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From: "Mcinnis, Don" <Don.Mcinnis@in*.co*>
To: "'Scott'" <scottk@hc*.co*>, Tech list <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Subject: RE: Myths & Realities
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:24:53 -0600
If he'd only stay on the rec.scuba forum where he belongs.

Don

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott [mailto:scottk@hc*.co*]
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 8:28 PM
To: Tech list
Subject: Fw: Myths & Realities


List has been kinda dead, so I thought you might get a chuckle out of the
latest
pearl of wisdom from the good doctor.

Apparently, the doc is for real:

MICHAEL BLACK
Address: Riverview Clinic
580 N Washington St
City, State ZipCode: Janesville, WI 53545
Phone Number: (608) 755-3500
Specialty: Ophthalmology

What a tool.

Scott


----- Original Message -----
From: <mjblackmd@my*.co*>
Newsgroups: rec.scuba
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 11:09 AM
Subject: DIR: Myths & Realities


> Myth 1:  DIR has had no fatalities or accidents.  Reality:  Bobby
> McGuirre, a WKPP/DIR diver, died while diving DIR in a cave, and
> represents at least one accident DIR cannot deny.
>
> Myth 2:  DIR is useful for cave diving, but can be applied to ALL
> forms of diving.  Reality:  Very few people use DIR outside of cave
> diving, because the system is inflexible and impractical.  In fact
> DIR teaches using NO COMPUTER, only a bottom timer, hardly a practical
> recommendation nowadays.
>
> Myth 3:  DIR uses safe procedures, both in and out of the water.
> Reality:  DIR uses procedures that do not comply with guidelines
> established by NOAA and the U.S. Navy, including flying only three
> hours after a deep deco dive, in-water recompression for decompression
> accidents, diving well beyond recreational limits and simultaneously
> striving to shorten decompression times, exercising heavily shortly
> after diving, plus others which are hardly safe.
>
> Myth 4:  DIR is practiced by the BEST divers in the world.  Reality:
> The BEST divers in the world are too busy diving and conducting
> research to be sitting around posting to Techdiver, Rec.scuba, the
> GUE list, Rodale's, or any other newsgroup in cyberspace.  The BEST
> divers in the world, with few exceptions, are conspicuously absent
> from these lists.
>
> Myth 5:  DIR is a new movement in Scuba that will grow and someday
> surpass other systems.  Reality:  Tech diving will continue to grow,
> but the training agencies that will attract the most students are
> the ones with time-honored teaching skills, including respect, patience,
> and avoidance of name-calling such as DIR's infamous "stoke."
>
> Myth 6:  DIR is a system based on experience and proven facts.  Reality:
> Although many DIR divers have experience in technical diving, there
> are many among them who extrapolate facts to the point of distortion,
> confusion, and lack of truth.  The message soon becomes lost in all the
> noise.
>
> Myth 7:  DIR is a system for everybody.  Reality:  Personal preference
> is the system for everybody.  You have the right to choose DIR or the
> right to choose another system, or to incorporate useful parts of any
> system that suits your needs.  No single system will ever be the panacea
> for everybody.
>
> MJB


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