| Whether diving twins or single (less than 20m no deco I use singles), both I and my buddy (or team when three of us) each carry the same basic kit whatever.
This basic kit is
2 bottom timers/ depth gauges
2 spools
2 dsmb.
1 knife
1 pair of shears
1 spare mask
1 compass
1 set of relevant tables
1 set of wet notes.
1 main torch
1 back up torch.
When diving with the peeps from this board they have been likewise equipped.
So has that just been coincidence, or is it typical of the divers on this board whether DIR or not?
On seperation we run the 1 minute search, then surface. Each diver is equipped for solo ascent. So minimising incident pit slope.
In summary "When it goes wrong, go up", the incident pit slope is down hill all the way, so get your ass up.
Redundacy is the surface as last resort on shallow dives no deco, and the shut downs etc for deco.
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