Doing it Right: The Fundamentals of Better Diving (eBook)
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Doing it Right: The Fundamentals of Better Diving (eBook) THE FUNDAMENTALS OF BETTER DIVING By Jarrod Jablonski (eBook) The Fundamentals of Better Diving was written for anyone who wants to get the most out of their diving. From augmenting dive safety to increasing the enjoyment of your family's Caribbean diving trip or planning deep cave exploration, DIR diving is the new foundation for all diving practices. This book outlines not only the essential skills and techniques constituting sound diving practice but also the central elements of a holistic approach to diving. More Than Doing It Right First published twenty-one years ago in 2000, Doing It Right: The Fundamentals Of Better Diving, was much more than just another “How To” diving manual. The seminal guide was intended for an audience of certified divers prepared to embrace the GUE philosophy who also had “a basic understanding of scuba diving,” but who, perhaps, lacked sufficient mastery of the basic fundamental skills, one of the foundation stones on which DIR was built. The earlier book was a practical guide to proven diving techniques and practices that were based on the three fundamental components to good diving, “diving experience, diving ability, and a robust equipment configuration. ” As an evolving activity, the diving landscape has experienced enormous changes since the original publication first circulated. Once regarded as a technical diving gas, nitrox is now considered a mainstay of recreational diver training, while helium and other exotic gases are more readily available. At the same time, the use of diving computers is more widespread, their features are far more sophisticated and reliable and closed circuit rebreathers are now regarded as an essential tool for deep exploration activities in wrecks or caves. None of these changes significantly impact the earlier book’s main purpose of “… playing an instrumental role in the formation of a sound diver, one whose skill, knowledge, judgement, fitness, and insight into the logic of sound configuration, enables him/her to meet the demands posed by the environments s/he selects to dive in. ” This was a rather long-winded way of suggesting that the original book was intended to be read—and its teachings absorbed—by an audience of would-be (and practicing) technical divers already fully committed to GUE’s DIR philosophy. The revised and updated edition—without in any way compromising or diluting GUE’s core beliefs—admittedly reaches out to a wider audience of diving enthusiasts with more subtle enticements: “The underwater world can be a source of infinite joy. It is a magical but alien world where everything is shrouded in mystery. To stand the best chance of securing the long-term enjoyment of this world, divers must have rock-solid fundamentals, both to rely upon and to build further skills with. ”
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- Lebanon, Beirut, Achrafieh
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