Tim:
 If you are looking for tech instruction, look very carefully.  Most tech
instructors out there are now on the "I'm DIR" band wagon, don't believe
them.  If any of them admit to diving air below 130', they are not DIR,
regardless of what their gear looks like.  Another dead giveaway is if you
see a dive computer on their wrist and it is not in gauge mode. If you see a
trimix computer on their wrist (like the spins of a scorpion fish or the
rattle on a rattlesnake) it is natures way of saying "stay away, I am
deadly", it also tells you they have no understanding of deco.
  Go to GUE web site and get the names of instructors close to you and then
check them out thoroughly, GUE weeds them out better then any of them, but
don't blindly trust any instructor, regardless of the affiliation.  Ask
around and get references, no agency is stroke proof.  Good luck, it is a
great sport if done right.

John

ps: I am not affiliated in anyway with GUE, I am not an instructor nor a
dive professional.

-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Doty [mailto:TDoty@vi*.or*]
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 11:53 AM
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Tech Program


>As I have learned the techdiver list is full of STROKES why waste time
>explaining to them when all they want to do is make DIR look bad!

What about the people who joined the list to learn more about tech diving?
As one of those divers I appreciate when someone does take the time to
explain it to me.

If I may share what I have learned about DIR so far: 1) They have without
question the best training program.  2) Many of the people who promote DIR
turn people off with their attitude.
Why is everyone in tech seem so adversarial?

>If they want to learn the right way they should join quest and S.T.F.U. I
started
>this whole thread when I emailed trey about some bullshit deep air excuse
>from the padi desat course when the so called training director lied about
>the wkpp not showing any proof on deco procedures. I quess the dumbass
>didn't try to do any research just talked to a bunch of strokes and made a
>course.

I have taken all my training to this point through PADI.  I am looking to
take some tech training later in the year.  Because people have taken the
time to explain all the problems with the DSAT program I know that will not
be the program I'll be taking.  This is why everyone should keep explaining
things.  Otherwise I'm sure I would have continued to train through PADI
and taken the DSAT program.

>I have tried to find a place to take trimix with out taking deep air
>first but I quess I'll have to wait till I get to FL. first since nobody
>wants to DO IT RIGHT up here in the north.

How far north? Seems to me there are people in the north who DIR...

>So if the strokes have anything else to say go ahead I know where to get
the real info.

Have you ever seen anyone get their point across with insults and a general
attitude of "I know it all"?  Even if one did know it all a better way to
communicate this would be to educate everyone on what they know.  I will
freely admit I know next to nothing about tech diving, but I sometimes find
it hard to weed out the facts from the insults and general confrontational
attitudes.

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