"#@$# Idea"->dive->bends->wheel-chair

[alvinsuper]

Were the other two bouncing to 100M too? These weren't just strangers at 60M that he happened to just find out of the blue?

They were diving together to 100m.

 

[dmaziuk]

Were the other two bouncing to 100M too? These weren't just strangers at 60M that he happened to just find out of the blue?

The three were going to bounce to 100+. On the way down the other two stopped to take selfies on a ledge at some 80-90 metres, Max (the author) didn't wait for them but went down solo. If he actually gives the number of how far/how long, I missed it, but he says it was "much" deeper than one hundred. He waited for the other two until he's out of air (as in "not enough gas to complete his computer's deco"). He starts his ascent looking for them, they're not on that ledge and he figures something happened. He finally sees them at 60 metres buddy-breathing.

 

[wgw04024]

I'm a bit surprised everyone is going easy on them (I admit I haven't read 'all' the posts). This sounds incredibly dumb. Maybe not so much with doubles, but on air no less. For this kind of stuff, I just don't have alot of phucks to give.

 

[dberry]

You might want to read more of the thread. He points out (1) it was a stupid dive and (2) gives examples of his mistaken understanding about recompression, DCI, and chamber rides. Much of the posts deal with his nightmare of getting medical attention (without dive insurance) in a developing country. It was tough to read the google-translated English (from Russian), but worth the trouble, IMO.

Personally, I like this kind of post much more than the self-serving "diving crushed my spine" story recently found on the BBC.

 

[wgw04024]

I will give it a read tonight. But again, doing something like this 'in a developing country', without 'dive insurance', oh man. It's great he's willing to share the story and should be commended for that. Buuuut still.....

 

[Ghosty]

It was tough to read the google-translated English (from Russian), but worth the trouble, IMO.

Personally, I like this kind of post much more than the self-serving "diving crushed my spine" story recently found on the BBC.

Agree, worth the read and translation. I had to read SB member posts here to clarify some of it obviously. It's such a sad story, and yes high risk they took, but you can't turn back time, only learn from others. Especially take heed of divers' risky mistakes and how you want to calculate your own personal risk/reward. Personally I have tons of fun everywhere I've been above 100ft., but I'm not a technical or deep diver.

Not sure what "bragging rights" you get from hitting 200-300ft, good grief, kinda scary. Does anyone care? I'd rather get beautiful photos and GoPro at much shallower depths. That's more "bragging rights", imo. Prayers to him, and lovely that his daughter still takes care of him. Hope he has more good news on his recovery in the future.

 

[dmaziuk]

I'm a bit surprised everyone is going easy on them

He did dumb s**t and mostly owns up to it, that's refreshing this days. And he's in pain all the time for it, what kind of "not easy" would you pile up on top?

 

[Scuba_Aaron]

You might want to read more of the thread. He points out (1) it was a stupid dive and (2) gives examples of his mistaken understanding about recompression, DCI, and chamber rides. Much of the posts deal with his nightmare of getting medical attention (without dive insurance) in a developing country. It was tough to read the google-translated English (from Russian), but worth the trouble, IMO.

Personally, I like this kind of post much more than the self-serving "diving crushed my spine" story recently found on the BBC.

More like stupidity crushed my spine.

 

[Neilwood]

He did dumb s**t and mostly owns up to it, that's refreshing this days. And he's in pain all the time for it, what kind of "not easy" would you pile up on top?

That is pretty much what I took from it - he knows what he did was dumb, knew what might happen (he knew a hit was likely coming), he stopped to help his "buddies" who were almost completely OOA at risk to himself and accepted the consequence.

He has had the guts to post it up as a salutary lesson on what not to do.

 

[divinh]

The first time I used a can recycling machine (you put used beverage cans into it, it crushes them, eventually gives you the deposits back) it got upset and a message flashed "Error, please remove can". That is, put my hand into the jaws of a hydraulic crusher which was telling me it was not working properly. But I should really stick my hand into it.

Uh-uh. I had "shop" class way back when. Putting your hands or fingers or face into jaws of some machine like that? When you *know* it isn't working? Years later I learned to call that "risk benefit analysis".

More commonly called "What could possibly go wrong?"

In Beverly Hills, there's a cupcake ATM. You use your credit card to withdraw a cupcake. The machine has a metal swiveling door for the withdrawal. On a visit to friends in LA, I was taken to this ATM and we waited in line to make our withdrawal. At some point, the machine errored out and everyone in front of us left. I didn't want to give up, so we waited and watched the machine reboot. At the end of the reboot, the metal door swiveled open and I could see a box waiting inside. We didn't know what the state the machine was in, but I reached in for the box... because... y'know, free cupcake. That was my "risk benefit analysis". (It was red velvet cake and so yummy.)