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Alexander Hartmann K.. Sidemount Guide
Sidemount Guide
Table of Contents
1 Introduction
2 History of Sidemount Diving
2.1 Sidemount Diving – Monkey Diving
3 Benefits of Sidemount Diving
4 Equipment
4.1 Harness and buoyancy compensator
4.1.1 Sandwich systems
4.1.2 Hybrid systems
4.1.3 Puristic sidemount systems
4.2 Weight systems
4.3 Cylinders
4.3.1 Single-cylinder sidemount
4.3.2 Sidemount with two cylinders
4.3.3 Available cylinders
4.3.3.1 Aluminium cylinders
4.3.3.2 Steel cylinders
4.4 Valves
4.5 Attachment of cylinders
4.6 Diving regulators
4.7 Hoses
4.8 Accessories
5 Configuration
5.1 Configuration of jacket and harness
5.2 Configuration of the cylinders
5.2.1 Hand wheels pointing forward
5.2.2 Hand wheels pointing backwards
5.2.3 Configuration of stage rigging kits
5.2.4 Rigging with a hose clip
5.2.5 Rigging with a cam band
5.2.6 Stage bottle straps
5.3 Configuration of the sidemount bungee
5.4 Configuration of the regulators
5.4.1 Configuration of the submersible pressure gauge
5.4.2 Gas supply in general
5.4.3 Configuration of the regulators with one cylinder
5.4.4 Configuration of the regulators with two cylinders
5.4.5 Inflator hoses
5.4.6 Separate gas supply for the dry suit
5.5 Weight systems
5.6 Main torch
5.7 Back-up torch
5.8 Accessories
6 Sidemount skills
6.1 Fitting the equipment – setup
6.1.1 Fitting the harness
6.1.2 Weight systems and trim
6.2 Donning the cylinders
6.3 Entering the water
6.3.1 Entering with donned cylinders
6.3.2 Donning the cylinders in the water
6.4 Diving in any position
6.5 Propulsion techniques
6.6 Gas management
6.6.1 Gas management with one cylinder
6.6.2 Gas management with two cylinders
6.6.3 Regulator switching techniques
6.6.4 Valve drill
6.6.5 Out-of-Gas
6.7 Moving the cylinders to the front of the body
6.8 Emergency ascent
7 Outlook
8 Glossary