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lamont)
The DIR divers that I know who do big dives all carry bags and reels so that if they get separated they can extract themselves. Typically everyone has a bag, a reel, safety spool, a backup mask, backup cutting tools and a deco plan which can handle loss of a single deco gas. That makes any separated diver pretty self-sufficient. This has been tested through real-life sepearation and the separated diver has operated fine independently.
So, what does the argument center around here, is it just the backup depth gauge / timer?
No, the argument centres arround the DIR divers I have met who consider the above (prudent in my view) precautions unnessary. Worse they apear to consider them NOT DIR.
I am enormously pleased that DIR divers have come forward on these threads pointing out that this is not true and i hope it will change the attitude of some of the more recent additions to DIR.
ATB
Mark Chase