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I was just watching a you-tube video by Forest Gallante discussing his production on this season’s Shark Week. I came away very annoyed,to say the least by his extremely careless diving safety,which he seems to laugh and even brag about.
He was filming in Japan and the day of his dive was “extremely ill with some kind of flu”. Chose to dive with a wetsuit (doesn’t appear very thick,he wears it to free dive in Southern CA) in 40 degree waters because “we like to have the option to discard are hear and chase after cool stuff if we see something since we also free dive. So we don’t use dry suits.
On the dive,he is extremely cold,shivering and runs completely out of air before 20 feet on his ascent. He had a severe headache and couldn’t warm up after the dive. He used the hot tub and drank alcohol when they returned to land.
His buddy ruptured a sinus on the dive and had a “face full of blood”.
He laughed about their adventures as if this was cool and all part of being a famous filmmaker/director/adventuree.
I’m frankly surprised that neither one of them ended up in a chamber,hospital or dead. I’m ashamed that somebody who is so famous and probably has nearly a million followers would act like this on a public video. He never once talked about how dangerous any of this behavior was except to say “you’re not supposed to run out of air”.
Anyway,I just wanted to vent. I’m sorry if I offend anyone. I really like watching Forest’s videos because he often finds some interesting and even thought to be extinct wildlife but I’m very upset by the flagrant disregard for diving safety by somebody who should be a role model for young divers.
He was filming in Japan and the day of his dive was “extremely ill with some kind of flu”. Chose to dive with a wetsuit (doesn’t appear very thick,he wears it to free dive in Southern CA) in 40 degree waters because “we like to have the option to discard are hear and chase after cool stuff if we see something since we also free dive. So we don’t use dry suits.
On the dive,he is extremely cold,shivering and runs completely out of air before 20 feet on his ascent. He had a severe headache and couldn’t warm up after the dive. He used the hot tub and drank alcohol when they returned to land.
His buddy ruptured a sinus on the dive and had a “face full of blood”.
He laughed about their adventures as if this was cool and all part of being a famous filmmaker/director/adventuree.
I’m frankly surprised that neither one of them ended up in a chamber,hospital or dead. I’m ashamed that somebody who is so famous and probably has nearly a million followers would act like this on a public video. He never once talked about how dangerous any of this behavior was except to say “you’re not supposed to run out of air”.
Anyway,I just wanted to vent. I’m sorry if I offend anyone. I really like watching Forest’s videos because he often finds some interesting and even thought to be extinct wildlife but I’m very upset by the flagrant disregard for diving safety by somebody who should be a role model for young divers.
