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Below is the response he got from me on rec.scuba: Mikey, I wish you would not waste our time with malicious attempts like this, but ...... <mjblackmd@my*.co*> wrote in message news:8br010$inj$1@nn*.de*.co*... > 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. We have ALWAYS said that there have been zero deaths "since" George implemented DIR about 6 years ago. McGuire's death was one of many cave deaths which led to George mandating DIR for the WKPP. If there had not been deaths prior to it, why would WKPP have made a big deal about DIR? > > 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. DIR is used all over the world today, and is expanding rapidly. Recreational divers are finding it far superior, and much more enjoyable than traditional systems. DIR for tek and cave means no computer. If a recreational diver wants to use a wrist mounted computer, this is not a "DIR" violation for recreational diving. Since a recreational diver "becomes" DIR gradually, many may begin their DIR journey with a wrist computer, and eventually learn the tables well enough to no longer require one. > > 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. NOAA guidelines are for "average" divers, not highly fit divers, and the protocols do not use the latest and best reality based modeling, for a highly fit sub group. We don't suggest exercising heavily shorly after diving. If a team member felt a mild case of DCS coming on as he was about to leave the water, he would be less likely to suffer significant cellular level damage if he was recompressed IMMEDIATELY. This is a call WKPP divers "can" make. Ignoring this option can lead to drastic worsening of symptoms, serious damage as tissue starved by DCS impaired circulation begins to die from lack of oxygen. Clearly, IWR can not be done if the individual is suffering from DCS so severe that skills and movement are impaired, and the chance of unconsciousness exists. A diver who would atempt IWR would be accompanied by a DIR buddy, and could always be returned to the surface if needed. This, as an element of recreational DIR, is completely irrelevant, since the only discussions of IWR have been regarding major cave penetrations or huge technical dives, well beyond the scope of recreational diving. > > 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. Mikey, JJ, and George both spend considerable time online, helping to explain DIR. If they are not the best, they are certainly in the top 20 ( my vote has them as among the top 5 ) > > 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." Reality....the dive consumer is smarter than MJB gives them credit for, and they will make their own decisions to dive in the directions DIR suggest....maybe not completely DIR, but enough to make major changes from what the last 10 years of traditional diving has brought them. > > 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. This remark resembles MJB more than anyone else on this list----but luckily, he does not claim to be DIR :-) > > 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 > "MJB and Personal Preference"...what a team!!! > -- Regards, Dan Volker www.sfdj.com The Internet's first photo format Dive Magazine, and first source for coverage of DIR Diving -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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