Deep-Sea Sherpa

In order to carry necessary scuba diving gear as a carry-on (as well as save a little weight from luggage), Jeanna and Brian of Frogkick Diving made a backpack for their backplate.

For the technical scuba diver, a backplate and pack makes a lot of sense. I saw Jeanna’s design while at the UTD Symposium 1.0.

After seeing Jeanna’s and Brian’s design the prior year, fellow UTD instructor James Mott made his own version – with support for fins.

Even though I joked about it to my wife and Dennis Weeks a few years ago while traveling in Mexico, I never took action. Seeing Jeanna’s design got me off my butt and I made the following from a computer bag. I loose style points, but gain laptop portability.

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