our sequence? We certainly identify at the beginning. But do we really identify in this critical OOG moment?
It may help not only when you run out of gas/interrupted. How about not being able to retrieve the regulator squeezed under our webbing…or the left reg on the short hose hidden behind the neck (that happens pretty often when you dive upside down)? Here the identification procedure reassures you which one you need to grab. When you know you need to switch to the left… you don’t waste your time looking for the right one…. We gain time minimizing the risk of panic building up. This video also covers this particular problem..
I also draw your attention to communication and signals and the extreme importance of Land Drills (or Dry Runs) whichever term suits you better.
I spent quite a while recording and editing this video. It was not possible to include all comments and explanations I would make during a course, for instance. Nevertheless, I did my best to insert captions and my horrible (I really hate listening to myself) voice. All done in one aim in mind ; to make it concise and clear.
This video I consider an instructional one. So to get the gist watch it once but for more details pause for a few seconds, read the captions, watch the sequences of the diver and in case of lack of understanding write to me and we can have a constructive discussion.
Thank you very much and I hope you find this tutorial useful.
music by NNUS "Ecclesiastes"
прекрасная работа . видео
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Hey master yoda ... this fantastic video falls like a ring to my finger .... i'm finishing a side mount course .... thanks for spreading your experience .... greetings from south america...
What a level... perfection. You rock Sidemount, Tomasz!
Thank you Adriana from the bottom of my heart!
Your buoyancy is surreal. Some of your videos are mesmerizing. I am training two hours every single day in a 1.5 metres deep pool to be able to get to that level and I still see it so far away... I'll get there! I bought two Rubik's cubes to multi task, control respiration and stay neutral as training:)))
Looking forward to your next video, Tomasz!
Adriana. It will come in time. no worries. and I love the Rubik's cube idea:)
How do you do make the O ring boltsnap connection to the hose? X
hi , at 1.55 , i understand that you break the o'ring, but after you have allways the bold snap fixe on the long hose , how do you do that ? regards Michel
He simulates breaking the o-ring. In other words he unclips the boltsnap before the exercise, then during the exercise he makes a strong pulling movement which would break the o-ring if it were still attached.
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Sam nie wiem w czym byłeś lepszy - w perce jako Czachur, czy w nurkowaniu jako Michur ;) Pozdro - Darek P. - Wasyl
TalRyb hej. Wejdź Darek na moją stronę i wyślij mi maila proszę. Dawno już chciałem się skontaktować z Tobą. Tom