The Lipski dive wasn't illustrative of anything except the old adage about the Sky and the Sea: one is high, the other is deep, and both will reward the slightest inattention or neglect with a gruesome death.
a) solo diving, b) single tank with no backup, c) on air, d) well past 40m PADI limit, e) zero site experience, f) poor visibility.
Take all that and combine it with total inattention to the divecomp, a non-existent/ignored dive plan and overballasting and it'd be safer to drink poison.
The real reason people die at the Blue Hole is because it's NOT impossible to do the Arch on air. The 52m entrance to the Arch puts you right in stage 2 narcosis if you're on air, and the entrance is easy to miss. Still, many people have successfully done it on air. One guy did the Arch as a free dive, in fact.
It's right at the cutting edge between suicidal and merely very hazardous, with the difference being whether you're a tech or a rec and how well you can operate while strongly narced.
padi in north america teaches about the hazards of deep diving. anyone diving too deep on air after padi certification would do so at their own stupidity and in no way at the fault of their training.
Never go through the arch at Blue hole on just air, its deeper than 60 metres so you'll get narced and also the partial pressure of oxygen in air at that depth is poisonous. You need to be properly trained and have additional cylinders of trimix to go down to those kind of depths.
ture Jily24 but there are good scuba stories on the net too. My favorite site is the myscubastory site. They have shark diver attack videos, true scuba diving stories, lost buddy stories, dive accident stories and videos. Type myscubastory into google and its the first one
yes OIJJ30 and you can get good dive stories and videos on the net too. try the myscubastory site. type myscubastory into google and its the first one
yea sailer65, but there are also quite good dive stories on the net too . try the myscubastory site. type myscubastory into google - its the first one from what i remember
@DIllonthablazer11 it's quite easy to clear it, tilt op the goggles at the bottom and blow out air through your nose while you do this, it'l make an airbubble inside your mask and thus it'll be empty ;)
Dahab alcohol shop in the eve,80% everyday Russians, alcohol is no good friend macho arrogant fully of fear folks, after being mostly patient and benevolent.
Not nly in scuba but search the freedive circles and u gat same full of fear looking like military brainwashed puppets, all identical by dozens
I live in Dahab, the Russians are not only crazy divers, many are complete arseholes with no regard for the reef or other people. I have no sympathy for people who die in the Blue Hole, either they knew the risks and took them anyway, or they didn't know the risks, which makes them idiots.
@dmannesbitt The master of the documentary is in Russian and that was broadcasted by the Russian TV. If you are intrested please email me your post address and I will get an Enlis copy of the DVD to you, regards, Elena
One reason so many fatalities are Russian? Simple statistics - there are lots of them diving there. There were many Russian immigrants to Israel in the 90s and Dahab is a very popular holiday place for them and their former compatriots.
@custardaghost Finally! well said. It's not their "idiosyncrasies", it's a simple statistical outcome.
I find so many of these ethnic or racial PERCEIVED differences between humans both annoying but also they highlight the ignorance of the commentator themselves.
I dove with a lot of Russians in Bora Bora and they were good level-headed divers....not like those Japanese!!!! Just kidding!!!!
@SloppierTAY not everyone is the world record holder for unassisted freediving ... and though Willian Trubridge is a great diver/free diver he travelled through the Blue Hole at a depth of 55m whereas some of the people using scuba gear are attempting depths of 60-100m dives while under-prepared and with lack of training
@mikelching We just explained to you that scuba diving and free diving are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT things. What you are trying to tell us now is: "Why the hell they can't climb the Everest if you can just have a small jet to see the top of it".
@yurihammo I know, I wondered that, too. Why Russians, specifically? Perhaps by some odd coincidence more Russians than other nationalities have died in this particular spot, but I would hardly think it was because they were Russians. That would be like saying that just because no Finns have died in this spot, that must mean Finns are very smart and cautious divers. The conclusion doesn't make any sense.
@kayper54 Being of Finnish descent I would have to agree, the Finnish people are smart!!!!
This is a popular dive location for Russians-just more of them, means more accidents that's all. The movie is a load of trash with it's ethnic slur of Russians. It's this kind of crap that makes us view each other differently and therefor lesser. It's disguised racism.
Seems like deep divers and high-altitude climbers are cut from the same cloth. They are hyper-aware of the risks, but feel compelled to push the boundaries anyway. Experience doesn't seem to be a guarantee that you'll survive.
R u s s i a n. That's the key. The majority of russian males are SO arrogant, and so egotistical, they think they are supermen. It's because they were raised on vodka and brains were damaged early in life. Just look at what happened near Moscow in July of 2010. Temperatures soared to over 100F. Russians got drunk. Went in the cold Volga river and ...guess what! Drowned! 1200 of them in ONE month ! Morgues in Moscow were to capacity and over! Natural selection ala Darwin. Sheesh.
