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<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p>Scott and/or Julie Gudmundsen wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style> <font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000080">I have a difficult time understanding why people resist the Hogarthian or DIR system of diving.</font></font> <br><b><font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000000">We simply dont resist !! We agree on most of the hongarthian and dir principles.</font></font></b> <br><b><font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000000">The problem is that some of them they will not accept discution on minor diferences or</font></font></b> <br><b><font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000000">simply they dont answer on some " why " questions but they try to enforce some of thair</font></font></b> <br><b><font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000000">ideas without bothering to proove it to us. Last year i was diving on a tech BC now because</font></font></b> <br><b><font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000000">of this List im on the backplate and one piece harness. You know why ? Simply because</font></font></b> <br><b><font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000000">some DIR explained me what i had to gain and i aggreed. Belive me i got 4 helpful replyes on</font></font></b> <br><b><font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000000">my question and about 20 flames and insults. So is not only matter to Do It Right it does matter</font></font></b> <br><b><font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000000">to present it right.</font></font></b><b><font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000000"></font></font></b> <p><b><font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000000">Manos</font></font></b> <br><b><font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000000"></font></font></b> <font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000080"></font></font> <p><font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000080">I started diving when I was 16 back in 1970 in Southern California. My state-of-the-art dive gear consisted of a tank mounted on a plastic backpack. An SPG, hanging off my first stage and a single second stage. Nobody had invented the "Octopus". Although the backpack had a quick-release snap on the left shoulder, the webbing was simple and streamlined. I didn't wear a B.C. because they weren't invented yet. I weighted myself just right (initially with a Korean War era ammo pouch filled with rocks). I wore black, heavy rubber jet-fins.</font></font> <font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000080">I dove for several years, then spent a couple years over-seas. When I returned, I moved inland and quit diving. I started up again just a couple years ago and bought all new gear... wrap-around jacket style B.C., console, Octopus, and all the danglies. I scratched my head, but just shrugged off the feeling that I was a hydrodynamic nightmare! I dove this way for about a year, and then started to try and figure out how to minimize my profile in the water. The ridiculous configuration of stuffing or storing the Octopus was also a concern. It was never secure, and hard to find with all this clutter on my chest.</font></font> <font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000080">I then came across an article on the Internet explaining the Horgarthian configuration. I knew that this was the answer! It was back to basics, simple, well thought-out and made perfect sense. I had no problem converting and did it as quickly as possible with wonderful results in my diving speed and gas consumption.</font></font> <font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000080">I suppose it makes more sense to someone who dove earlier and enjoyed the simplicity and sleekness that was what diving was all about years ago. People so often view change as a threat, rather than an opportunity! We just don't take the time to study it and understand it. I think there is an unhealthy dosage of ego involved now-days as well. People are so arrogant and feel so threatened when they see something different or new, they dismiss it offhand.</font></font> <font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000080">Scott Gudmundsen</font></font> <br><font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000080">1286 West 3000 South</font></font> <br><font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000080">Vernal, UT 84078</font></font> <br><font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000080">(435) 789-9583</font></font> <br><font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#000080"><a href="mailto:gudmund@si*.co*">gudmund@sisna.com</a></font></font></b lockquote> </body> </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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