Cave Diving Accident

[@DiveSAGA]

Cave diving without proper training and freediving in caves is extremely dangerous. This video was made with the explicit consent of the victim and serves to help deter people from ending up in similar situations. Please be respectful in the comments. 🖤 📸 My GoPro underwater tips: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iafboZV6dpuUlcU 🪖 Diving an abandoned mine in Belgium: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3iblWmdg5dpkLc 👨‍🚀 Trimix dive to 120m/400ft kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3fNmoqkZqqbhZo 🦈 Finding Snooty the Lemon Shark: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3zafKxsl56DkK8 🔱 Diving to a sunken ancient Roman City: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ-ThpdmpdugbtE

[@ChitinaMoose]

I will say wow. wow. I for one appreciate your admitting in the video say we have reached our limits. That is hard to say. I know I have only done that in the last few years admitting my limits, work - play - etc. What a spectacular accomplishment on the free divers part on being aware and pushing it. the only thing I don't understand is the free diver coming back to the light and from above? Also was this cave on Utila? Sorted of sounded like it was.

[@DiveSAGA]

Yes this was on Utila. The thing is, it's impossible to cave dive safely if you don't know how to set limits before the dive (as evidenced by the fact that someone nearly lost their life). I wasn't going to make the video but I think because it was an opportunity to educate people about limits and the value of training, convinced me to tell the story after all.

[@oliverl6501]

Thank you for you’re great content, videos like this and gear reviews are also really welcome! Hope this continues for a long time! Great job

[@DiveSAGA]

Thank you! I hope so too! 👊

[@CONCI3RGE]

Bravo, Nick. Thank you for sharing this and enabling us to learn and experience with you all. I'm grateful it was a positive ending, was biting my nails a bit there. PS. Miss you, take good care ~

[@DiveSAGA]

Thank you! Yes it was a very tense situation but in the end it's all good!

[@josephdracula7487]

👍😎🤿Amazing description of the situation with a great outcome of how he handled it and survived!

[@DiveSAGA]

Yes very lucky guy!

[@kyomi473]

Really enjoyed seeing this on dive talk, came over to give a well deserved like and sub 👍

[@DiveSAGA]

@@kyomi473 oh wow thank you! I really appreciate that. Next episode goes live this Thursday 😊

[@lynniesanders9948]

Great Channel 👍🏼

[@collinwhitefield6322]

Amazing Nick 👏

[@DiveSAGA]

Thanks Collin!

[@elsr.williams9195]

Amazing video, I hope with this video here in Utila , I hope that people become aware of the dangers that this entails, and don't risk more than they are capable of just for a different experience, but rather use reasoning and be consistent with safety limits and their abilities to avoid unnecessary risks.

[@DiveSAGA]

Thank you. Yes I'm a big advocate for gating it off but it's private property.

[@samiihalainen9559]

Now that was a video I needed to watch right away!

[@DiveSAGA]

Yeah I wasn't sure if I was even going to make it but I think it's a story worth sharing

[@lynniesanders9948]

Loved Images ! Really understood what wz going on ✔️

[@padraicmcgraw]

This needs more views. Probably not doing well because of the talking head aspect, but the graphics really help break that up. Good video tbh.

[@DiveSAGA]

Haha yeah there's just no way around my head. But it's a good point to work more on graphics in the future 🙂

[@padraicmcgraw]

@@DiveSAGA oh of course! No shame. Asking for graphics is a lot. I think its great having the guy on!

[@daveb6345]

Wow, that is nuts! Fantastic outcome. I couldn't begin to understand what was going through his mind!

[@DiveSAGA]

Yes I'm very grateful Martin agreed to give us an insight into his thoughts!

[@daveb6345]

@@DiveSAGA oh absolutely. Very lucky to be alive. So glad that he is. Definitely not a part of the sport for me.

[@diversync]

Awesome Story with an amazing ending!

[@DiveSAGA]

Thank you! It definitely was!

[@Craywilliams]

Amazing! Guardian angels teamwork!

[@levinibraim7788]

Echt ziek dit btw echt leuke content weer 🎉

[@DiveSAGA]

Dankuwel 👊

[@PerezAdvent]

wow...glad it was a happy ending...

[@DiveSAGA]

Me too. Honestly, when it was happening it didn't feel like it would end like this

[@rolandsjegorovs86]

Insane story! Thanks for sharing! Did the cave have a main line? I think when you mentioned the percolation you hinted that the cave is not explored. If that's the case, then you would be essentially doing cave exploration and I understand why you would turn around in a silt out. But if there is a line and you know the cave map, why would a silt out mean that you turn around? If you're on the line, you just continue along the line as long as you have not reached our gas and time limits. Eventually it should clear.

[@DiveSAGA]

While I'm sure people have dived there before, there was no map available and no proper lines installed (some loose, old, thin lines here and there but nothing trustworthy). It also got increasingly narrow. This is why we turned the dive.

