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Nemrod said:
I dive vintage gear for one because I learned with double hose regulators. I was a 12yo or such in my first class and the instructor had several double hose regulators. He specifically stated that single hose regulators were for beginners, children and women. He was and still is an inspiration to me, a real Mike Nelson sort.
I like the simplicity, the anti-tech, anti-plastic. I also like the performance and streamlining. The ultimate vintage diving is done with no BC. The feeling of flying through the water and swimming 3 dimesionally cannot be achieved with modern gear.
Sure, there are times when modern gear has it's uses but I never feel at one with the underwater world like I do when diving vintage. Vintage is not just about regulators, it is a philosophy, a simplier and more self reliant, non equipment dependent style of diving. Over and over you hear on scubaboard how scuba equipment is "life support" equipment and so mysterious that mere mortals should never delve into it. Yep, that says it all concerning the different philosophy, vintage gear is life support equipment but that is not how I think of it. Rather than supporting me--force fitting me-- into a hostile world vintage gear instead allows me to become one with that world, to become part of it.

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