Imported post
Steve
If we take on the character traits of out mentors and trainers, does it mean that quite a few of us will have to buy farming wellies and a small dog that keeps leggin-it prior to you getting in the water.
I am concerned about being able to run up a fell at that speed in a dry suit??
and lettuce ....the above mentioned farmer taught me to calulate my surface consumption rate, to compute this with a planned bottom time and pressure value, taking into account both ascent and descent profiles and estimated times, factoring in the need for deep ( beginning at 80% of max depth) and safety/deco stops.
Does this constitute the ability to dive plan??
He also suggested I have a back up timer, to back up my Vyper, and carry a set of tables with some thought to variability in planning.
However, he didnt say that I had to take everything he said as gospel, in fact he welcomed different approaches and the chance to learn himself.
Ps. we were going to do a DIR module on how to have fun on your dives, but due to the joke telling session finishing early when the whippet legged it off to the other end of Wastwater it got postponed
Your right its all in fun and luckily we are all cognitive organic individuals with the ability to have and to use, if we will, free thought. Therefore we can choose to accept or reject information based on our experience, logic and undoubtably our own prejudices.. Georges lecture was interesting and as I said lots of good points,
shame he cant come to the UK and give it. I presume its something to do with the side of the road we drive on and that his electric razor doesn't like the voltage??
Ian