You dont have to use trimix for that dive, the top of the arch is at 170 feet at the deepest, which although is deep into the area of nitrogen narcosis, it is not the limit for narcosis or oxygen toxicity. Ive personally know people who used to dive well beyond 200 feet on air before mixed gas training was available.
@HergotH01 at depth the amount of oxygen does not have to be as high because it is at much higher pressure, in fact, there is a point (around 200 feet) in which normal air (21% oxygen) becomes toxic. Like the video said, many divers will have a "bottom mix" with very low levels of oxygen, but they cannot breathe it at shallow depth because they will die of hypoxia. This is why they breathe on air or nitrox until a certain depth, then switch to bottom mix, then to decompression gas for deco
@HergotH01 Months, some for example have to work on a project at 170 meters deep. They will have a home there and everything (like a glass upside down under water, but then as accomodation). You must understand that when pressure goes up, to keep a volume of a container (for example your lungs) at the same volume, you have to increase the amount of particles ( pressure x volume = pressure x volume). So if the pressure is 10 times higher, there are 10 times more particles --> enough to support...
@HergotH01 (continuation-->) so the same way: oxygen is a particle. So for example, at 170 meters below the surface. Pressure will be 17 times higher than on land, so if you fill you lungs, they will contain 17 times the amount of oxygen. (and of course 17 times the amount of the other gasses that are present in air). So enough oxygen can bind with your hemoglobin to support you metabolism.
wow if a scuba course doesnt even tell the students that its dangerous to dive that deep, id blame the course more than the student. what irresponsible instructors
@capucine yeah if the students are told and dont listen thats the students fault obviously, but if the teachers never even say it then thats a big problem
I have over a hundred dives. And nitrox and all the other specialty diving courses. I'm still not comfortable going past 130 ft. Those morons deserve to die if they try diving there with only one tank. Survival of the fittest baby, survival of the fittest.
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this is retarded... they are talking about people running out of oxygen, while going through? seriously?
I seen this guy freedrive this arch with one breath. no fins, no wetsuit, no oxygen. One breath. Its on youtube. His name is William. How could these divers run out of oxygen? It doesnt make sense. Fail.
@DanJVintage Do you understand the difference between "one breath" (free) diving and scuba diving???! I mean from physiological point of view?? If not then it's the right time to get more education about it before you say such nonsense as "a diver running out of oxygen"! In the film they say "AIR" is not NOT an "oxygen" air contains only 21% of O2. You have to learn more in order to understand what we are talking about. best, Elena
@overseasmedia sorry i wasnt exact in my wording, i know that its not oxygen and some run tri-mix etc and what not but the point of my statement was... how can a man with one breath traverse such a distance, holding his breath. With no fins. While some running, air, tri mix w.e... some using tanks, and fins, and being able to breath,, cannot make it? I understand the extremes of both sport but to me that part doesn't make sense.
@DanJVintage When scuba diving you breathe compressed air - matching the water pressure around you. At 58m you're breathing 4 times as much air as on the surface - which means air runs out quicker. Also, you need to ascend slower to decompress safely, which means you'll take time and need more air. In free diving you don't breathe compressed air so you can just swim back up. And William Trubridge is a mega athlete, not your average Joe. I would run out of air if diving 12m.
@DanJVintage You have no idea what you're talking about. It's people like you that die in the hole. Please stay away from the water and shut-up before you harm someone else.
@interruptor LOL. your an douchebag. I do know what I am talking about. I was simply putting the comparison between free diving an scuba diving. And how amazing it is, that a man with absolutely no equipment... can preform better than these divers with all their gear and the ability to breath. and yes i do understand the toxicity of air at depth while diving. I simply was making a comparison.
@DanJVintage I'm not even talking about toxicity. Just replying to your comment about people running out of air. Quoting you: "This is retarded! (...) How could these divers run out of oxygen? It doesnt make sense. Fail." If you don't know what you're talking about, ask or do some research, don't just dismiss it as being false. It's that kind of attitude that this documentary talks about and that gets people killed.
@DanJVintage freediving and scuba diving are completely different things... in a free dive you dive to much more shallow levels compared to a person scuba diving at greater then 40m you are required to have extensive diving training and special equipment to safely dive anything below 40m .... diving through the Blue Hole using only O2 and a 1 tank is sure to be dangerous and you will have a very high chance of death
@DanJVintage let me put it in a simpler way. free divers like trubridge do NOT breathe throughout the entire dive and the LONGEST free dive is abt 9 mins. scuba divers in contrast DO breathe underwater with the aid of the scuba tanks and thats how a few divers stayed underwater for 50 hours. scuba diving and free diving have very different concept and purpose
@DanJVintage or maybe you should know at least the very basics of what you are talking about before using words as "retarded" and "fail". You have absolutely no clue of scuba diving and yet you think you can critizise people who are educated on the subject? Somebody should teach you some manners.
