I'm not refusing to take responsibility for my actions. I didn't bring up KR and I said that he would have the same problems even if he hadn't heard of RD. I mentioned KR only because a poster said that RD was being discussed so that there was no misinformation, so that people like KR wouldn't exist (giving RD a bad name). In the early days every time someone asked a GUE question they were told go take a class. It can't be explained on the internet. Now it's different I guess.
Gray ... since you quoted me in your previous reply and are now making statements referring to that quote, I'm going to ask you to consider what I said ...
NWGratefulDiver:
Because when people misunderstand it and get hurt, it often gets blamed on the method, rather than the misuse of the method. The post subsequent to yours is an excellent example of someone who is using RD for dives it was never intended to accommodate, and making decisions based on erroneous assumptions about what RD is all about. As a result he got bent.
Nowhere in there did I say anything about "so that people like KR wouldn't exist" ... nor was it implied. You are employing the very tactic you accused Bismark of using ... and to the same result.
You're making the classic mistake made on here so often. You read any post that isn't in total agreement with what you "believe" and you read it in the worse possible light. The conclusions you have drawn regarding my post are ridiculous.
So let me try again ... because there was nothing nefarious or judgmental in what I posted.
One should not attempt to learn decompression on the Internet ... regardless of method used. It's entirely too subjective and situational. Sure, you can learn the theory and history by reading a book ... or (if you trust the information) by what someone posts in a forum ... but all you're getting is the tools. It is the APPLICATION of those tools that matters. And in that respect, ALL decompression theories are more an art than a science ... and no matter which one you choose, what you're really doing is making a choice of which method you think is less likely to hurt you.
I used Kevrumbo as an example of someone who applied RD to a dive it was never intended for ... and as a result he got bent. That is NOT a judgment on KR as a diver. I don't know the guy, have never dived with him, and although I was involved in a discussion on another board where people were very hard on him, I was NOT one of those people. In fact, on more than one occasion he admitted I had made good points and asked reasonable questions about the reasons why he decided to do the dive as he did.
So no ... I don't wish that people like KR didn't exist ... I wish he would apply the tools he's attempting to use in his diving in the way they were intended, so that he doesn't hurt himself again.
Furthermore, on this and other boards I've seen people make broad comments about how using RD will cause you to get bent. I've dived with a couple divers who made the same comment ... when in fact it turns out they knew nothing about RD except what they'd been told by someone else who didn't understand it.
Misinformation CAN be dangerous ... and no matter HOW you attempt to explain RD on the Internet, the risk of misinformation is very high. That's why I think people shouldn't try learning it here. But that's also why I think it's important to correct someone who says something that you clearly know is mistaken or misleading ... because someone else reading the thread may decide to take it as factual. And that path leads to injury ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
