When did you go DIR

[Kevrumbo]

well... it's a complex answer for me
i first read JJ's book (Fundamentals of Better Diving) back in 2002? maybe 2001?
i liked what it said, and i tried to incorporate as much as i could into my diving.
then, the more i read about DIR the more interesting it sounded, so i finally
took my DIR-Fundamentals class last year (February of 2005)
i made a conscious decision that i would not call myself a DIR diver at that time.
i *love* the system, and there is much good there, but several things held me back.
first, i like to dive solo and i use a computer
second, it seemed that there was a great deal of emphasis on "being DIR" as
opposed to "being a great diver." while the two can be synonimous, they
are not necessarily so.
i know many divers who "do it right" and are not DIR.

You love the DIR system but like to dive solo? Methinks you don't understand the system too well.

That is kinda a bit of an oxymoron, no?

which is why i dont' call myself a DIR diver. since i understand the system, i know better than that
in Wakulla, doing caves, 300 feet deep in trimix, 10,000 feet of linear prentration,
solo? heck no
in the Caribbean, 60 feet max, no more than 100 yards from shore solo?
yeah... makes sense to me. i am far more interested in diving to the
nature of my environment than adapting rigid, set-in-stone requirements
that make no sense for my own diving.
eyebrow

I'll play Devil's Advocate on this one:
If he says he understands it, can dive the Unified Team with proper and agreed upon standardization & protocol --great, he is DIR. But he also likes to dive independently & separately Solo on his own time as well. And what impact does this have on the Unified Team? Absolutely nothing!:11:
Although solo diving is not a recommended activity nor an acceptable safe practice within DIR Orthodoxy--the point is obviously moot if he chooses to do so outside the paradigm of Unified Team Diving.
(Dang H2Andy, don't be such a waffling wuss! )

 

[H2Andy]

And what impact does this have on the Unified Team? Absolutely nothing!:11:

true that

and while a militant member of the Unified Wusses Association, i re-state
that i do not call myself a DIR diver because to do so, i would have to
renounce computers and solo diving to begin with, which i'm not prepared
to do

:14:

 

[bridgediver]

If you play the game...sometimes you have to pay the price

Something very bad must've went down here........

What's a MOF?

 

[Divin'Papaw]

What's a MOF?

MOF = Mask on Forehead. It's a hotly debated topic, bordering on the theological, as to whether or not it is ok to do.

 

[Jorbar1551]

Why do dir divers have the mask on backwards when out of water? Im not DIR, but i've been told to keep it around my neck just to make sure i'm not going to lose it in the waters of monterey.

 

[jonnythan]

DIR doesn't have a stance on MOF/NMOF. Common sense in waters where loss is likely would state NMOF.

 

[Soggy]

Why do dir divers have the mask on backwards when out of water? Im not DIR, but i've been told to keep it around my neck just to make sure i'm not going to lose it in the waters of monterey.

Having your mask around your neck is uncomfortable when there is a regulator there.

 

[H2Andy]

i have a bungeed reg around my neck, but that's where i keep my mask too
at times

honestly, i'd rather have it on my forehead, all this nonsense about panicked
divers be darned

 

[JeffG]

If you put your MOF...your going to die!

 

[Jorbar1551]

honestly, i'd rather have it on my forehead, all this nonsense about panicked
divers be darned

I just keep it around my neck, because i've seen hundreds of dollars of masks fall off in monterey and in lakes, just because someone was careless of their equipment.