DIR Forum

[JeffG]

It actually worked reasonably well for a long time, thanks to some fairly draconian moderation.

very key.

 

[JeffG]

As in "What is the DIR solution to MGR?"

Which is immediately followed by a schedule that ignores deep stops and does a straight 30 fpm ascent to your first bottle switch?

Promoted by a guy who bends himself doing deep air dives and making "on the fly" deco adjustments that won't work for the gas he's breathing?

What does any of that have to do with DIR?

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Nothing. Everything to do with discussion boards.

 

[Trace Malinowski]

Let me try to illustrate my point about the Kool-Aid, this way ...

Are the use of steel tanks in open water DIR? Why were steel tanks used during the Britannic expedition?

 

[rjack321]

(UP, for example, would remove trip reports or other "DIR" topics, as they weren't questions about the "how to" of the system.)

Which has the unfortunate side effect of making us look like we just play with out boltsnaps all day.

 

[rjack321]

Let me try to illustrate my point about the Kool-Aid, this way ...

Are the use of steel tanks in open water DIR? Why were steel tanks used during the Britannic expedition?

Yes why wouldn't they be? But not in a 1mm wetsuit with a SS plate and 14lbs of lead.

 

[MonkSeal]

Are the use of steel tanks in open water DIR? Why were steel tanks used during the Britannic expedition?

Of course they are. Steel tanks were used because they are DIR when used in appropriate configuration. As GUE Tech-1 trained you should know something about balanced rig.

 

[Gombessa]

Let me try to illustrate my point about the Kool-Aid, this way ...

Are the use of steel tanks in open water DIR? Why were steel tanks used during the Britannic expedition?

Huh? Is this some olde-tyme DIR prohibition, or were the words "doubles" and "wetsuits" inadvertently left out?

 

[MonkSeal]

Huh? Is this some olde-tyme DIR prohibition, or were the words "doubles" and "wetsuits" inadvertently left out?

Or it's a lack of knowledge ...

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Huh? Is this some olde-tyme DIR prohibition, or were the words "doubles" and "wetsuits" inadvertently left out?

How about the words "balanced rig"?

What does this have to do with "Kool-Aid"?

As for the Britannic expedition ... I'm not familiar with the particulars, but I'll assume those folks were using drysuits?

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[Trace Malinowski]

Are you sure that the drysuit balances the rig? I've heard arguments among the top DIR divers and educators that the drysuit is not a backup buoyancy device. That in pure DIR it wasn't thought of as one, but this changed. I'm not sure, but maybe George Irvine had posted something to that effect? I don't do lots of archival searching so if anyone has George stating drysuits aren't back up buoyancy let me know.

There is another reason that is probably not chanted.