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Noel
I'm sorry mate but once more someone who doesn't really understand DIR at all is perpetuating comments that THEY heard elsewhere as if it's a statement of fact, unfortunately Mark may end up believing what you said and may then spread the exact same rumours on to others who then also believe it must be true... it's this sort of stuff that turns so many away from DIR
Rule 1: Don't dive with strokes
Definition of a stroke is 'An unsafe diver or a diver with an unsafe attitude'
I've said this before and I'll say it again here.. as far as I'm concerned you can turn up to dive with me, clenching your pony bottle between the cheeks of your arse and yet as long as you're an attentive buddy with good inwater skills with the ability to be there for me should I get into trouble then we'll dive together.... should you turn up all DIR kitted but It's known that you are a dangerous buddy concerned only with your own dive, the sort of guy who might not notice when I'm in trouble then I wouldn't want to dive with you.
(The anti DIR lobby would argue this point and tell you that I wouldn't dive with you because you weren't DIR but that's simply because it's an invaluable weapon for putting people off DIR)
Out of all of my friends and buddy's only two are DIR but I dive with all of them and always will.
If you speak to Bob Cooper, Wetlettuce and all of the other DIR guys on here then I'm fairly sure you'll find that they have the same opinion that I do....
Best regards
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