What the Heck is DIR?

[Freedive WI]

What about the guy who smokes a pack of cig's on the way to the dive site, or cigars afterwards, and then is so overweight he can't get into his own gear?

This is one reason I am a big advocate or regular testing of instructors. Sure, somebody might have been great in the water when they first started, but they let themselves go over time and yet they still have people's lives in their hands- but can no longer meet the basic requirements for the orginization they certified with. This becomes a problem when there's a situation in the water and they don't have a fresh "divemaster" candidate to do the rescues for them.

I have seen more "instructors" like this than you can imagine. Being overweight also effects your off gassing for deco.

Congrats on swimming 5 days a week. You are doing more, 5 times as much, as the divers I am talking about. It sounds like you would fit right in, even if the waist line is bigger than you want.

If DIR is a process, then you can be working on it at a variety of levels. Swimming 5 days a week shows that someone is working at it.


Jon