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>From: Don Mason <deep6@se*.co*>, >Date: Mon, Mar 15, 1999, 1:05 AM > Which is why I asked the question. What set ups have you used. Standard Warm water PADI (single tank w/ octo) Isolated pony Doubles w/ manifold Surface Supplied Wet Suit Dry Suit Hot Water Suit Half mask Full face mask, (AGA & Scuba pro) Kirby Morgan Band Mask 18 D.S.I. SuperLite 17 =A0 Non Deco Deco (US Navy Tables) O2 Deco (US Navy Tables) Surface Deco (Chamber on deck) Chamber dives. (Table 6) Signal/safety rope Wired Comm. Free water comm. Free decent Crane decent Wet bell I still think I am a baby diver. > Your rig should be an extension of your self. Automatic and totally famil= iar. > Constant change does not do this. A better way is to find a technique tha= t >fits all > conditions and use it over and over again.Remember way back in rescue div= er >class > they taught you to study divers getting geared up so that if you had to >rescue > someone you wouldn't have to take the time to learn their setup? DIR >eliminates > this.Once again totally familiar and automatic. I agree. but that does not preclude me from training with my buddy or dive team using an alternate method. Your comment also assumes that everyone else uses and is familiar with DIR. > I cant compete with your wallet here. I cant afford a boat >,compressor,superlight > helmets,hose comm units and surface personnel. It's not my wallet. When I dive like that I get paid. The point is under some circumstances DIR in inappropriate. Therefor not the only acceptable method for all conditions. > But yet you have blind faith that its not the right way. Ahem It's not blind faith, it's experience that said it is not always the right way. this dose not preclude DIR from being the right method for certain environments, and certain people. > You kinda got off track here. You just cant show up at the dock with a se= t of > doubles and go to the monitor. That was the acceptance I was referring = to. I have to agree with your point. The need for a team to understand and trust each other is imperative. Having an agreed upon method and standards it mandatory. I was responding to the intolerance of ideas. or of differin= g disciplines. > No because upside down tanks are ridiculous .And it sets the precedence.T= hose >navy > guys get paid to dive that way. They put up with the outlandish gas >techniques the > same way they are put in the sights of the enemy. Bound by duty. We are n= ot > bound by > duty and can make the choice so it doesn't apply! I think you got off track here. You made the point that I should learn from others who have been there. My point was That's why as asked people their opinions in the first place. as for... > No because upside down tanks are ridiculous That's answering a question with because...... just because. I'm afraid that isn't very enlightening. > When I completed my tech certs I dove with the rig they told me to wear. = It >worked > OK until my partner had equipment failure at depth and needed to share ga= s > .It was a > cluster fuck of major proportions.BAck home as I as I went through it in= my >mind I > found that each of the problems could have been eliminated by DIR.I switc= hed >then > and there. My instructor saw this and belittled mebecause I wasn't diving= the > standard rig. Now we all dive DIR. Who taught who? > You make my point perfectly. Just because you were taught one way, doesn't make it the best way. And people have a tendency to belittle anyone who doesn't do things their way. Maybe just maybe there is a step up from the standard DIR rig. Maybe someone will find it and teach it to me. Quote from my earlier post: All I know is that with each dive I do, I strive to become a better diver. With each mistake, a lesson learned. And with each step taken, I'm that much closer to finding my own way. - Craig Waldman -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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