Doing it right

Doing It Right ( DIR acronym ) is a holistic, American dive ideology that spreads since 1996 also in Germany and a strictly standardized procedure in all aspects of scuba diving in the team describes. Special emphasis is placed on safety, therefore DIR provides to his followers in addition to a precisely predetermined equipment configuration numerous rules on the nature of the diving equipment as well as an independent ideology. This is particularly clear in the definition of the established dive groups whose members act as " Stroke" ( eng. oblique) are called. Beginning with the classic scuba diving equipment with little effort on challenging, technical diving and exploring the caves dives of unknown processes and configurations are unchanged and, if necessary, be extended by the planned dive is required additives.

History

The origin of the DIR system applies the so-called Hogarthian system, which was developed by Bill Hogarth in the 80s and developed by George Irvine the project manager of the Woodville Karst Plain Project ( WKPP ) in Florida and successfully used in numerous expeditions.

Equipment

Basic idea of ​​the DIR system is based to reduce the equipment configuration on the requirements for the study of North American underwater caves, to a minimum and to unify. For the planned dive redundant equipment is not taken. All members of a group of divers are equally equipped. Thus, each team member is familiar with the location and use of the individual pieces of equipment and even in a group that has never dipped together. Important equipment such as breathing gas supply and light must be redundant to fall back in case of loss or equipment failure on a reserve can. A key distinguishing feature of DIR divers are the comparatively long hoses of the regulator. So DIR provides that the hose to the primary air supply has at least a length of 2.10 m to happen in an emergency situation after another bottlenecks can. In general, are most often used in conjunction with drysuits at least 12 L Double steel bottles with DIN valves. With the increasing spread in recreational scuba diving, partly also be used mono bottles. Is this does not change the basic configuration of the equipment.

Area of ​​application

Basically, the system is very good for diving in the sea, lakes and the wreck or cave diving. Since the DIR system aimed at diving in the team, it is essential for the functioning of the system that all team members have understood and implemented the system. It is suitable exclusively for dive sites that can be dived throughout. It does not work if individual blocks are omitted or modified. In particular, it is unsuitable for solo dives.

Training

Places particular emphasis the DIR system to the individual training of the individual diver. So is the perfect mastery of basic techniques of diving as buoyancy or finning absolute prerequisite for the management of problems during a dive. With increasing difficulty of the dives technical processes must always be better internalized. DIR Diving requires reliable, independent and redundant equipped divers who adhere to standardized processes. Ideally, a team of divers with an equivalent level of education and training to meet the requirements of increasingly higher level can be.

Physical fitness

Physical fitness is another pillar of this system. The burden of a dive and their influence on the decompression and the gas consumption can compensate for a trained organism better and safer. Nicotine abuse is not acceptable in well-known damaging effect on the lungs.

Training organizations

The most well known training organization providing training on the principles of DIR, Global Underwater Explorers is.

Criticism

Especially in German circles scuba divers the DIR system is often heavily criticized. So DIR divers are often perceived as overbearing and arrogant, including many provocative statements of the DIR co-founder George Irvine made ​​a major contribution in the past. The main point of criticism is, however, usually listed in that DIR -compliant equipment is almost exclusively manufactured by American companies, which at least partially includes the DIR- founders. Furthermore, many divers other associations by severe and not always insightful DIR provisions feel patronized and limited in your own free will. Internal DIR rules like "Never dive with Strokes! " (Ie, the recommendation not to dive with divers that do not apply the DIR system ) foment conflict in addition.

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