Curious....

[neilh]

Originally Posted by milldog

Order a book on inland dive sites

Hah! You don't need a book on inland sites, it's Global Underwater Explorers remember - it's no fun exploring if there's already a book all about it.

[MarkP]

Originally Posted by chrisch

Some aspects of the equipment configuration aspects are simply wrong when applied outside of the Floridian cave diving that gave birth to it.

Mmmm, such as?

Just curious. I need to find out what I'm doing wrong . Apart from all the obvious, obviously.

Regards,

Mark

[Clare Gledhill]

Yes - I'd be interested to hear that too Chris - not to pick a fight at all - just to hear what you feel is incorrect or sub optimal about the DIR config or proceedures. Another thread though I think

[John Touhig]

Originally Posted by Clare Gledhill

Gareth is right that most of the benefits of a neooprene suit can be matched by a membrane - without the buoyancy issues - but if your suit fits properly and allows a good range of movement there is nothing to stop you doing Fundamentals in it.

HTH

What buoyancy issues? I've been diving my Neo for over a year now down to depths of 60m and I've never noticed any issues with changes in buoyancy or the suit limiting my ability to reach my valves.

And they come in some really cool colours as modelled by Paul..

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John

[Clare Gledhill]

That's a fab picture John - Howard is clearly vomiting at the colour of the suit - but G-Loc appears to be positively salivating

Hyper compressed neoprene such as the O3 RI which I think you have John does not have the same buoyancy characteristics as the thicker neoprene suits which require more lead to sink them at the surface.

DIR in reality is more about principles rather than rules (despite what you read on the internet ) If you have a compressed neoprene suit which permits full flexibility without compromising buoyancy then keep it - as long as it is black of course

[John Touhig]

Originally Posted by Clare Gledhill

That's a fab picture John - Howard is clearly vomiting at the colour of the suit - but G-Loc appears to be positively salivating

I'm curious to know exactly what Howard had in the bottle....

Originally Posted by Clare Gledhill

Hyper compressed neoprene such as the O3 RI which I think you have John does not have the same buoyancy characteristics as the thicker neoprene suits which require more lead to sink them at the surface.

DIR in reality is more about principles rather than rules (despite what you read on the internet ) If you have a compressed neoprene suit which permits full flexibility without compromising buoyancy then keep it - as long as it is black of course

Yip my suit is hyper-compressed......

Is DIR discussed on the internet? I never knew...


John

[milldog]

Originally Posted by thehappychappy

Ive actually never dived an inland dive site yet.......

Give it time

Graham

[msd dan]

Just wondering...

If I wanted to do the fundies course would I have to buy a wing & canister light or could I hire them?

otherwise its a very expensive course

Dan

[RichW]

Originally Posted by msd dan

Just wondering...

If I wanted to do the fundies course would I have to buy a wing & canister light or could I hire them?

otherwise its a very expensive course

Dan

Dan,

I frequently lend out equipment to students.

Rich

[Fiona]

Originally Posted by Clare Gledhill

I'm happy to lend out kit to help people meet the basic requirements of the course - on the basis that many people who do GUE Fundamentals are coming along to see whether they like what GUE has to offer and may not wish to commit to changing kit for the course. Other GUE instructors do similar so don't let kit stop you from coming along.

Originally Posted by msd dan

Just wondering...

If I wanted to do the fundies course would I have to buy a wing & canister light or could I hire them?

otherwise its a very expensive course

Dan

As Clare mentioned above, instructors are happy to hire out the kit you need.

I already had the kit, well OK not actually true I did buy/change some kit and then decide to do the course. I would think it would be advisable to have used a wing before going into the course though.