Jim, I'd buy his plane ticket ( one way...all he would need ) if he'd be willing to go three rounds at Sheppard's Gym :-) Regards, Dan -----Original Message----- From: Jim Cobb [mailto:cobber@ci*.co*] Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 3:49 PM To: Dan L. Volker; 'Michael J. Black'; techdiver@aquanaut.com Subject: Re: Myths & Realities Hey, Dan, if Black ever got a look at the size of your legs, I think he would know who would win in a ass-kicking contest... Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/ > From: "Dan L. Volker" <dan@sf*.co*> > Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 17:13:55 -0500 > To: "'Michael J. Black'" <mjblackmd@ya*.co*>, <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > Subject: RE: Myths & Realities > > > > > > > > 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'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. 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