OK I give. What is DIR?

[Mafor]

Woah!

I saw the dark side...
Very interesting thanks for the links guys!

Ma

 

[kidspot]

so you drank the koolaid didn't you

What can I say ... I was thirsty

 

[Green_Manelishi]

It's a philosophy and a series of classes based in that philosophy. DIR began with a book by Jarrod Jablonski called Doing It Right: The Fundamentals of better Diving

In a nutshell: DIR is setting up specific equipment in a specific manner to maximize diver safety.

<ducks>

D.

No it did not.
It is much more than "specific equipment in a specific manner".

 

[Daylonious]

Hey.. *I* never drank the Kool-Aid....

At least I took a stab at defining it instead of throwing kool-aid tainted rocks...

prrrrrbbbttttthhh!



D.

 

[Diver Dennis]

Kool-Aid is good, but there is so much more to experience...

 

[dlndavid]

Hey.. *I* never drank the Kool-Aid....

At least I took a stab at defining it instead of throwing kool-aid tainted rocks...

prrrrrbbbttttthhh!



D.

that would be pop rocks, I loved them

 

[Diver Dennis]

Hey.. *I* never drank the Kool-Aid....

At least I took a stab at defining it instead of throwing kool-aid tainted rocks...

prrrrrbbbttttthhh!



D.

That's OK D. There is no finite definition...it's a trick question.

 

[*Floater*]

If you don't mind downloading a 300MB file, then hit this and you'll get some idea of what DIR is right from George Irvine's mouth.

 

[headhunter]

In a sentence, I think that DIR is a philosophy of diving whose mindset came from the world of cave diving at the WKPP.

I know that's pretty vague, but I'm going for a soundbite.

That does not begin to scratch the surface. You do have a lot of reading to do!

If after you do a ton of reading you want to understand what all the hoopla is about, take a DIR-F class. I'm glad I did. It's very different from reading about it on the Internet. I have a very long way to go before my skills are up to the fundamental level that they should be, but I'm happily working in it.

By the way, fill out your profile when you get a chance, so that we can put any questions you may have in context.

Welcome to ScubaBoard! :happywave

Christian

 

[Green_Manelishi]

In a sentence, I think that DIR is a philosophy of diving whose mindset came from the world of cave diving at the WKPPhttp://wkpp.org/.

That sums it up nicely.