I am a firm believer in the team diving mentality. I believe in it, I like it, and I really don´t like diving alone (in all the different meanings of the word). I will teach the team mentality from day one. I will want the people I dive with to have that same mentality. I have never felt more at home than with mexican team cave divers, GUE divers, DIR divers, call them whatever you want. I don´t like macho types. I don´t think Chatterton is necessarily a macho type. But the phrasing he uses is recminiscent of the people who just read out of context. People like the ones who misread the DIR mentality.
Im happy diving with good, team aware, nice people that want to get out of the water with everyone alive and sharing an experience. I feel like I need to make a trip to PNW and dive with Lynn, Bob and the such. I just went to Hong Kong, and found myself at home at the GUE shop there. That´s just me. But that´s the education I have searched (and it´s NOT GUE koolaid, I only did fundies and got a provisional rec pass many years ago, but I have trained with GUE/DIR/TeamDiving minded people and instructors, and I am a TDI AN/DP Instructor). That´s the way I LIKE to dive. Diving in my mind should be a hobby, a nice way to spend time with friends, a way to explore and a way to share a passion. Macho bravados, can stay at the door.
Im happy diving with good, team aware, nice people that want to get out of the water with everyone alive and sharing an experience. I feel like I need to make a trip to PNW and dive with Lynn, Bob and the such. I just went to Hong Kong, and found myself at home at the GUE shop there. That´s just me. But that´s the education I have searched (and it´s NOT GUE koolaid, I only did fundies and got a provisional rec pass many years ago, but I have trained with GUE/DIR/TeamDiving minded people and instructors, and I am a TDI AN/DP Instructor). That´s the way I LIKE to dive. Diving in my mind should be a hobby, a nice way to spend time with friends, a way to explore and a way to share a passion. Macho bravados, can stay at the door.