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'Ive been 140 ft under water but theres not enough money to get me to do that.
Where were you?
Went down 120’ in the Blue Hole in Belize. Wasn’t much to see after 50’. Eerie but it all looked the same after a bit.
'Ive been 140 ft under water but theres not enough money to get me to do that.
172' to the stern of the Emperor off of Isle Royal in Lake Superior.Where were you?
Went down 120’ in the Blue Hole in Belize. Wasn’t much to see after 50’. Eerie but it all looked the same after a bit.
You’re basically a pilot at that point, right?
Yes. You're basically at 6x atmospheric pressure and the nitrogen in your air can do very, very, bad things to you if you do not ascend/decompress properly. Like RR said, my dive had two lengthy decompression stops on the way back up.Is there something I’m missing diving to 150’?
Yes. You're basically at 6x atmospheric pressure and the nitrogen in your air can do very, very, bad things to you if you do not ascend/decompress properly. Like RR said, my dive had two lengthy decompression stops on the way back up.
I was 15 when I made that dive. I crewed on a boat that summer and we did about 15 wreck dives, 3 had dives below 100 feet. The purpose was to make a documentary that was on PBS. The Emperor had been a "closed" wreck up until then and we located two corpses and a severed arm, all perfectly preserved in the cold water (34 degrees in August). The National Park Service allowed us to recover the wedding band from the arm and it was returned to the family.What's funny about the scuba talk is.... there is no fuching way I would do ever do that. Even when I was younger.
A hole off West Palm Beach that actually has a very short cave that goes thru a bed of coral. Nice little dive where they told us we would probably see some sharks but we didn't.Where were you?
Went down 120’ in the Blue Hole in Belize. Wasn’t much to see after 50’. Eerie but it all looked the same after a bit.
A hole off West Palm Beach that actually has a very short cave that goes thru a bed of coral. Nice little dive where they told us we would probably see some sharks but we didn't.
If your chute don't open, you have the rest of your life to pull the reserve.
If your chute don't open, you have the rest of your life to pull the reserve.
Whenever "bad" things have happened around me or to people I know (or reading incident reports), or even read a story like yours, I analyze it in detail and ask myself: "Could this have happened to me?"In scuba, or skydiving, or whatever "dangerous" situation.... dont violate your safety protocol. And it's never 1 thing that goes wrong.... it's 4 or 5. That jump messed with my head. Anyway, he recovered and still one of my best friends. He also became a regular jumper again. Although is now retired like me.
Like Brad said, it's usually 4-5 things that allll snowball from the first mistake.Hell of a story Brad, the cold seemed to be the thing that caused most of the problems.
How long did it take your friend to recover?
Hell of a story Brad, the cold seemed to be the thing that caused most of the problems.
How long did it take your friend to recover?