James:

The attitude part is quite interesting.  "Don't listen to strokes" and
"Don't dive with strokes" are frequently quoted as being rules of DIR
diving.

For the techniques, see http://www.gue.com, or the references on my
http://wrolf.net/#Hogarthian.

As Sean writes, the progression has been

Hogarthian -> DIR -> DIR II

DIR and DIR II are probably defined best by the two video tapes.  (I
have seen neither, but have read heated debates about them on
techdiver.  If anyone is done
with their copy, I would love to see them.)

In fact, I think that the progression has been that Hogarthian and DIR
selected specific elements of Florida cave diving and technical diving. 
Apparently other people were "diving the long hose" before Hogarthian
diving.  DIR refined this, and added stuff, like MOD marking of bottles,
and a lot of stuff related to scooters.

Wrolf

"Sean T. Stevenson" wrote:
> 
> James, "Hogarthian" is a term used to describe the original diving
> equipment configuration developed by William Hogarth Main and later
> refined by the Woodville Karst Plain Project.  DIR, which stands for
> Doing it Right, is a term often applied to the current state of the
> gear configuration, but goes further.  DIR is more than just
> a particular gear configuration, although this is the most essential
> part.  DIR is also a combination of attitude, knowledge, discipline,
> and survival capability.  The DIR gear config makes it easy to develop
> the other (essential) parts, which are together a philosophy for
> maximizing diving safety.  See "Doing it Right II".
> 
> -Sean
> 
> On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:40:08 +1000, James Dibbs wrote:
> 
> >List,
> >
> >What is the difference between DIR and Hogarthian?
> >
> >James Dibbs
> >Email: jdibbs@ma*.co*.au*
> >
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