2 basic dir questions

[arcticcat]

1) could someone discribe (or point out a link) just what is dir gear. I did find one serious discription but it was way over my head. I am a new diver and am starting to buy gear and want to get stuff right.

2) is an entry level dir class taught in canada.

 

[Lost Yooper]

We're working on a DIR FAQ right now for Scuba Board. It will be a while before it's done though. For the time being, check out these links. Let us know if you any specific questions .

www.gue.com -- Read equipment section.
www.wkpp.org -- Read equipment section and pics.
http://www.sfdj.com/dive/dir1.htm -- Download both DIR 1 and DIR 3. This is good stuff.
http://wrolf.net/index.html -- Scroll down and read all the hogarthian and DIR stuff.
http://www.fifthd.com/divestore/classes/video/ -- Compilation of videos showing some DIR procedures and drills in action.
http://gue.com/equipment/backplate6.html -- Backplate Illustration
http://www.gasdiving.co.uk/pages/misc/kit/harness_2.htm -- Webbing a harness.
http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/gmism/gmiindex.htm -- DIR FAQ
http://www.tekdyk.dk/doux/UK/setup.htm -- WKPP Doux de Coly
http://www.dis-uk.org/index1.html -- DIR UK
http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/other/dirshops.htm -- List of DIR shops.
http://www.halcyon.net/ -- Halcyon
http://www.extreme-exposure.com/ -- EE
http://www.lloydbaileysscuba.com/ -- Lloyd Bailey’s Scuba
http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/text/HOGARTH3.TXT -- Hogarthian article by Billy Williams

The only GUE instructor I know of is Dan Mackay in Kingston Ontario. However, there are other instructors who dive DIR and are not apart of GUE. Here's Dan's info:

Dan MacKay
932 Killarney Cr.
Kingston, On Canada
1.613.531.0725
Email:dan@northerntechdiver.com

Good luck.

Mike

 

[OKDIR]

Another link that has good pic layouts of TX100 setup and other DIR gear:

http://train.missouri.org/~hypoxic/

OkDIR