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You guys convolute the truth so often, lie about history so much......you begin to believe it. Easy to do, sitting behind a keyboard, knowing nothing else. I logged a slew of cave dives with McGuire over several years time and the only "memberships" he had was NSSCDS/NACD. Parker Turner's WKPP was not convoluted then, either. Suck it in if you don't like it. -----Original Message----- From: Scott <scottk@hc*.co*> To: Tech list <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 11:20 PM 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 > > >-- >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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