@DanJVintage At that depth the air in the tank is compressed and if you're inexperienced or out of shape you'll fly through it fast. The people waving their arms around to stabilize themselves were used as examples of novice talent, everything is done with your b/c vest and fins. So, if you're wasting energy, and breathing hard at depth, and don't have a spare tank, it's not lookin good. Also, if you get nitrogen narcosis and just pass the fuck out, I mean...that's self explanatory.
@chemicallust77 That's what everyone says now: "the law of natural selection". I must admit I can't argue with this statement anymore, I just returned from Dahab and after everything I have done and said about the Blue Hole accidents, etc I learnt that another 3 divers died in Sharm trying to establish their "personal record" (to dive below 100 m on one tank with air) so what can I say..?
Its kind of stupid to blame the organizations and not see the fact that probably these people (200?) should have died even if they had a tec course. They will push the limit any further. Because it comes to the simple thing as commonsense!
FuktigTrasa: True. And pay a close attention that's what I am talking about: A COMMON SENSE. I know there are tech divers dying in the Blue Hole and the other dive sites in Red Sea. And my reply is very stright: the majority of these divers don't have a proper dive training.
"Not sensible" I don't agree. I lived in Israel from 80-82 and did close to 100 dives in the gulf including the Blue Hole. 3 of us went down through the arch and surfaced on the wall outside. It wasn't a problem. We had single tanks with regular air and no real tech equipment.
BarackMeBaby: Well, if you look at the memorials at Bells and read more about statistics (about 200 people died there) I wouldn't say that this dive "is not a problem"...
vonshtoyven: This video is NOT racist for ONE reason. I am RUSISAN and I am a DIVER. The idea for this movie titles, the "Idiosyncrasies of Russian Diving"came from 2 famous Russian movies: "Idiosyncrasies of Russian Hunting" and "Idiosyncrasies of Russian Fishing". Did you watch those movies? I realize it's hard for a non-Russian person to perceive the title correctly.
Idiosyncrasy means, individualizing quality or characteristic of a person or group, and is often used to express eccentricity or peculiarity. Not Idiot.
@bambamfirered I know what u are trying to say but actually idiosyncrasy doesn't mean peculiar or even individual. An idiosyncrasy is an individual's or a race of people's own particular little habits and ways. You probably have friends who have their own special idiosyncrasies. It may be something they do with their hands, or the way they speak or a word they use often or an attitude they have that makes them unique. U know what I mean? That is an idiosyncrasy.
@gsotodotcom I noticed that also. How is that relevant to the story? Im pretty sure the Blue Hole doesnt exclusively target Russians. So how would "idiosyncrasies of the Russian character" explain the death of another nationality? More like the idiosyncrasies of an empty tank or nitrogen narcosis!!!
@gsotodotcom excuse me!!!! Russians ARE NOT idiots!!!! Plus I am Russian! Anyway, there are people who are.....what people say, dare devils, and sometimes they do really stupid things. Russians can be dare devils but they don't have a disregard for their lives!!! This :Russians are idiots is completely biased, and fact is only a couple handful of russian people try and attempt this danger.
Acutally i have a hard time understanding that issue.. it's common sense. Dont bite off more than you can chew!
If idon't feel comfortable because you know what i'm doing exactly and have enough experience i just ask someone who knows for advice, help and guidance.
Only explanation to me is (as this video states) a lack of education about the dangers of going beyond your limits in diving.
Sad thing anyway. It should be enjoyable and fun. I really wouldn't want to die like this.
i was at 58 and it was incredibly bad feeling, i felt if i go 1 more meter i will have blackout or will loose my mind!!! i got 700 dives and im dm but anyway.....dont go under 50!
Four open water dives and then you drop to 60 meters with an AL 80. Oh, that's smart! What do you have at 180 ft with a full AL 80, 3 minutes of air? Even if you dove with a steel 125 at 3500 lbs you only have about 5 minutes of air at that depth, let alone the nitrogen narcosis at that depth. This is truly being ignorant!
wow that is absolutely a real mystery i have dove shipwrecks alone and did stupid things and been ok but 100 divers and yes you could say simple mistakes but sounds like dimensional shifts and other events causing not only DEATHS BUT DISAPPEARANCES DID LOTS OF DANGEROUS DIVING ALONE MORE TO THIS BLUE HOLE than technical danger.
The Lipski dive wasn't illustrative of anything except the old adage about the Sky and the Sea: one is high, the other is deep, and both will reward the slightest inattention or neglect with a gruesome death.
a) solo diving, b) single tank with no backup, c) on air, d) well past 40m PADI limit, e) zero site experience, f) poor visibility.
Take all that and combine it with total inattention to the divecomp, a non-existent/ignored dive plan and overballasting and it'd be safer to drink poison.
EntropicMisanthropic 2 months ago
The real reason people die at the Blue Hole is because it's NOT impossible to do the Arch on air. The 52m entrance to the Arch puts you right in stage 2 narcosis if you're on air, and the entrance is easy to miss. Still, many people have successfully done it on air. One guy did the Arch as a free dive, in fact.
