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Not my words, Dustin. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dustin Clesi" <steamboat@is*.ne*> To: "Scott" <scottk@hc*.co*> Cc: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 8:00 AM Subject: Re: Myths & Realities > 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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