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Re: Question about getting a blackoutee to the surface.

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Originally Posted by Erik
Remember that a freediver in a 3mm or 5mm suit might be wearing only 1 to 5 kilos, as opposed to a scuba diver: single aluminum tank, salt water, drysuit...12 to 20 kilos! In the case of scubadivers, there's no question of ditching his belt. With freedivers, it's variable.
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I notice a lot of spearos carrying more than that (presumably for aspetto?) - ~10 Kg / 22-24lb. With a 5mm suit, 3 Kg doesn't cut it for relatively shallow aspetto spearing.
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