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Jeep Wrangler JK
JK General Discussion
What did you do to your JK today?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dirty Dog" data-source="post: 457324" data-attributes="member: 24042"><p>The gear and training are both specific to caves. Recreational divers never, under any circumstances, have any business diving in a cave. Please don't ever go into a cave without the proper training and experience. If you'd like to cave dive, I'd be happy to recommend instructors. Many caves have signs like this at the entrance:</p><p>[ATTACH]124119[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]124120[/ATTACH]</p><p>Those signs exist for very good reason.</p><p></p><p>It's not the best picture but I wasn't doing the dive for fun, so the only camera I had was an iPhone. No strobes or anything.</p><p></p><p>It's a wet suit with seals at the arms, legs, and neck. Normal wet suits allow water to flow pretty freely. A semi-dry restricts it, allowing the body to heat the water inside the suit more, which reduces heat loss. A dry suit only exposes a tiny bit of skin right around the regulator to the water, and if you use a full face mask, even that is eliminated. Add heated undergarments and you can dive in any way that isn't actually frozen solid. One major issue with dry suit diving is buoyancy and trim control. Dry suits have to be inflated or they pinch, especially in delicate areas. That inflation gas (usually argon) affects buoyancy, obviously, but when it moves around inside the suit, it also affects trim. For example, if it all ends up in your boots, you're going to do a lovely headstand... And then there's the catheter...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dirty Dog, post: 457324, member: 24042"] The gear and training are both specific to caves. Recreational divers never, under any circumstances, have any business diving in a cave. Please don't ever go into a cave without the proper training and experience. If you'd like to cave dive, I'd be happy to recommend instructors. Many caves have signs like this at the entrance: [ATTACH]124119[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]124120[/ATTACH] Those signs exist for very good reason. It's not the best picture but I wasn't doing the dive for fun, so the only camera I had was an iPhone. No strobes or anything. It's a wet suit with seals at the arms, legs, and neck. Normal wet suits allow water to flow pretty freely. A semi-dry restricts it, allowing the body to heat the water inside the suit more, which reduces heat loss. A dry suit only exposes a tiny bit of skin right around the regulator to the water, and if you use a full face mask, even that is eliminated. Add heated undergarments and you can dive in any way that isn't actually frozen solid. One major issue with dry suit diving is buoyancy and trim control. Dry suits have to be inflated or they pinch, especially in delicate areas. That inflation gas (usually argon) affects buoyancy, obviously, but when it moves around inside the suit, it also affects trim. For example, if it all ends up in your boots, you're going to do a lovely headstand... And then there's the catheter... [/QUOTE]
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Jeep Wrangler JK
JK General Discussion
What did you do to your JK today?
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