Posted by AADIVER on January 05, 2001 at 22:08:43:
In Reply to: perspective from the EAST coast (NH to be specific) posted by Green_Manelishi on January 05, 2001 at 14:41:14:
In your somewhat gentle flaming of my post you neglected to comment on the following:
"But that requires a third mandate: find and dive with a buddy who possesses the exact DIR gear and configuration as mine, be experienced, and be willing to dive the exact same profiles as mine, i.e., grub on wrecks for collectable artifacts. Not bloody likely, so my diving would be severely limited"
How does a DIR candidate half-ass his/her way to satisfy this holistic requirement as gear is replaced item by item as bucks permit, perhaps stretching out several months to a year or more?