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I gear-up for every dive as if it was a solo dive. I always carry a pony with it's own reg, full size SPG and depth guage. I carry a water-proof watch as a backup timer. I carry a knife and EMT shears. I always carry a reel and a lift bag/sausage. I don't have a spare computer yet, but Iam looking at a BT right now. I don't carry a spare mask yet, since I usually dive freshwater, and I can function without one. But it would be better to have one.
If I'm diving an unknown area, it's usually a very shallow dive. I spend the first dive looking for trees, logs, rope, fishing line, or anyother hazards or entanglements. The next solo dive in that spot would be a little deeper, again looking for hazards and just generally learning the site.
I leave my dive plan with my wife. I call her when I start gearing up and again when I get out of the water. I don't a have a max depth that I won't cross, but I determine before I splash what depth I will go to for that dive. This year I solo-ed to 102 in an area I am very familiar with. My next dive in that spot will be to about 120, then the next will be to the river channel bottom at 134.
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