I got caught in the line

[Attchoum]

I got entangled in the line – it wasn’t the first time but it was definitely the worst one.

Here a small article on my blog about it.
http://www.closedsystemdiving.com/blog/?p=18

[Scott]

Nice report. I have had that happen also. I like your idea about shrink wrapping the worm gear, but I wouldn't want to have to redo it every time. I use tube webbing to cover the banding and about an inch and a half clear hose to cover the worm gear. Works great and hasn't happened since.


Scott

[JCDdiver]

I'm glad you were able to free yourself without cutting the line.

I use the same configuration that Scott described. That is the way the stage kits came from Dive Rite.

[Scott]

I'm glad you were able to free yourself without cutting the line.

I use the same configuration that Scott described. That is the way the stage kits came from Dive Rite.

I am too cheap to buy the dive rite kits, but I stole the idea and used webbing I already had.

[Chance06]

Put intertube over the clamp, 1 1/2 wide. Works great.

[Mark Vlahos]

Put intertube over the clamp, 1 1/2 wide. Works great.

I second this suggestion. I also use 1 inch tubular webbing for the long part of the hose clamp surrounding the cylinder. Stick the loose end of the hose clamp into this webbing to capture the loose end to eliminate that potential entanglement point as well.

[FW]

Etienne, I am glad you didn't have any more problems. I just took the Cave Diving Group practical exam. They actually tie your legs up in line, and you have to cut your way out, and repair the line, to pass. I almost got out without cutting the line, but the examiner had run the line through the spring straps on my fins It isn't too hard to cut and repair the line, assuming you can reach where you are tangled. It would be trickier in a restriction. I have hose over my spring straps, but it is still possible to get the line between the loops of spring.

[chimie007]

I just took the Cave Diving Group practical exam.

Forrest taking classes... shouldn't you be teaching

Is this the Australian CDG ? They don't recognize CDS/NACD ?

[FW]

Forrest taking classes... shouldn't you be teaching

Is this the Australian CDG ? They don't recognize CDS/NACD ?

The Australian CDAA does accept NSS-CDS, but it takes a ling time to process the paperwork.

The CDG is in Great Britan, and they don't accept anyone elses cards. Mostly because their type of diving (sumps) is very advanced compared to most CD agencies training. FWIW, I have been trying to schedule the exam for years. It isn't often that one of their examiners is in the US, and I haven't ever been to GB.

[MORGAN]

...the examiner had run the line through the spring straps on my fins

Had to do this lights-out in NSS-CDS full cave class, but my instructor was not so fiendish as to run the line through my fin spring straps! He just wound my tank valves up in it.

Tracy was almost able to disentangle herself without cutting the line, but he was watching with a little dim light that he would blink on once in a while. When he saw what she was up to, he pulled on the line and tightened it up so that she had to cut it after all.

I thought that our training was quite rigorous, but judging by the CDG's manual, they take it to another level of difficulty.

Mike