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I normaly don't reply to this kind of crap but I MUST make and exception this time. > > ----- 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. I don't have all of the information on this one but George handled it nicely. > > > 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. I teach DIR to BASIC OPENWATER STUDENTS!!!! If you need a computer to dive you shouldn't be diving in the first place!!! And computer or no computer you should not be diving without a bottom time anyway. > > > 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. Since when does NOAA and the US Navy have a patten on innovation and decompression research. From personal experience I can say BEYOND any shadow of a doubt that since I started "shortening my deco times (reshaping the curve) I come out of the water feeling better and have more energy than before. And who is recommending "exercising heavily shortly after diving"? I know I have done it only because I feel so damn good after a dive (with shorted deco) that I can't stand still!! > > > 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. My first real post to the list in nearly (perhaps over) a year. Does that qualify me as the best?? God know I have been to busy diving to post to the list. > > > 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." What a hunk of crap!!! The training agencies (and Instructors) that attract the most students are the ones that charge the least and ask the least of their victims... I mean students. It is that simple. I what the best students not the most students. > > > 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. From 1400 miles away the DIR message found its way to me UNDISTORTED. Sounds like someone has a hard time understanding written English. Can someone draw this drooling gobber pictures?? > > > > > > 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. Well he got me there. You have the right to keep the gun safe or to play Russian Roulette. That is true. I chouse to keep the gun safe and my "personal preference" is DIR. The more you try to change DIR the more cylinders you load. > > > > > > MJB Bill (aquadart) Bott -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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