It's right at the cutting edge between suicidal and merely very hazardous, with the difference being whether you're a tech or a rec and how well you can operate while strongly narced.
EntropicMisanthropic 2 months ago
padi in north america teaches about the hazards of deep diving. anyone diving too deep on air after padi certification would do so at their own stupidity and in no way at the fault of their training.
RubiconJohn 3 months ago
Never go through the arch at Blue hole on just air, its deeper than 60 metres so you'll get narced and also the partial pressure of oxygen in air at that depth is poisonous. You need to be properly trained and have additional cylinders of trimix to go down to those kind of depths.
maff77 3 months ago
interesting i guess I wont do that dive
Hallamfoebell 5 months ago
ture Jily24 but there are good scuba stories on the net too. My favorite site is the myscubastory site. They have shark diver attack videos, true scuba diving stories, lost buddy stories, dive accident stories and videos. Type myscubastory into google and its the first one
seasnake321 6 months ago
or you could just get a rebreather
mellowyellow5835 7 months ago
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yes OIJJ30 and you can get good dive stories and videos on the net too. try the myscubastory site. type myscubastory into google and its the first one
marinefish321 9 months ago
i would rather dive the arch after years of preparation with my monofin with a safety team in place
However to do this you need to be able to do a equivalent dive of about 80m depth, and I'm not there yet :=(
freediving the arch is much more rewarding and something you can realy be proud of
sry for hating but just my opinion
BernhardZogg 10 months ago
that is why ALL accidents happens
leonardob80 10 months ago
60 or 16 metres below the water's surface?
BChristie88SV 10 months ago
yea sailer65, but there are also quite good dive stories on the net too . try the myscubastory site. type myscubastory into google - its the first one from what i remember
seasnake321 11 months ago
hmm ill have to try it sometime dont understand how that would work but i bieleve u
DIllonthablazer11 11 months ago
Fred probably dived in there. He breathed the helium they gave him.
TheORLYTV 11 months ago
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shediver43 ..yea u can c more dive stories on google -type myscubastory into google and click on the first one I think
SuperEasytiger 1 year ago
if the goggles come off underwater, even if you put it back on isnt their going to be water in it still....
DIllonthablazer11 1 year ago
@DIllonthablazer11 it's quite easy to clear it, tilt op the goggles at the bottom and blow out air through your nose while you do this, it'l make an airbubble inside your mask and thus it'll be empty ;)
WeRideTonite 1 year ago
@DIllonthablazer11 no, you just need to breath out with your nose.
brueda 11 months ago
I hope there charging an arm and a leg, to put toward the fund to get your dead carcass pulled from that hole.
hairyreddick 1 year ago
Always good to blaze a bowl b4 the hole
RastaOnCasters 1 year ago
Dahab alcohol shop in the eve,80% everyday Russians, alcohol is no good friend macho arrogant fully of fear folks, after being mostly patient and benevolent.
Not nly in scuba but search the freedive circles and u gat same full of fear looking like military brainwashed puppets, all identical by dozens
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dmannesbitt 1 year ago
I live in Dahab, the Russians are not only crazy divers, many are complete arseholes with no regard for the reef or other people. I have no sympathy for people who die in the Blue Hole, either they knew the risks and took them anyway, or they didn't know the risks, which makes them idiots.
steveobie1 1 year ago
I saw a guy on youtube swim under the arch with out scuba gear, just by one breath !! awsome, so you dont need specail gear etc.
1NessQuick1 1 year ago
@1NessQuick1
You need special training.
boarderx113 1 year ago
@1NessQuick1 .....yes you do, he trained for that if they say you do believe them or hey maybe you try it? see if ya comeback
Lone77Wolf 1 year ago
where is the rest of this show. It looks very interesting
dmannesbitt 1 year ago 3
@dmannesbitt The master of the documentary is in Russian and that was broadcasted by the Russian TV. If you are intrested please email me your post address and I will get an Enlis copy of the DVD to you, regards, Elena
overseasmedia 1 year ago 2
@overseasmedia
Hi I'd like an English copy if you can so I can show our dive club. cheers
Dave
dpsherry 1 year ago
@overseasmedia can you send me one?
thanks.
beardeddragonsrock12 5 months ago
if i breath trimix i will get the funny voice?
Thetrooper14 1 year ago
@Thetrooper14 YES! like Donald Duck...it's just like breathing in a helium balloon
edmonddantes64 1 year ago
i can dive to the bottom and through the arch of the blue hole with only two cylinders of vodka!
cay311 1 year ago
One reason so many fatalities are Russian? Simple statistics - there are lots of them diving there. There were many Russian immigrants to Israel in the 90s and Dahab is a very popular holiday place for them and their former compatriots.
custardaghost 1 year ago
@custardaghost Finally! well said. It's not their "idiosyncrasies", it's a simple statistical outcome.
