The gear configurations that are shown on the Luistania web site are 
ridiculous. I used to gear up this way and changed over once I tried the 
DIR system.

I am sick and tired of idiots like you guys sitting in your ancient 
configs, poo pooing any kind of innovation other than what you think is 
the only way. So tell me, Greg, have you tried a DIR configuration? Have 
you given the slightest effort in checking it out? Hell, no, and 
butt-heads like you never will.

Lets look at some of the finer points. Suicide clips. Greg, please come 
up with one good reason to use these death traps other than abject 
stupidity. Even the dumbest stroke over on this side of the pond knows 
these things are no good, yet you guys are festooned with them from head 
to toe. Not only suicide clips but I can see about a dozen different 
styles of carabiners all over the damn place. Ever heard of 
standardization? Hell, no.

Stage bottles. Can't you guys see that you are dragging your stages 
through the water sideways? If you get in a bind (oh, I don't know, maybe 
a bit of rope caught in your stupid suicide clips) how are you going to 
cut away the stage when you are using metal-to-metal connections? Can't 
you people see how stupid that is?

The pony between the tanks. Fellows, How can you wreck dive with that 
tank out there? How do you get at it? How do you keep it from hitting 
stuff and catching every single fishing line and net line in creation? I 
know one way, just do a bounce dive, reach down and touch the wreck then 
head back up the anchor line as fast as your bungee stuporwings can drag 
your ass up to the surface. This might explain why you guys are getting 
bent on almost every dive.

Hoses. There is one picture I counted on a set of doubles, 2 HP and 5 LP 
hoses. What on earth do you need all these hoses for? What is the one 
piece of equipment most likely to break on your kit? Yes! The hoses! And, 
class, when you add more failure points, what do you get? Yes! More 
failures!!

And on and on... Do you see where I am coming from, Greg, this is 
fundamental OBVIOUS stuff, why can't you guys pull your heads out of your 
collective asses and see this?

My favorite picture is the one of Chris Hutchison on the team members 
page, this is the best picture of classic DIN I have ever seen. Eh, whats 
that, what DIN valve? NO, thats Doom Induced Nausea, and this guy has 
"I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die" written all over his face. 
When are you SOB's going to realize that a simplified, streamlined DIR 
rig eliminates Doom Induced Nausea? It really improves your dive, trust 
me.

I have seen diver after diver try out the precepts of DIR and toss their 
stroke rigs as soon as they try it out. No, it's not the DIR people who 
are pig-headed, it's you old-timers who don't have a clue. I sincerely 
wish you guys the best of luck as you are going to need it.

And don't give me any more crap about DIR until you try it. If you have 
not tried it then I don't care to hear any more of your pompous whining.

   Jim


Sender: Buxton, Greg  Date: 9/17/99 5:24 AM

>Just read some of your comments about the Luistania dive team.
>Frankly they are offensive. 
>We are all curious to know how many sub 80m wrecks you and your DIR chums
>find, dive, and recover bells, helms, steam whistles, portholes, telegraphs
>etc from......
>Oh No! pillage and piracy.... Desecration of the sea.....
>Why not pop over for a weeks deep wrecking in the UK. Perhaps your view
>would be that the diving we do is too dangerous? 
>
>Your assumption that your method of diving is "Right" is the source of no
>end of humour here. We don't argue that it is OK and probably one of the
>better rigs for cave diving. Friends in the CDG would be only too happy to
>take you on a few trips if you came over.
>UK wreckers have been plundering the depths for Spidge for decades before
>DIR were out of nappies, and will continue to do so long after you, I and
>DIR have hung up our fins.
>
>Equipment rigging is important but will never save your life. That is done
>by you and your mental state. Bad rigging can undoubtedly contribute to the
>reduction in good reaction to stress. We do hundreds of dives each year with
>identical riggs with NO incidents. I can't tell you to like what we do, but
>you should respect the achievements as we do of any diver, DIR or not.
>
>Your insulting comments are not really worth the effort of comment but you
>do yourself and DIR no service in displaying this childish behaviour. Grow
>up and get on and dive. I don't give a toss if you do it right, wrong or not
>at all. The idea is to have fun. It isn't a competition, which is just as
>well.
>
>Perhaps we shall meet at DEMA?
>
>Safe diving
>
>Regards
>Greg Buxton - Starfish Diver
>Tel	+44 (0) 121 555 4518
>Fax	+44 (0) 121 555 4626
>Home	+44 (0) 121 449 5371
>Mobile	07803 723545
>
>


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