DIR Question

[Barken]

Well you just asked THE most controversial question on :sblogo:
So you better dig in deep and.....

Wait a minute this is the basicscuba forum so you're safe here.
I do agree with you but they do have some very good points.
I always like to take the good and leave the rest.

That's why i posted here, it seemed like it'd be the safest 'neighborhood' of the forum.

 

[Gombessa]

To grossly oversimplify, DIR techniques are standardized. The people who created the system have found through their experience diving in some of the most dangerous and exhausting conditions that doing things a certain way helped them successfully survive and complete their dives; the idea is also that if everyone on the team does things the same way, it eliminates confusion in planning, preparation, and in the stress of the moment during an emergency.

Detractors say it's constrictive. Whether it is or not really depends on what you'd like to get out of diving, and how you weigh the advantages of the DIR system against what you want to do that it "doesn't allow." The following is definitely painting with broad strokes, but I've seen that safety- and teamwork-centric people tend to be drawn to rigorous systems such as DIR because of the focus on redundancy and team resources/communication, whereas the more gung-ho/individualistic types tend to see it as overbearing and stifling. There are always exceptions, and the above is probably not even the rule.

 

[RJP]

whereas the more gung-ho/individualistic types tend to see it as overbearing and stifling.

To paraphrase from Simon and Garfunkel:

"All lies in jest, still a man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest..."

 

[300bar]

That's why i posted here, it seemed like it'd be the safest 'neighborhood' of the forum.

Hope you'll get the answer you seek,give it some time,many more members will see this and respond.

 

[Gombessa]

To paraphrase from Simon and Garfunkel:

"All lies in jest, still a man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest..."

As that statement was couched no fewer than three times in the very passage selectively quoted, I think it's more than fair to turn the mirror around

But at least we're discussing original topic now, though!

 

[RJP]

As that statement was couched no fewer than three times in the very passage selectively quoted, I think it's more than fair to turn the mirror around

But at least we're discussing original topic now, though!

I'm not disagreeing with you - just the opposite in fact - simply pointing out that for any topic as polarizing as this people's minds are "made up" and they will only see what they want to see. This is true on either side of the discussion:

- DIR divers don't see it as restrictive
- Non-DIR divers do

 

[Gombessa]

I'm not disagreeing with you - just the opposite in fact - simply pointing out that for any topic as polarizing as this people's minds are "made up" and they will only see what they want to see. This is true on either side of the discussion:

- DIR divers don't see it as restrictive
- Non-DIR divers do

Excuse me "buddy." How do you expect this to erupt into the epic flame it's destined to be when all you bring to the table is your "logic" and your "reasonableness?" GWTG!!

 

[Barken]

Off-topic, sorry, but is there a place where i can post a gear list for critique?

 

[Rhone Man]

The instructor on our dive boat last weekend was telling me a thing or two about DIR divers in his experience. I am going to redact the text slightly to avoid getting flamed, but this is the gist of it:

"Well, the thing about DIR divers is XXX XX X XXX XX XXXXX, XX XX X XXXXX XX XX XX XXXX - XXX XX "XXXXXX XX X XXXX" - XXX XX XXX XXXX XXXX XXX X, XXXX XXXX XXXX XX XXX XXXXXX. They all XXXXX XX XXXXXXX XX X XXXX XXXXXX, and never XXX XX XXXXX XXXX, XXXX XX X XXXX XXXX XXXXX. But I tell you what, they are good tippers."

 

[300bar]

Off-topic, sorry, but is there a place where i can post a gear list for critique?

This is as good a place as any other.

But as being a new question,maybe start a new thread in basicscuba.