| Its weird this about interpretation of DIR.
I am not DIR, I have never claimed to be although I am very curious.
One time I remember doing a shore dive with Hickdive (who is also not DIR, although we both have backplate, wing, long hose, twinsets and at the time black drysuits, Id have know the divers where not DIR as my suit had front pockets and Hickdive has a break in his harness, that and we just pulled up and didnt follow any formal procedures) at a popular Scottish Shore dive training site and as we walked past a group of other divers one of them pointed to us and said "those are DIR divers" I just looked at Steve and laughed.
Pretty sure from the tone of voice it was meant derogatory, its weird the image folk have.
All they would have to do is see us in the water and realise I can only aspire to be DIR.
I think what makes people DIR is the thought process, logical approach to diving and the uniform standards. Everybody is human* and can therefore make mistakes.
*possibly not some of my ex's |