What does DIR mean?

[Doc Intrepid]

a pick is a gear solution to a skill problem.

not if we all use the same pick, and they're black!

 

[Nemrod]

Are DIR types the possible scuba equivalent of science nerds? I mean, we used to participate in lengthy and heated discussions as to the correct type of tape and techniques to wrap our glasses and then there is certainly a pocket protector dogma to be considered. N

 

[Peter Guy]

A more-or-less serious question/comment regarding GUE/DIR:

Several posters have written they have dived with/or watched, "GUE Trained Divers" and all have written those divers were quite skilled divers (and generally "a joy to watch" in the water). (OK, that's the comment.)

Have any of you had the occasion to dive with/or watch a GUE Trained Diver who did NOT have good skills in the water?

In other words, is there a consensus that going through a GUE class (typically DIR-F) will significantly enhance one's diving skills? OR, is it that one must PASS a GUE class to meet that standard?

 

[JeffG]

Have any of you had the occasion to dive with/or watch a GUE Trained Diver who did NOT have good skills in the water?

Yes.

He did not even get a provisional in his DIR-f class.


and yet...he is not the worst diver I have ever seen.

 

[JeffG]

Are DIR types the possible scuba equivalent of science nerds? I mean, we used to participate in lengthy and heated discussions as to the correct type of tape and techniques to wrap our glasses and then there is certainly a pocket protector dogma to be considered. N

I think there is something to that. One reason is that the initial contact with it is usually through the internet. (DIR is still pretty much unknown out in the wild.)

and the internet is populated mainly by geeks.

(Computer geeks...engineering geeks..etc etc)

and I think the "system" of DIR fits nicely into how their brain operates. (It seems logical)

 

[SparticleBrane]

I've been in the water with people who have done GUE-F and are a bit...."wobbly" if that makes sense.

 

[Blackwood]

On the other hand, I didn't read that as a slam on non-DIR divers so much as I did someone who would mark a deco bottle "Oxygen - 70" ...

...which isn't that far off the mark of old Navy practices, right?

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Taking a GUE-F class means nothing.

Passing one means you've started learning how to become a decent diver.

Don't put too much importance on the class. Skills development comes to just about anybody who puts effort into it.

What differentiates the DIR diver is approach, mindset, and commitment ... those don't generally coincide with a class schedule ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[JeffG]

What differentiates the DIR diver is approach, mindset, and commitment ... those don't generally coincide with a class schedule ...

and their behavior on the internet. LOL

 

[liuk3]

All this cause someone asked what DIR means???