On a day with poor vis, I decided to do a drift dive in the St Clair river. I managed to get tangled in a crane boom laying across the bottom. I had to cut my crotch strap and get out of my tanks to get free.
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As I was taking off the BP/W I noticed a cable was hooked onto a carabiner on my secondary reel. Somehow the cable "opened" my carabiner and the cable ran through the interior of the wreck with different length keepers against the interior of the wreck hence only allowing me to travel 10-15 feet in either direction. After that I only used bolt snaps. I also wanted to say I had fear and panic at one point but closed my eyes and regrouped mentally to figure out how to get out of this alive. Clearly I have not forgotten
I've seen people loosing their $hitt when the current changes direction and the flag line just touches the back of their head. From there this person proceeded to tangle himself to a tamale.
Over-reacting underwater seldom ends on a positive note.
glad you got out of that, never know what is in murky riversOn a day with poor vis, I decided to do a drift dive in the St Clair river. I managed to get tangled in a crane boom laying across the bottom. I had to cut my crotch strap and get out of my tanks to get free.