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Bernard, the things that kill in diving are all so simple. I am not nice about the attitude that produces these things. Tom's attitude is one that attracts losers, and that explains why he has a non ratio of accompished divers out there coming from his organization ( other than the ones that the WKPP retrained). If I went to a rock climbing instructor in Colorado and showed up with my K Mart rope and what I thought was the correct gear and told him I wanted to use it and for him to have an "open minds" and be nice to me, what do you think that guy would say? He would say, , just as I do and just as Jarrod does, "go do it with somebody else". The track record of random personal preference and other tyical stroke thinking is abysmal. Flank, Bernard wrote: > > One opinion from one outside the fray. > > > > I for one am sick to death of attacks on DIR because George and other DIRers are not nice people. OK they're not. George admits it readily. Hell I'd probably be hostile too if I had to pick up the bodies produced by others' dangerous stupidity. > > I have felt for a long time that much of technical diving (especially rebreathers) is beyond the capability of many if not most non-professional divers to handle safely. Not because they aren't smart enough or strong enough or can't handle themselves in the water. I suspect most people with a sport diver's mentality simply don't have sufficient discipline. > > The DIR approach emphasizes a disciplined, systematic and standardized approach. So although I am not involved in "technical diving" at present, if and when I do so I suspect the DIR approach will feel real comfortable. And if the instructors and other divers aren't always nice to me, I can assure you they have nothing on Navy instructors. But both really would have the same goal - train me to do it right or chase my dumb ass away! > > Just my opinion though. > > B.L. Flank > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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