Doing it right
Doing It Right ( acronym DIR ) is a holistic American diving ideology that has been spreading in Europe since 1996 and describes a strictly standardized approach in all areas of scuba diving in a team. Particular emphasis is placed on safety, which is why DIR offers its followers, in addition to a precisely specified equipment configuration, numerous regulations on the nature of diving equipment as well as an independent ideology. This becomes particularly clear in the demarcation to the established diving organizations , whose members are referred to as "Stroke" (eng. Oblique). Starting with classic recreational diving with little equipment overhead, through demanding, technical diving to exploring dives in unknown caves , processes and configurations are adopted unchanged and, if necessary, expanded with the necessary additions according to the planned dive.
history
The so-called Hogarthian system is considered the origin of the DIR system, which was developed by Bill Hogarth in the 1980s and further developed by George Irvine, the project manager of the Woodville Karst Plain Project (WKPP) in Florida, and which was successfully used on numerous expeditions.
equipment
The basic idea of the DIR system is to reduce the equipment configuration to a minimum and to standardize it, based on the requirements for exploring North American underwater caves . Equipment that is superfluous for the planned dive will not be taken. All members of a diving group are equally equipped. This means that every team member is familiar with the location and handling of the individual pieces of equipment, even in a group that has never dived together. Important equipment such as breathing gas supply and lighting must be redundant in order to be able to fall back on a reserve in the event of loss or equipment failure. An essential distinguishing feature of DIR divers are the comparatively long hoses of the regulators. So DIR provides that the hose for the primary air supply has a length of at least 2.10 meters in order to be able to pass through bottlenecks one behind the other in emergency situations. As a rule, at least 12 liter double steel cylinders with DIN connections standardized according to ISO 12209-3 are used in connection with dry suits . With the increasing spread in recreational diving, mono cylinders are also used in some cases. Nothing changes in the basic configuration of the equipment.
Application area
Basically, the system is very suitable for diving in the sea , in lakes and for wreck or cave diving. Since the DIR system is aimed at diving in a team, it is essential for the functioning of the system that all team members have understood and implemented the system. Furthermore, it is only suitable for dive sites that can be dived continuously. It does not work if individual components are left out or modified. It is particularly unsuitable for solo dives.
education
The DIR system places particular emphasis on the individual training of each diver. The perfect mastery of the basic techniques of diving, such as buoyancy control or flapping, is an absolute prerequisite for managing problems during a dive. With the increasing difficulty of the dives, technical processes have to be internalized better and better. DIR diving requires reliable, independent and redundantly equipped divers who adhere to standardized procedures. A well-coordinated team of divers with an equivalent level of education and training is ideal in order to be able to meet the requirements at an increasingly higher level.
Physical fitness
Physical fitness is another pillar of this system. A trained organism can better compensate for the stress of a dive and its influence on decompression and gas consumption.
Training organizations
The best-known training organization that offers training based on the DIR principles is Global Underwater Explorers . (GUE)
criticism
The DIR system is often heavily criticized, especially among experienced scuba divers. DIR divers are often perceived as arrogant and arrogant, to which many provocative statements by DIR co-founder George Irvine contributed significantly in the past. Internal DIR rules such as “Never dive with Strokes!” (The recommendation not to dive with divers who do not use the DIR system) further fuel the conflict. The main point of criticism, however, is usually stated that DIR-compliant equipment is almost exclusively manufactured by American companies, which at least partly belong to the DIR founders. Furthermore, many divers from other associations feel patronized by the strict and not always transparent DIR regulations and restricted in their own free will.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jarrod Jablonski: Evolution of DIR Principles. (No longer available online.) Global Underwater Explorers Inc., archived from the original on February 4, 2012 ; accessed on July 10, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Jarrod Jablonski: Doing it Right, The Fundamentals of Better Diving, 2006 at Global Underwater Explorers, High Springs FL, ISBN 0-9713267-0-3
- ↑ Michael Parker: Hogarthian Gear Configuration. by Jarrod Jablonski. In: South Florida Dive Journal. Retrieved July 10, 2014 .
- ↑ George Irvine: Do it Right - Or Don't Do It! (PDF) In: DeepTech Magazine. 1995, p. 48 , accessed on July 10, 2014 (English).
- ↑ George Irvine: DIR articles by George Irvine. (PDF) Frogkick.NL, April 20, 2005, accessed on July 10, 2014 (English).
- ↑ ISO 12209: 2013, iso.org: Gas cylinders - Outlet connections for gas cylinder valves for compressed breathable air , accessed September 3, 2013
- ↑ Equipment Configuration. DIR Equipment Configuration. Global Underwater Explorers Inc., accessed July 10, 2014 .
- ↑ Mark Ellyatt: DIR - What its not. Inspired Training, April 4, 2009, accessed July 10, 2014 .
- ^ Peter Steinhoff: What is Doing It Right really about? DIR-diver.com, August 25, 2006, accessed July 10, 2014 .
