Scary Wreck Tale - Ghastly 'Trust Me' diving...

[DevonDiver]

II've dived the wreck he identifies as the 'Olympia' a few times

I'm Olympia... and so's my wife

 

[RJP]

If they had died I would not have felt sorry at all. Would have been a good thinning of the gene pool.

Oh, Jim. Really?

[Shakehead]

 

[chillyinCanada]

I can't believe this kid. Is his writing supposed to be some kind of backwards teaching method or is he truly stupid enough to be so stupid and then shout his stupidity to the world at large? It's got to be some kind of a spoof or joke or some damn thing.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Maybe the last part was a bit over the top. But when people like this get away with crap like this once or even twice they tend to lead even more down the same path. So when someone dies doing something so stupid it may actually prevent more from suffering the same fate. But then again look at the Spiegel triple fatality. That didn't seem to teach these guys anything. if they even heard of it. Which I doubt. Every open water class I teach gets told about it.

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[ajduplessis]

If they had died I would not have felt sorry at all. Would have been a good thinning of the gene pool.

I agree with Jim. The gene pool needs a healthy dose of chlorine!!

 

[Grocio]

I wonder whether the whole story is real, since you cannot be so grossly negligent. Could it be a case of compulsive liar syndrome, or a strange way to get attention?

 

[chrpai]

This a perfect example on why we train to do wreck dives and gain experience so we dont tell stupid stories like this that will be ridiculed throughout the dive community, let alone brag about it!

Actually I was reading just the other day about someone who was encouraged to get over her fear and penetrate a wreck without training...

 

[DevonDiver]

....since you cannot be so grossly negligent.

Seriously... it isn't that much of an amazing story. It happens frequently enough.

 

[Abdullah]

I wonder whether the whole story is real, since you cannot be so grossly negligent. Could it be a case of compulsive liar syndrome, or a strange way to get attention?

It's hard to say, seems real to me.

On one of my first dives in Oman a dive instructor (independent) was guiding us on a single tank dive of the Al Munassir wreck in Bandar Khayran. He was leading 3 of us who he had met that morning, one of whom was 16 and had less than 10 dives. He signaled to us to enter the companionway that penetrates the wreck. I waved him off, and tried to signal the other divers. They followed him into the wreck. About 15 minutes later they emerged on the opposite side of the wreck. The instructor had no exposure suit and was skinned up on his arms and had rust smears on his tank. They had one small backup torch, no line, and no plan.

Back on the surface he couldn't understand why I thought he was a colossal idiot. He was absolutely oblivious to the risk he had taken.

 

[flylow47]

Yes, but if you read the rest or at least parts of the rest of his blog, it appears there is a trend of poor decision making going on here. The cautionary tale for me, since he's really working here in Malaysia illegally, but so do many, is to make sure to avoid him should I happen to bump paths. I have a newly certified 14 year old son and wife, and just because they hold the cards doesn't mean I want them diving with just anyone, especially this guy.

The other underlying issue is that the other divers simply go along. I've certainly had dives like that where I felt illprepared to challenge the almighty DM and terminate the dive. One thing that has never been taught in the courses I've done was how to challenge the DM. Maybe we can all learn something by trying to help encourage more openness among the team that's diving together, with or without a DM/guide.