One year today

[TSandM]

Maybe not, but that's where I started learning it

 

[dherbman]

I don't think its better...its different. If it works for you (or anyone else), great! However, its not the be all and end all of diving...that's all I am saying. That, and the fact there are a great many experienced and very excellent divers that dive traditional...that's all...

I can agree with that, but it is not what you wrote.

Would you agree that it is safer?

 

[cowboyneal]

That's exactly what I wrote - what you mean is that's not how you interpreted what I wrote...and no, I would not agree: experienced, careful, divers make diving safer, not equipment configurations or sets of rules...in fact, complex rules and configurations in the hands of the inexperienced is probably more dangerous...

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Dude ... put down the measuring stick and back away with your hands where everyone can see them.

Nobody's trying to turn this thread into a contest ... (are you?) ... dive however pleases you ... and let everyone else (DI"R" or otherwise) do the same. No lectures needed ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[dherbman]

No, I would not agree: experienced, careful, divers make diving safer, not equipment configurations or sets of rules...in fact, complex rules and configurations in the hands of the inexperienced is probably more dangerous...

Which complex rules and gear configs are you referring to? I'm trying to give you the benefit of the doubt, but your statements lead me to believe you know very little about what DIR is about.

 

[cowboyneal]

...you're obviously missing the point Grateful...I'm on the freedom of choice side..."complex" is in the eye of the beholder...when you're new, everything is complex...again, I don't think one or the other is better...If DIR works for you (or anyone else), great! However, its not the be all and end all of diving...that's all I am saying. That, and the fact there are a great many experienced and very excellent divers that dive traditional...that's all...

 

[TSandM]

Hey, everybody, this is my celebrate one year of diving thread . . . If you can't play nicely together, go play somewhere else!

 

[PerroneFord]

Hmm,

I do most of my diving with DIR trained divers, and I have yet to see any complicated rules. Dive plannnig takes about 10-15 seconds, pre-dive check about 30 seconds, and it's off to have fun.

Of course, we're merely tadpoles, but sometimes I wonder where all this BS comes from about DIR and it's rules and restrictions. I'm having so much fun diving now (attempting DIR) that I can't WAIT to jump back in the water. I did two dives yesterday and had a lot of fun. DIR diver from overseas came looking for a dive, and I could barely get suited up enough. We proably covered no more than 50 sqaure yards, and it was one of the most challenging and rewarding dives I've had to date.

 

[PerroneFord]

Hey, everybody, this is my celebrate one year of diving thread . . . If you can't play nicely together, go play somewhere else!

Some people just LOVE to rain on parades..

BACK TO THE CUBE!

 

[TheRedHead]

in fact, complex rules and configurations in the hands of the inexperienced is probably more dangerous...

Isn't putting unfamiliar gear in the hands of the inexperienced dangerous? Isn't that the case when the diver goes on vacation and rents gear? No one seems particularly alarmed about it.