I find so many of these ethnic or racial PERCEIVED differences between humans both annoying but also they highlight the ignorance of the commentator themselves.
I dove with a lot of Russians in Bora Bora and they were good level-headed divers....not like those Japanese!!!! Just kidding!!!!
edmonddantes64 1 year ago
@edmonddantes64 not necisarily the commentator... more likely the script writer
Dalemoooooon 1 year ago
damn pretty gangsta for the freedivers who do that
telluride1 1 year ago
Scuba divers run out of air through the arch? William Trubridge freedived through the arch.
SloppierTAY 1 year ago
@SloppierTAY not everyone is the world record holder for unassisted freediving ... and though Willian Trubridge is a great diver/free diver he travelled through the Blue Hole at a depth of 55m whereas some of the people using scuba gear are attempting depths of 60-100m dives while under-prepared and with lack of training
mikelching 1 year ago
@mikelching We just explained to you that scuba diving and free diving are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT things. What you are trying to tell us now is: "Why the hell they can't climb the Everest if you can just have a small jet to see the top of it".
overseasmedia 1 year ago
Fuck the, Im Russian, and I am no idiot. The guys that die are mostly idiots. Dont generalise people :D Safe diving
yurihammo 1 year ago
@yurihammo I know, I wondered that, too. Why Russians, specifically? Perhaps by some odd coincidence more Russians than other nationalities have died in this particular spot, but I would hardly think it was because they were Russians. That would be like saying that just because no Finns have died in this spot, that must mean Finns are very smart and cautious divers. The conclusion doesn't make any sense.
kayper54 1 year ago
@kayper54 Being of Finnish descent I would have to agree, the Finnish people are smart!!!!
This is a popular dive location for Russians-just more of them, means more accidents that's all. The movie is a load of trash with it's ethnic slur of Russians. It's this kind of crap that makes us view each other differently and therefor lesser. It's disguised racism.
edmonddantes64 1 year ago
Seems like deep divers and high-altitude climbers are cut from the same cloth. They are hyper-aware of the risks, but feel compelled to push the boundaries anyway. Experience doesn't seem to be a guarantee that you'll survive.
kayper54 1 year ago
R u s s i a n. That's the key. The majority of russian males are SO arrogant, and so egotistical, they think they are supermen. It's because they were raised on vodka and brains were damaged early in life. Just look at what happened near Moscow in July of 2010. Temperatures soared to over 100F. Russians got drunk. Went in the cold Volga river and ...guess what! Drowned! 1200 of them in ONE month ! Morgues in Moscow were to capacity and over! Natural selection ala Darwin. Sheesh.
durgaaa 1 year ago
i see... thanks for the information
TheShoppaholic 1 year ago
good info here, i love deep water
julinization 1 year ago
You dont have to use trimix for that dive, the top of the arch is at 170 feet at the deepest, which although is deep into the area of nitrogen narcosis, it is not the limit for narcosis or oxygen toxicity. Ive personally know people who used to dive well beyond 200 feet on air before mixed gas training was available.
FTBoogie 1 year ago
i'm aowd+ean... and in my opinion: it's suicide divig to the bottom of the blue hole with a single, 12/15l tank... even with trimix!
independent of this... helium is not really untoxic... it triggers the high pressure nervous syndrome!
so what toes that tell us? Activate 'maximum-depth-alarm' on your computer!
Netzblockierer 1 year ago
5% of oxygen? How long can one stay alive with just this few oxygen?
HergotH01 1 year ago
@HergotH01 at depth the amount of oxygen does not have to be as high because it is at much higher pressure, in fact, there is a point (around 200 feet) in which normal air (21% oxygen) becomes toxic. Like the video said, many divers will have a "bottom mix" with very low levels of oxygen, but they cannot breathe it at shallow depth because they will die of hypoxia. This is why they breathe on air or nitrox until a certain depth, then switch to bottom mix, then to decompression gas for deco
FTBoogie 1 year ago
@HergotH01 Months, some for example have to work on a project at 170 meters deep. They will have a home there and everything (like a glass upside down under water, but then as accomodation). You must understand that when pressure goes up, to keep a volume of a container (for example your lungs) at the same volume, you have to increase the amount of particles ( pressure x volume = pressure x volume). So if the pressure is 10 times higher, there are 10 times more particles --> enough to support...
Raikara 1 year ago
@HergotH01 (continuation-->) so the same way: oxygen is a particle. So for example, at 170 meters below the surface. Pressure will be 17 times higher than on land, so if you fill you lungs, they will contain 17 times the amount of oxygen. (and of course 17 times the amount of the other gasses that are present in air). So enough oxygen can bind with your hemoglobin to support you metabolism.
Raikara 1 year ago
I bet snorkeling qualifies me. I'm going to dive the arch, too. Bye!
pamraymiles 1 year ago
I went SCUBA diving once. In a swimming pool. It was 12 feet deep. I'm probably an expert. I'm gonna go dive Blue Hole. bye.
