Did you pass DIR-F?

neve · Jul 8, 2003

Just out curiousity, I'd like to know who has passed, failed, or passed on a provisional basis.

I'm talking about DIR-F, of course.

agstreet · Jul 8, 2003

Since DIR-F was, until very recently, an experience course only, how do you define "pass or fail." Technically, I didn't pass, fail, or conditionally pass, I just took the course and learned quite a bit about diving.

O-ring · Jul 8, 2003

agstreet once bubbled...
Since DIR-F was, until very recently, an experience course only, how do you define "pass or fail." Technically, I didn't pass, fail, or conditionally pass, I just took the course and learned quite a bit about diving.

I took it before it was pass/fail too and I am not voting because I have no idea if I would have passed or not (even though I doubt it

).

EDIT: Now we can vote since the poll was modified..

vlada · Jul 8, 2003

under the new system. June 6-8 in Kingston, Ontario with D. MacKay

I passed as did my other two classmates for that course

With only 3 people, we had all the attention that we needed and progressed to Dive 4 quite nicely - it was actually amazing to see the transformation of three disorganized individuals with varying degree of skills into a working team by the end of dive 4 - it was not pretty, but we did it

Vlada

BadFish · Jul 8, 2003

I passed, but i took the class with 6 others and i think only one other guy pass, everyone else failed.

ScubaScott · Jul 8, 2003

No one in my group passed - 5 of us. Granted provisional passes, but that just says to me "Come back when you have your $hit together - which none of us did....

SS

GlockDiver · Jul 8, 2003

What's a provisional pass, and what is a failure? Is there a difference? Can someone who provisionally passed go onto other tech courses?

ElectricZombie · Jul 8, 2003

I passed.

However, I was already competent in the required skills and had been practicing for a long time. (I took the class because it is required for later GUE classes now...Cave 1/Tech 1) So, I did not have any of the problems that someone with no knowledge of what is expected would.

If you have not practiced these skills prior to attending class, you WILL have problems. If you practice hard before taking the class, you should be fine.

jiveturkey · Jul 8, 2003

ElectricZombie once bubbled...
I If you have not practiced these skills prior to attending class, you WILL have problems. If you practice hard before taking the class, you should be fine.

What are some of the skills you have to practice?

ElectricZombie · Jul 8, 2003

jiveturkey,

Great bouyancy control, even while multitasking (Air share, no mask, whatever)
Correct Horizontal/Feet up position in water
Frog Kick
Modified Frog Kick
Modified Flutter Kick
Backwards Kick (Tough to do at first...they gave me some good pointers in the class that made it even easier)
Helicopter Turns
Air Sharing
Become familiar with hitting the D-Rings and gear in general
Shooting a lift bag

Did you pass DIR-F?

How did you do in DIR-F?

I passed.

I passed on a provisional basis.

I failed.

I took the course before it was pass/fail

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