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that would surely be the Adrenaline Rush they are looking for!I have a mate who runs a dive centre out there. He gets these mad Russians with 5-6 dives coming in all the time asking to be taken to 100+ meters.
This is not a course. Too many things are wrong here:It seems like a lot of criticism is directed toward the man who is presumably the student. I think 98% of any negative comments should be directed toward the professional dive instructor (presumably) who allowed this to take place. He felt compelled to provide physical touch and assistance at the surface before the dive and continued throughout.
Are we blaming the student who is seeking technical training or the person delivering it? Exactly how the gear is configured would be way down on my list of concerns with this video.
And I agree that this looks a lot like some wannabe who just paid for a 100m trip. The diver that took him down, obviously didn't risk the whole trip downI have a mate who runs a dive centre out there. He gets these mad Russians with 5-6 dives coming in all the time asking to be taken to 100+ meters.
That's the most telling part.
Panicked and or stress divers will often give you an automatic ok to your "are you ok?" question underwater when you see they're having an issue. It one of the quick ways to tell that they're being overwhelmed by the situation.
Someone who's under control with give you the problem response.
So a good lesson for people of things to look out for and be aware of and then be prepared to make an intervention
bold move taking a leonardo as your only dive computer that deep.
Just because someone is so far out of their skills envelope that they don’t recognize it, does not mean they are in control. If the tech instructor must provide hands on assistance with the gear, I would think the dive should be terminated right away.Honest question, not a debate point. He was overwhelmed I think, but he never seemed even close to panicked. He appeared fine with his situation. Or was there something that you picked up on? A different “tell” of sorts? Granted, I think he was out of control, I’m just not sure that he thought he was out of control. Seemed like he thought he actually wa okay.
Anyway, just curious of your thoughts in case I can glean something from it.