WunderDoob 1 year ago
I got an idea DONT FUCKING DIVE THERE !!!!!!!!!
goldlionTWO 1 year ago 2
Wow I get it now
doggies2709097 1 year ago
i don't get it - there is only bacteria there, why dive?
just because its deep? is it some ego based thing?
I await your reply
NLPexperts 1 year ago
wow if a scuba course doesnt even tell the students that its dangerous to dive that deep, id blame the course more than the student. what irresponsible instructors
nerovsdante911 1 year ago
@nerovsdante911 Some students may not heed an ear to the most important details and that is on them and them only
capucine 1 year ago
@capucine yeah if the students are told and dont listen thats the students fault obviously, but if the teachers never even say it then thats a big problem
nerovsdante911 1 year ago
Fuck air tanks, I dived this arch on one breath of air in a free dive.
snakesinmypants 1 year ago
I have over a hundred dives. And nitrox and all the other specialty diving courses. I'm still not comfortable going past 130 ft. Those morons deserve to die if they try diving there with only one tank. Survival of the fittest baby, survival of the fittest.
MrJimbo008 1 year ago
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this is retarded... they are talking about people running out of oxygen, while going through? seriously?
I seen this guy freedrive this arch with one breath. no fins, no wetsuit, no oxygen. One breath. Its on youtube. His name is William. How could these divers run out of oxygen? It doesnt make sense. Fail.
DanJVintage 1 year ago
@DanJVintage Do you understand the difference between "one breath" (free) diving and scuba diving???! I mean from physiological point of view?? If not then it's the right time to get more education about it before you say such nonsense as "a diver running out of oxygen"! In the film they say "AIR" is not NOT an "oxygen" air contains only 21% of O2. You have to learn more in order to understand what we are talking about. best, Elena
overseasmedia 1 year ago 46
@overseasmedia sorry i wasnt exact in my wording, i know that its not oxygen and some run tri-mix etc and what not but the point of my statement was... how can a man with one breath traverse such a distance, holding his breath. With no fins. While some running, air, tri mix w.e... some using tanks, and fins, and being able to breath,, cannot make it? I understand the extremes of both sport but to me that part doesn't make sense.
DanJVintage 1 year ago
@DanJVintage When scuba diving you breathe compressed air - matching the water pressure around you. At 58m you're breathing 4 times as much air as on the surface - which means air runs out quicker. Also, you need to ascend slower to decompress safely, which means you'll take time and need more air. In free diving you don't breathe compressed air so you can just swim back up. And William Trubridge is a mega athlete, not your average Joe. I would run out of air if diving 12m.
interruptor 1 year ago
@overseasmedia you know what he meant and a guy did free dive it
/watch?v=hrXQbucZUDA
spider0804 5 months ago
@spider0804 That man isn't a free diving world champion for nothing.
EPR89 5 months ago
@EPR89 yeap hes badass
spider0804 5 months ago
@DanJVintage You have no idea what you're talking about. It's people like you that die in the hole. Please stay away from the water and shut-up before you harm someone else.
interruptor 1 year ago
@interruptor LOL. your an douchebag. I do know what I am talking about. I was simply putting the comparison between free diving an scuba diving. And how amazing it is, that a man with absolutely no equipment... can preform better than these divers with all their gear and the ability to breath. and yes i do understand the toxicity of air at depth while diving. I simply was making a comparison.
DanJVintage 1 year ago
@DanJVintage I'm not even talking about toxicity. Just replying to your comment about people running out of air. Quoting you: "This is retarded! (...) How could these divers run out of oxygen? It doesnt make sense. Fail." If you don't know what you're talking about, ask or do some research, don't just dismiss it as being false. It's that kind of attitude that this documentary talks about and that gets people killed.
interruptor 1 year ago
@DanJVintage free diving you know you only have one breath when yo dive your regulator could fail and drown.
hyperhunk90 1 year ago
@DanJVintage freediving and scuba diving are completely different things... in a free dive you dive to much more shallow levels compared to a person scuba diving at greater then 40m you are required to have extensive diving training and special equipment to safely dive anything below 40m .... diving through the Blue Hole using only O2 and a 1 tank is sure to be dangerous and you will have a very high chance of death
mikelching 1 year ago
@DanJVintage let me put it in a simpler way. free divers like trubridge do NOT breathe throughout the entire dive and the LONGEST free dive is abt 9 mins. scuba divers in contrast DO breathe underwater with the aid of the scuba tanks and thats how a few divers stayed underwater for 50 hours. scuba diving and free diving have very different concept and purpose
sylcimot 1 year ago
@DanJVintage or maybe you should know at least the very basics of what you are talking about before using words as "retarded" and "fail". You have absolutely no clue of scuba diving and yet you think you can critizise people who are educated on the subject? Somebody should teach you some manners.
