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Doing it Right: The Fundamentals of Better Diving, by Jarrod Jablonski
Doing it Right: The Fundamentals of Better Diving, by Jarrod Jablonski
I'm not proposing to get into arguing the case for or against the DIR, or Doing It Right, school of diving here. I would only say that, while I think much of what DIR advocates has merit, I don't believe the case for its strictures is anywhere near as black and white as its hard-line proponents would maintain.
With that out of the way, Doing it Right by Jarrod Jablonski provides an excellent explanation of the DIR system and the reasoning behind it. It covers not only equipment configuration but the entire philosophy.
Jablonski is president and founder of Global Underwater Explorers, and his cave-diving exploits have included dives to some four miles from the nearest air source at a depth of more than 90m, so he knows his stuff. My only complaint is that Jablonski tends to oversell DIR. For those readers who are already DIR, selling the system is redundant. For those who are not DIR, repeating the message too many times becomes annoying.
Nevertheless, anyone wanting to extend the limits of their diving will find something of interest here. Skip the hard sell and think about what Jablonski has written. Whether you agree or not, it will make you question the way you dive.
John Liddiard |
Doing it Right: The Fundamentals of Better Diving, by Jarrod Jablonski (Global Underwater Explorers, 001 386 454 0820). Softback, 164pp, £17.50
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