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Just pack your own gear and come on up.
Don't do it, man. UP might cast one of his evil spells and the next thing you know... you're changing your name from Leadweight to Backplate! Be strong!
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Just pack your own gear and come on up.
Uncle Pug once bubbled...
Why don't you take some time off and come up here to dive the PNW... I'll set you up in backplat and wi... Oooops... that didn't take long...
Just pack your own gear and come on up.
Whether we agree with or apologize for GI3 is not relevant. He can do what he wants. Personally, I try not to let the writings of one person interfere with my life all that much.
Why are you so hung up on the tone of one person? Try looking at the system instead of one individual. Point out what is wrong with the system or its goals.
Scuba once bubbled...
Specific points you ask for?
1. Computers add a level of redundancy to mental tracking that is more precise in tracking a dive profile, thus letting you know exactly where you stand in your deco plan, and they are not subject to the ever present risk (or certainty) of narcosis. Whether you agree this is useful or not, the fact remains you are not able to produce any evidence or argument, capable of withstanding objective scrutiny, in order to assert the claim that it is best not to use a computer. Seems you have mistaken your choice to mean it is the best PERIOD.
3. Failure to recognize individuality. This sport is open to many different people with many interests. For example: When you assert that the best choice in donating air is to donate the regulator in your mouth, you must take into account that some divers may have difficulty with this, while others may have a propensity for trouble when doing this. Clearly for them this may not be the best choice. Whether these divers need better training or should'nt dive at all is a different subject.
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Scuba once bubbled...
Seajay,
May I suggest you do some reading of material available on the internet from presumably "real DIR people" such as GI3 and others.
Interesting enough, I occasionally dive with DIR adherents who critisize the leadership for setting a bad example, because they are aware from first hand experience that some prospective divers interested in DIR are turned off by all the vitriol emanating from some real DIR mouths.
Its ironic that myself, along with others who point these issues out and are soundly critisized for it, are the ones who will eventually lead to this realization and cause change for the better, as opposed to the proponents who set and encourage a bad example.
I'm sure you will have a wonderful time... and if you ever do get up here to dive... let me know.leadweight once bubbled...
I am heading out to Ambergris Caye on the 31st.
....here is a picture of a BC with the clip I use located on the lower left D ring (wrong side). I insert my hose into the half moon hose opening on the bottom of this clip. This is not the DIR approach. Look to UP or MHK for that, but this works for me on a regular BC on the lower right D ring and I don't see any downside to it since it releases quickly for OOA drills and I can reattach it easily. I might add that this is not the BC I use but the first one I could find. http://217.169.126.181/categorie.asp?cat=5 Let me know if this isn't clear enough...I can take a closeup picture this weekend of it actually setup if this isn't clear. I imagine there are better ways of doing this, but like yourself, I don't use a canister light currently and this is the best solution I could find. As always, I'm open to suggestions...raybo once bubbled...
A little more explanation/clarification would be appreciated. I'm looking to get a long hose to use with my back inflate. Don't dive a canster light, and have been mulling over just how to effectively deal with it along my side under the arm.