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Solo dive on old wreck went smooth until the silt shifted, now I question my gear setup
Two weeks ago I did a solo penetration dive on a wreck off of Tampa Bay, just a small fishing boat that went down in the 80s. I've done this wreck maybe a dozen times, but this time the current picked up and my fins kicked up a ton of silt from the deck plates. Visibility went from 15 feet to zero in about 20 seconds, and I had to feel my way back to the line by touch. I always ran a primary reel and a backup light, but that backup light was clipped off in a spot I couldn't reach with one hand while holding the line. Took me 4 minutes of pure panic to get it unclipped, and by then I had silt in my regulator second stage, which made breathing rough. My question is this: do you guys run your backup lights on a lanyard around your neck or keep them in a pocket on your harness? I thought the pocket was fine until that moment, and now I'm leaning toward the lanyard, but I've seen guys get tangled on those in tight spaces. Has anyone else had a silt-out that forced a gear change, or am I just overthinking a rare situation?
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