Samurailord 1 year ago
@DanJVintage He is a freediver NOT A SCUBA DIVER you NOB JOCKEY!!!!!
looks911 9 months ago
@DanJVintage: You moron........ what do you think....... Apnoe divers can suffer from nitrogen narcosis???? Go figure............
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@DanJVintage
go fuck yourself witha banana
IdaCooki3Monst3r 6 months ago
@DanJVintage At that depth the air in the tank is compressed and if you're inexperienced or out of shape you'll fly through it fast. The people waving their arms around to stabilize themselves were used as examples of novice talent, everything is done with your b/c vest and fins. So, if you're wasting energy, and breathing hard at depth, and don't have a spare tank, it's not lookin good. Also, if you get nitrogen narcosis and just pass the fuck out, I mean...that's self explanatory.
FfejTball 6 months ago
Some divers dive the blue hole unprepared and suffer the ultimate fate DEATH
MrAquafan 1 year ago
its natural selection....if they're stupid enough to go diving in places like that before they finish their training,then they deserve what they get
chemicallust77 1 year ago 7
@chemicallust77 That's what everyone says now: "the law of natural selection". I must admit I can't argue with this statement anymore, I just returned from Dahab and after everything I have done and said about the Blue Hole accidents, etc I learnt that another 3 divers died in Sharm trying to establish their "personal record" (to dive below 100 m on one tank with air) so what can I say..?
overseasmedia 1 year ago
@overseasmedia --Were they Russian?
durgaaa 1 year ago
@chemicallust77 harsh but true
l0dgey 6 months ago
@chemicallust77 -_o ya but some dont even know the risks idiots indead
devilknight69 6 months ago
that big black plate at 34 seconds, was the most famous death in the blue hole
CodeMasterful 1 year ago
wait what the fuck I got to this video from one of someone freediving through it with a mask a speedo and nothing else. was that fake?
mrwallaby 1 year ago
the problem is the fact that in egypt you can do almost what you want, even whitout proper experience/certification: you just have to pay enough
scareface999 1 year ago
Its kind of stupid to blame the organizations and not see the fact that probably these people (200?) should have died even if they had a tec course. They will push the limit any further. Because it comes to the simple thing as commonsense!
FuktigTrasa 2 years ago
FuktigTrasa: True. And pay a close attention that's what I am talking about: A COMMON SENSE. I know there are tech divers dying in the Blue Hole and the other dive sites in Red Sea. And my reply is very stright: the majority of these divers don't have a proper dive training.
overseasmedia 2 years ago
@overseasmedia That's why freediving rules!!!
genieoner 1 year ago
"Russian" is not a race. So this video is not "racist". Russian is a cultural group.
zzboobzz 2 years ago
zzboobzz: Thanks a lot.
overseasmedia 2 years ago
i have dived the blue hole - you just have to make sure that you;re sensible about doing it - if you are on a single tank - know you;re limits
dyingfly 2 years ago
dyingfly: Well that's what I am talking about. If you are diving the Blue Hole on 1 tank that means you are "not sensible" (i.e. lack of knowledge)
overseasmedia 2 years ago
"Not sensible" I don't agree. I lived in Israel from 80-82 and did close to 100 dives in the gulf including the Blue Hole. 3 of us went down through the arch and surfaced on the wall outside. It wasn't a problem. We had single tanks with regular air and no real tech equipment.
BarackMeBaby 2 years ago
BarackMeBaby: Well, if you look at the memorials at Bells and read more about statistics (about 200 people died there) I wouldn't say that this dive "is not a problem"...
overseasmedia 2 years ago
I like how at how he mentions the "idiosyncrasies of the russian character"...in other words: russians are idiots.
gsotodotcom 2 years ago 27
@gsotodotcom
You are an idiot because you do not know what the definition of that word really means lol.
AntonR5 2 years ago 3
haha no kidding
5ballcharlie 2 years ago
naw i'm pretty sure he got the point there. only put in slightly more abrasive terms.
DeanMachine 2 years ago
@gsotodotcom dam this show is RACIST, but in reality my russian friends are dumbasses so i can vouch for the russian stupidness
vonshtoyven 2 years ago
vonshtoyven: This video is NOT racist for ONE reason. I am RUSISAN and I am a DIVER. The idea for this movie titles, the "Idiosyncrasies of Russian Diving"came from 2 famous Russian movies: "Idiosyncrasies of Russian Hunting" and "Idiosyncrasies of Russian Fishing". Did you watch those movies? I realize it's hard for a non-Russian person to perceive the title correctly.
overseasmedia 2 years ago
Idiosyncrasy means, individualizing quality or characteristic of a person or group, and is often used to express eccentricity or peculiarity. Not Idiot.
