Ssi - dir

[cascas]

I don't care what it's called......I think I'll know it when I see it.

-Mitch

The whole point is that you may think you see it while it is not really there... What looks like DIR may be a whole other story. More than half of what makes DIR work is just not visible.

 

[Scott L]

If something deviates from GUE/UTD training and equipment standards, it probably is not DIR IMO...

 

[ucfdiver]

If something deviates from GUE/UTD training and equipment standards, it probably is not DIR IMO...

Like not marking bottom stages?

 

[Scott L]

Like not marking bottom stages?

So, I guess the console is out of the question?

 

[TSandM]

You know, the interesting thing is that you are all focusing on how bad it is that it isn't pure GUE or whatever . . . I see the other side of this, which is that in the PNW, we are seeing a lot more divers in gear that works well and offers them a lot of functionality. I'm seeing more instructors teaching non-silting propulsion, and emphasizing situational awareness and functioning as a team. No, it isn't GUE or UTD diving -- but it's better diving and better instruction than people had available to them before, and I'll take it. Hooray for this SSI instructor, and who cares what he calls it?

 

[BluewaterSail]

Today diver X in his almost DIR gear was diving 40 meters on his single tank of air. That made it pretty clear that this guy wasn't DIR like I know it. I kept my mouth shut. I agree with Lynn that its a positive step that even bits and peices are filtering out into the mainstream.

 

[jonnythan]

DIR is not a gear configuration.

I seem to be saying that a lot..

A lot of non-DIR divers use hog rigs.

 

[BluewaterSail]

DIR is not a gear configuration.

I seem to be saying that a lot..

A lot of non-DIR divers use hog rigs.

Feel free to stop repeating it whenever you get bored.

The observation was that a diver claimed to have received DIR training from SSI. Based on what he learned in that training, he considers himself a DIR style diver.

The observation was not that he must be DIR because he had a hogartharian rig.

 

[ucfdiver]

DIR is not a gear configuration.

I seem to be saying that a lot..

A lot of non-DIR divers use hog rigs.

I don't think anyone was saying it was-- simply that getting the gear required for the DIR system to non DIR divers is a step in the right direction, even if it isn't the finish line.

 

[jonnythan]

No one specifically said that it was, but there are a few statements in this thread, and many other threads, that imply that posters primarily think of it that way.