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| Originally Posted by Sixsquid . Although that is probably moot as they won't want to dive with me  |
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| Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman Do you really mean that? I think all the people who would be identifiable as DIR divers on YD would dive with just about anyone .... probably not on their biggest dives but as well as being an identifiable DIR diver I am also a recreational diving instructor and I cannot imagine any diver I wouldn't dive with.
Being DIR is not really about being as elitest as other people would like it to be.
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Bu**er. Now I have to agree with Mal.
If it hadn't been for an attack of wind, I would have been diving with one of the chimps in Portland a couple of weeks ago.
Depending on the dive being undertaken, I think we are all to a different extend picky about who we dive with, and rightly so.
As a recreational instructor, I am quite happy diving with anbody to recreational depths. Beyond that, I prefer to dive with people i am comfortable with, whether that is because I have dived with them before, or I know of their reputation. But again, it depends on the dive I am doing. particularly if I am doing short amounts of deco, or only to about 50m. Deeper than that, I want someone I know is at least as capable as me in the water.
Whether they will dive with me is their choice, whether I will dive with them is mine.