TheBrazilianMan 2 years ago
gsotodotcom: That's NOT what I meant.
overseasmedia 2 years ago
@gsotodotcom Idiosyncratic doesn't mean 'to be an idiot', it means to be 'peculiar' or 'individual'. Idiot.
bambamfirered 1 year ago
@bambamfirered I know what u are trying to say but actually idiosyncrasy doesn't mean peculiar or even individual. An idiosyncrasy is an individual's or a race of people's own particular little habits and ways. You probably have friends who have their own special idiosyncrasies. It may be something they do with their hands, or the way they speak or a word they use often or an attitude they have that makes them unique. U know what I mean? That is an idiosyncrasy.
HeavySabre70 1 year ago
@gsotodotcom -- in the case of this diving spot, you could draw that conclusion!
durgaaa 1 year ago
@gsotodotcom I noticed that also. How is that relevant to the story? Im pretty sure the Blue Hole doesnt exclusively target Russians. So how would "idiosyncrasies of the Russian character" explain the death of another nationality? More like the idiosyncrasies of an empty tank or nitrogen narcosis!!!
FormulaWarbrain 11 months ago
@gsotodotcom excuse me!!!! Russians ARE NOT idiots!!!! Plus I am Russian! Anyway, there are people who are.....what people say, dare devils, and sometimes they do really stupid things. Russians can be dare devils but they don't have a disregard for their lives!!! This :Russians are idiots is completely biased, and fact is only a couple handful of russian people try and attempt this danger.
smoochiecouchie 9 months ago
@gsotodotcom иди на хуй fat fucking idiot
PanzerBat 7 months ago
so the Blue hole is diving's Mt Everest?
poofballbeanie 2 years ago 5
not really
if done whit the right preparation/equipment it can be done safely
scareface999 2 years ago
Complicated skills like taking off your mask under water and acheiveing neutral bouyancy? You learn that in the swimming pool!
stagesixx 2 years ago
Acutally i have a hard time understanding that issue.. it's common sense. Dont bite off more than you can chew!
If idon't feel comfortable because you know what i'm doing exactly and have enough experience i just ask someone who knows for advice, help and guidance.
Only explanation to me is (as this video states) a lack of education about the dangers of going beyond your limits in diving.
Sad thing anyway. It should be enjoyable and fun. I really wouldn't want to die like this.
Samurailord 2 years ago
Samurailord: you see, the "common sense" is very different for sidderent people...
overseasmedia 2 years ago
thats fucking bull shit. "even though everyone knows."
OBVIOUSLY everyone DOES NOT know
Bdawg71692 2 years ago
Bdawg71692: Obviously those who don't know just don't WANT to know
overseasmedia 2 years ago
never pass -60mt without doubles(or more) and mix
adrianopizarro 2 years ago
i was at 58 and it was incredibly bad feeling, i felt if i go 1 more meter i will have blackout or will loose my mind!!! i got 700 dives and im dm but anyway.....dont go under 50!
VasilicaCascaval 2 years ago
Whew... 58m... really? 700 dives? Wow! Are you certified to go to 58, big time DM? :)
amidyville 2 years ago
amidyville : I am certified to go deeper... Any questions?
overseasmedia 2 years ago
Was talking to VasilicaCascaval, osm.
amidyville 2 years ago
amidyville: Sorry, I was not here to reply all the posts for a long time.
overseasmedia 2 years ago
What are you? GUE Tech 1? Trimix?
amidyville 2 years ago
amidyville: TDI Advanced TMX diver (2005) GUE tech 1 diver Nov (2009) why are you asking?
overseasmedia 2 years ago
:) yeah i am big time dm :)))) ha ha.... 850 dives actually
VasilicaCascaval 2 years ago
i stay there for 2 times and i life
mizido 2 years ago
mizido , well, as you can seethere are others who were not that lucky!
scubazmei 2 years ago
tru
flashhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 2 years ago
You can make this dive without scuba on one breath of air! Here is a case where technology is overkill.
michael2B 2 years ago
WTF? Yes you can if you're a really good free diver.
unclepeter99 2 years ago
ive been there :D
paronfisk 2 years ago
nice vid!
relampago21 2 years ago
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IDCS96982 2 years ago
Four open water dives and then you drop to 60 meters with an AL 80. Oh, that's smart! What do you have at 180 ft with a full AL 80, 3 minutes of air? Even if you dove with a steel 125 at 3500 lbs you only have about 5 minutes of air at that depth, let alone the nitrogen narcosis at that depth. This is truly being ignorant!
Lehmann108 2 years ago 7
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hisdoodnes 2 years ago
thanks for posting wanted to ive there now for a while
ST7sIRISHBASTARD 2 years ago
wow that is absolutely a real mystery i have dove shipwrecks alone and did stupid things and been ok but 100 divers and yes you could say simple mistakes but sounds like dimensional shifts and other events causing not only DEATHS BUT DISAPPEARANCES DID LOTS OF DANGEROUS DIVING ALONE MORE TO THIS BLUE HOLE than technical danger.
TomTIGER69 3 years ago
mrblink01: Thank you very much for your comment!
overseasmedia 3 years ago
THANKS for posting!! :D
xoxo -M
GOneScUBa 3 years ago