cbrunberg:
Ok here's a stupid newby question. What is DIR and what is hogatharin? I seached on DIR and was told there is a forum but I can't find it. I just want it for background when reading these threads.
Thanks guys, let the slings and arrows fly...
Carl
Well......
Hogarthian, to start with that, is widely thought to be a particular configuration of equipment. It includes such things as redundancy, donating the primary in air sharing, the long-hose, backpate/wing, reducing danglies and what not. There are some good discussions about that on the Hogarthian forum.
There are those (including myself) that believe that Hogarthian should and does go further (for example, assumptions about your buddy) because no configuration exists without a context. However the line is usually drawn on the equipment side.
If you talk about the rest of it, the *whole* diving system, including equipment configuration but also including expectations of your buddy, protocols, attitudes, skills, team-play and right down to physical fitness levels and what-not, then you're talking about DIR. In a sense, you can see DIR as a well documented set of best practices. Naturally, some people will aspire to be "pure" about it and other won't, which creates a lot of ..... lively ..... discussion.
The DIR configuration is Hogarthian (or based on it), which is where the confusion comes in.
That's the helicopter view. The details can be found in the appropriate forums.
R..
