Posted by Poulas on October 18, 2000 at 18:04:55:
In Reply to: Re: Poor training or lack of experience posted by Frank, AADIVER, Farmer on October 18, 2000 at 17:35:24:
I am not a DIR diver. Please explain what your type of diving has to offer in the way of efficiency and safety. Please outline it in terms readily understood and hopefully accepted by others. The question has been asked before and I for one would like to know. I have read the pros and cons for DIR from both sides. In my opinion the pros outweight the cons by a large margin. Hearing you say your way is better needs to be bolstered by some facts and figures, not just a line like I have been doing it since whatzizname was in diapers and haven't been killed or injured yet.
I have read from you in the past you like to hang your weights on the side of your boat while getting in and out of the water, it this what you will mentor someone else into doing too?. What is wrong with being fit enough to wear them in and wear them out?
You also wrote somewhere that you would not escort anyone underwater unless they paid you under your rules of Divemastering for someone other than the wreck club you belong to. What agency are you Divemaster certified through and are your association and insurance fees paid up in full?
Also you said that you dive independently, which according to a dictionary equates to diving solo. It seems to me that if you are diving independent or solo at whatever older age you sound to be, you are at risk for a problem underwater.
You must only dive nitrox too I bet. You have to do most anything to eliminate a predisposition of diving geeze syndrom to not take a hit should you make a mistake and take a hit right?
Just want to know what I or someone else would be getting into should you select one of us to be the object of mentorship.
The point has been made that almost all divers that have died in the past 10 months or so died alone with no one around to help them when they needed it. It did not matter if they started the dive with a buddy or two or not. They were alone when they needed one. The kid on the oil rig from earlier this year is a prime example. How would AADIVERS way of diving kept that poor boy from dying and his family from the emotional grief they are probably still dealing with?