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Wrolf- You have an axe to grind, therefore your opinions are not valid. What does it take for you to understand that DIR is a SYSTEM? If you want to take bits and pieces of DIR, then start your own system and call it DIW. Jim Sender: Wrolf Courtney Date: 5/21/99 3:40 PM >Much is revealed! > >So Jim, like me you usually dive solo, and for the same reasons. > >Some points to consider: > >The DIR practices are in fact very similar to East Coast diving practices, >and >to non-DIR Florida cave diving practices. > >The DIR crowd on the Internet are intolerant of any variation from the DIR >practices. They happy to use language that would make their mothers ashamed. >They have also done the community a great service by providing free >documentation of the DIR system on the Internet. > >Wrolf > >Jim Cobb wrote: > >> Billy- >> >> This is the point I have tried to make over and over and apparently it's >> very hard for people to understand this. >> >> 1. Nobody really cares how you config your gear. >> 2. DIR is system. You can't take bits and pieces of DIR and call yourself >> a DIR diver. >> >> Thats all. Personally I like to dive solo, thus I am not a DIR diver. As >> a solo diver I take 2 devices with me. I do promote DIR and would like to >> have a DIR partner, but they are hard to find and I find that diving solo >> is much less stressful when not having to worry about a "mystery buddy". >> >> I also firmly believe that a DIR buddy team has a much better chance of >> surviving an extreme dive than a solo diver. The Navy SEALs understand >> this, as the core of the teams are the swim buddies. Both come back or >> neither come back is what's expected of them (to take it to an another >> extreme). >> >> So why do I do it? The fact is that solo deco diving is very dangerous >> and moves me that much closer to death, which increases the adrenlin rush >> and improves the dive experience. There is nothing more spine-tingling, >> sinus clearing and anus clenching than the realization that you have just >> fucked up and there is absolutely nobody there to help you. Talk about >> motivation to solve the problem. Talk about a rush. >> >> Now DIR also says to "do it right or don't do it at all", so I am not >> DIR. While my gear is DIR rigged, I'm still not doing it right. >> >> The real argument here is "I want to be a same-ocean buddy diver and >> still call myself DIR" well, you can't and as you have seen from this >> thread, you won't get away with it... >> >> Jim >> >> Sender: Billy Williams Date: 5/21/99 9:54 AM >> >> >At 10:28 PM 20/5/99 -0400, Capt JT wrote: >> >>Mike >> >>I agree with you as it is up to the diver as if he sees a need to carry it >> >>..The only reason this thread is going is because one of the WKPP boys has >> >>said you don't need a second BT and then someone disagrees with him. >> > >> >JT, you, Susan, bigbird and others have missed the point. >> > >> >They can dive with an armload of bottom timers. That's >> >their business. Who gives a root. But >> >1) they shouldn't kid themselves that it's DIR. >> >2) they shouldn't try to convince others that it's DIR. >> > >> >When the personal preference crowd like Susan & bigbird >> >mess with the DIR concept, look what happens, they start >> >spreading and encouraging ignorant idiocy like this..... >> > >> >>"My understanding is that the DIR method includes the >> >>reduction of clutter and the minimizing of potential >> >>failure points. Can you really consider a backup BT as >> >>clutter, or an additional failure point? How are people >> >>configuring this backup timer on their gear where it is >> >>considered clutter? I choose not to wear my BT on my >> >>wrist, but on a console, clipped on the left d ring as >> >>in DIR. Is this extra 4 inches of console clutter? " >> > >> >This person is now claiming that diving with a goddamn >> >console is DIR!!!! >> > >> >If susan just wants to say "I dive with a back-up bottom >> >timer." That's her business. >> > >> >If she wants to tell people that what she's diving is DIR, >> >she'll get corrected. >> > >> >rgds billyw >> > >> >-- >> >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >> >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >> > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html >> >> -- >> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >> Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > >-- >Wrolf wrolf@wr*.ne* > >Wrolf's Wreck: http://wrolf.net >Wrolf's Net.Wreck: http://wrolf.net/netmgmt.shtml > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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