[@rolandsjegorovs86]

@@DiveSAGA Oh wow, yeah makes sense in that case. Sounds exciting for cave explorers, though.

[@DiveSAGA]

@rolandsjegorovs86 yeah it could be. I am not convinced there is much there, and it's relatively hard to reach but for those who are hardened explorers, maybe! 🙂

[@lynniesanders9948]

Great Channel ! (just my little opinion : u don’t need back ground music - skip it - or turn it way down- just an idea 🤷- loved it tho ❤

[@DiveSAGA]

@@lynniesanders9948 thank you! The music is the hardest thing to mix sometimes because it depends on the device of the viewer how loud it feels.

[@robbchadwick2793]

What a story! I hope Martin bought a lottery ticket when he got on dry land.

[@DiveSAGA]

A lot of luck was spent that day!

[@karlharvey4806]

From all the cave exploring video iv seen since yesterday all i can say it seems it would make more sense too have some form of rescue team on hand and people often dont know their limits

[@DiveSAGA]

Of course, but a cave diving rescue team is very specific and it's difficult to pre-assemble rescue teams for every possible scenario with a population of around 6,000 people where most are highly transient.

[@diversinc]

Fantastic Story!\

[@Yorkshire321]

Plan, talk the plan through,think the plan , stick to the plan.

[@tetsi0815]

Great content. Thank you. The cut at 9:15 was pretty jarring. "The surface support notices something strange" and then you cut to the interview... From the story telling perspective IMHO it would have been nicer to at least have another sentence what the surface support noticed and then cut to the interview. The way it is cut it feels like there is something missing in the video.

[@DiveSAGA]

Thank you! My intention with that cut was to "reveal" that the freediver was alive and then tells the story of how he came to fall in front of the surface support.

[@EmielBlom]

Welcome to the Blue Hole, folks. It's not a strip club in the seedy part of town or a dive bar where dreams go to die-though it might as well be. No, the Blue Hole is a watery grave nestled in the Gulf of Aqaba, a place where over 200 divers have punched their one-way ticket to Davy Jones' locker over the past fifteen years. Yeah, you heard me right: two hundred souls swallowed by the abyss, never to return. You'd think with a body count like that, people would steer clear. But nope, they come in droves, seduced by the siren song of the deep blue sea. They don their gear, strap on their tanks, and dive headfirst into what can only be described as nature's most beautiful death trap. It’s like a macabre game of Russian roulette, but instead of a revolver, you've got a faulty buoyancy control device and an air tank that's more curse than blessing. Take Yuri Lipski, for instance. April 28, 2000. Young, brash, and full of piss and vinegar. He descended into the Blue Hole armed with a video camera to capture his dive, only to end up filming his own demise. He plummeted uncontrollably to 115 meters, a victim of nitrogen narcosis, oxygen toxicity, and plain old bad luck. The footage, retrieved by the brave-and maybe a little crazy-Tarek Omar, is a haunting testament to the price of overconfidence and the mercilessness of the deep. Then there's the locals’ folklore. They talk about a vengeful spirit, a girl forced to drown by her own father. They say she lures divers to their doom, a spectral siren in a watery grave. But Tarek Omar, the Bedouin diver who’s seen more bodies than a coroner, dismisses these tales. For him, it’s simple: the Blue Hole is a killer, not because of some ghost story, but because of human folly. And let’s not forget the aftermath. The families left behind, the friends who never got to say goodbye. The grieving parents and spouses. For what? A shot at glory? A notch on a belt? It’s not just irresponsible; it’s a goddamn tragedy. So here’s my unsolicited advice: if you’re looking for thrills, stick to skydiving or poker. Leave the Blue Hole to the fish and the ghosts, real or imagined. Because down there, it doesn’t matter how good you are or how many dives you’ve logged. One mistake, one moment of overconfidence, and you’re just another name on a memorial plaque, another statistic in the Blue Hole's deadly ledger. Stay safe, stay smart, and for the love of whatever you hold dear, don’t become number 201!

[@Whickedlee]

What are you doing? Writing the things you learned in other videos? Ok….some people make a channel…you make comments the size of video essays..trip

[@Ublomor]

People like Martin pose a huge threat for other people

[@dubsteppro777]

People like martin pose less of a threat to rescue than your average everyday idiot. People like Martin that regularly take risk, and push the limits have better odds then the vast majority. Why? because they're survivors and rescuers. A rescue team will never take more risk to find somebody than what they're willing to expect accept. Similarly, most people that get themselves in these positions, were pushing the amount of risk that they're willing to accept to better build their skill set, or hone in a skill set they already have built. I have worked in rescue as well as push the limits myself. As do most rescue personnel. If you're concerned about the safety of rescue teams, don't join one and also stay on your couch and never leave