"For crying out loud, we're just talking about bolts snaps here!"

[Randy43068]

here we go

I'm done. He can't posit a good argument for what he's spouting.

 

[Scuba-Stu]

I'm done. He can't posit a good argument for what he's spouting.

My comment was directed at you.

 

[Randy43068]

My comment was directed at you.

I didn't bring DIR into it.. but I'm done anyway.

 

[letterboy]

I have two sets of gear. A single set up, and a doubles set up. I need no other "stuff" and with it I can dive any recreational environment and do it safely. Both of my rigs are set up similarly so I don't' have to re-learn where things are when I move between the two.

So again, tell me where this kind of rig won't work in on ANY recreational dive.

I have not said it won't work for every dive, but it doesn;t work for every DIVER.

There is a difference.

 

[Randy43068]

I have not said it won't work for every dive, but it doesn;t work for every DIVER.

There is a difference.

well? How is that? Tell me how you come to that conclusion? That's all I ask. How would you know that?

 

[Randy43068]

This thread for starters.

There is no way but the DIR way, anything else will get you killed.
Not true, DIR is a way to manage RISK. Please, know what you are talking about before spouting off.

No matter how well it works for the AVERAGE OW diver, again most divers are not 2-300+ft technical divers doing staged decompression dives using multiple gas mixtures.
Again, you don't know ANYTHING about DIR.

They are going to see the pretty reef in the Caribbean, or see the ships that are sunk in the pretty warm clear water that were put there by an organization that stripped them of EVERY cable, widget and thingy that might catch a diver.
Do you have any idea what you're talking about?

Do I think that some of the clips divers use are to big or are being used for the incorrect application? yes, but thats the best part about this world and being an individual. Everyone is entitled to do as they wish.
Agreed, but does that make things safer when doing something like SCUBA diving in an admittedly hostile environment to a human?

Are there entanglement hazards everywhere? yes. A diver could die by going someplace they shouldn't and getting their tank valve twisted around loose wires and panicking.

So why not minimize the risks you mention as much as possible?



DIR diving is fun! It's a great way to minimize risk in the diving environment and is not as **** like as you might think.

Again, know what you're talking about before spouting off. Please.

 

[letterboy]

well? How is that? Tell me how you come to that conclusion? That's all I ask. How would you know that?

Not every diver that dives wants to dive with a BT and Depth Gauge, not every diver wants to dive a BP/W, not every diver wants to subscribe to the "strict" policies set by GUE to ensure "top down conformity" (I think thats the term that was used).

Not every diver has the desire to plan dives and calculate air consumption. Lets be honest there are divers out there that just want to put a tank on and swim around until their computer beeps and tells them to come to the surface. and they are happy doing this, is this the safest manner to dive? probably not, but it is how they choose to dive.

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

well? How is that? Tell me how you come to that conclusion? That's all I ask. How would you know that?

Well, if he says it doesn't work for him, he confirms his statement... for the purposes of your question here

 

[Randy43068]

Well, if he says it doesn't work for him, he confirms his statement... for the purposes of your question here

laughing.. so I ask again how would he KNOW?

 

[letterboy]

laughing.. so I ask agian how would he KNOW?

again . . .