DEMA 2023 Presentation : The Darkest Hours

[beldridg]

I am going to co-present the "near miss" escape and rescue from being trapped inside an upside down Japanese oiler, the IJN Sata, in Palau in Aug 2022. I will be joining Aron Arngrimsson, Geoff Creighton, and Antti Apunen from Dirty Dozen Expeditions to describe the incident, the rescue, and -- most importantly -- the lessons learned. I was one of four divers trapped inside the wreck.

The presentation will be on the Show Floor - Booth #1351 on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 from 3:00pm-3:45pm.

I believe there are plans to record the presentation and I will publish my detailed account of the incident on my blog at Wrecked in my rEvo the day of the presentation.

DEMA show link : DEMA Show 2023: Session: The Darkest Hours - A Six-Hour Struggle to Escape From an Upside Down Wreck

I had posted about the presentation on my blog a while ago but the date/time have now been finalized so I'm posting it here.

DEMA 2023 Presentation | The Darkest Hours

I’ve been pretty busy and haven’t posted much lately but I have a ton of updates I’ll be working on getting posted. The first is a quick announcement that I will be co-presenting …

wreckedinmyrevo.com

Regards,

- brett

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

That would be an awesome presentation to attend!

 

[Heat Miser]

Just read the blog, I heard all about it on MV Tata with John Entwistle enroute to Bikini, back in August 2023 and it certainly made me rethink my tendency to "over rely" on the RMS and be a bit Scottish on the Scrubber time buffer. No discrespect to Scottish CCR divers intended.

 

[Dan]

Shoot! I’m in DEMA and missed it yesterday.

 

[beldridg]

Below is a link to the blogpost I wrote about the incident. It is a detailed timeline of what happened and my perspective during the incident and, for me personally, the things I think we did right and the lessons I learned. It is my viewpoint only.

Close Call on the IJN Sata (Palau — 120 fsw)

Intro The lyrics from the Bob Dylan song All Along the Watchtower — made famous by Jimi Hendrix — echoed through my brain as I sat motionless and breathing slowly in between two other d…

wreckedinmyrevo.com

- brett

 

[VikingDives]

Below is a link to the blogpost I wrote about the incident. It is a detailed timeline of what happened and my perspective during the incident and, for me personally, the things I think we did right and the lessons I learned. It is my viewpoint only.

Close Call on the IJN Sata (Palau — 120 fsw)

Intro The lyrics from the Bob Dylan song All Along the Watchtower — made famous by Jimi Hendrix — echoed through my brain as I sat motionless and breathing slowly in between two other d…

wreckedinmyrevo.com

- brett

That is one hell of a story. Thanks for the write-up, I wish I could have heard the presentation.

 

[OrcasC205]

Below is a link to the blogpost I wrote about the incident. It is a detailed timeline of what happened and my perspective during the incident and, for me personally, the things I think we did right and the lessons I learned. It is my viewpoint only.

Close Call on the IJN Sata (Palau — 120 fsw)

Intro The lyrics from the Bob Dylan song All Along the Watchtower — made famous by Jimi Hendrix — echoed through my brain as I sat motionless and breathing slowly in between two other d…

wreckedinmyrevo.com

- brett

Thanks for putting this out there. I'll be honest, my adrenaline was through the roof just reading your blog post. I can't imagine how you must have felt.

 

[beldridg]

That is one hell of a story. Thanks for the write-up, I wish I could have heard the presentation.

Yes, it really is. Thanks for reading and thanks for the feedback.

For quite some time, I have promoted the idea that our industry should be better at publicly discussing incidents and doing accident analysis. It took a little bit of time for this one to get published, but this my attempt at "walking the walk."

I can only hope that others learn from the incident and are more open to discussing publicly the mistakes they have made. I clearly made some big mistakes on this dive and it isn't always easy to publicly own up to those errors, but it is critically important IMHO.

- brett

 

[beldridg]

Thanks for putting this out there. I'll be honest, my adrenaline was through the roof just reading your blog post. I can't imagine how you must have felt.

Thanks for the feedback. It was definitely something I'll never forget.

- brett

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

I don't know when I read something that made my heart rate increase like that.