Re: [Texascavers] Bad air caves

2010-02-20 Thread John Brooks
small rear view mirrors, like those used by some bicyclists. Better keep that BC inflated with this technique, too. ;-) Rod -Original Message- From: Gill Edigar Sent: Feb 19, 2010 6:58 PM To: Stefan Creaser Cc: David , Cavers Texas Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Bad air caves On Fri, Feb 1

Re: [Texascavers] Bad air caves

2010-02-20 Thread Gill Edigar
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Rod Goke wrote: > Or you could just walk backwards and equip your helmet with small rear view > mirrors, like those used by some bicyclists. Better keep that BC inflated > with this technique, too. ;-) > Yes, Rod. I think it was in 1981 that, after much friendly

Re: [Texascavers] Bad air caves

2010-02-20 Thread Rod Goke
Texas Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Bad air caves On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Stefan Creaser <stefan.crea...@arm.com> wrote: > -Original Message- > From: David [mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com] > But at what point do you decide to carry oxygen tanks and a breathing > mask?

RE: [Texascavers] Bad air caves

2010-02-19 Thread Scott Boyd
gh. Scott --- On Fri, 2/19/10, Stefan Creaser wrote: From: Stefan Creaser Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Bad air caves To: "David" , "Cavers Texas" List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 1:56 PM > -Original Message- > From:

Re: [Texascavers] Bad air caves

2010-02-19 Thread Gill Edigar
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Stefan Creaser wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: David [mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com] > > But at what point do you decide to carry oxygen tanks and a breathing > > mask? > > Also, is regular scuba gear the best way to do this? > > > I find that wh

RE: [Texascavers] Bad air caves

2010-02-19 Thread Stefan Creaser
> -Original Message- > From: David [mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com] > > Some caves can probably be ventilated using blower fans and hoses. > > But at what point do you decide to carry oxygen tanks and a breathing > mask? > > Also, is regular scuba gear the best way to do this? I find tha

Re: [Texascavers] Bad air caves

2010-02-19 Thread Brian Riordan
SCUBA certifications are only really useful for companies that run guide and boat services, for insurance sake. You'll have no problem buying whatever equipment you want from a SCUBA shop. I worked on a human-powered submarine in college which operated fully flooded. The pilot had a SCUBA tank f

[Texascavers] Bad air caves

2010-02-19 Thread David
Some caves can probably be ventilated using blower fans and hoses. But at what point do you decide to carry oxygen tanks and a breathing mask? Also, is regular scuba gear the best way to do this? Or is it better to use some kind of industrial apparatus like they use cleaning chemical tanks? Or