I was doing something this morning which made me think back to when I first decided that DIR was the way I wanted my diving to go. Given that it is still a niche area of diving (growing but still small) I wondered...
If you are - why DIR for you?
Did you fall in to it - meeting up with others perhaps...
Why did you make a conscious decision to train with GUE...
Or move to a "DIR" kit set up...
My own story is that I was throughly dissatisfied with my PADI training - and felt distinctly unqualified to dive in the UK. I met with another diver who dived a Hogarthian set up and who had the Patience and generosity to help me gain experience.
I already felt that I didn't want to feel dependant on his time and good nature and felt that I should seek training from elsewhere - when he and I dived with a DIR diver. That diver's obvious skill in the water made me look into DIR on the internet and I eventually got in touch with a few others who helped me and answered my questions. I signed up for DIR F and this, together with a few other experiences confirmed that DIR/GUE is the way I wanted to go.
Now you ...
