Pearse

[p_kos]

Scary tie-off!

 

[ChuckP]

I too wondered about the bailout tanks - how many breaths do you get out of an al80 at 200m?

Pretty cool, but there’s a lot of things In the world I’d like to see before I’d put myself in that position.

 

[ToneNQ]

I too wondered about the bailout tanks - how many breaths do you get out of an al80 at 200m?

Pretty cool, but there’s a lot of things In the world I’d like to see before I’d put myself in that position.

Depends, but at a 14L/min SAC rate, maybe 8mins if you stay calm. Not enough time to scooter back to the tanks they've staged at the bottom of the first big drop at 107m. I expect those are for other divers that aren't carrying a bailout breather.

I listened to a Speaking Sidemount podcast with Harry last year, he talked a bit about this cave and his introduction to Rick Stanton, and how that got started him into this level of diving. That was +10 yrs ago and they were experienced CCR divers then, so a lot of experience between then and this dive. There is a later podcast on the Thai Cave rescue if you're interested.

 

[MrVegas]

Thanks for posting. That is really a very well done video -- fascinating stuff. Almost like a space shot with that level of planning. Years ago, before I started diving, I saw a show on National Geographic (Expeditions to the Edge?) that I think was also about this same place. (That one had a tragic ending -- kind of hard to watch.)