@@AnthroGearhead - How many divers died above water - oh the bends... me bad... But Darwin Award Winner in this case. Most accidents could be prevented like this one - he made several mistakes... not testing his bc, not having a diving buddy, and not dropping his weight belt at first sign of problems and going back up. Dumb and Reckless gets you killed lots of the time.
The guy who actually recovered his body was featured on this video, his name is Tariq Omar a technical dive instructor who had offered Yuri the training to complete this dive in safety, Yuri turned him down as he only had a few days left of his vacation ,and the training would have taken longer. Tariq Omar is known locally as the "bone collector" due to the amount of body recoveries he has made at this dive site.
2:43 Almost died at Dean's blue hole in the Bahamas when I was 19. As a teenager, at beaches I had this habbit of swimming out far, then down deep. The deepest I'd ever dove prior to D.B.H. was about 35-40 feet. At DBH, I learned a VERY hard, scary lesson. And that lesson is, once you reach a certain depth, you no longer naturally float upward toward the surface. I dove about 40 -50 feet at DBH, and stopped swimming down so I could turn around and start making my way back up. But instead of that immediate neutral buoyant feeling I would normally get when stopping, I could feel myself falling even deeper and faster. I tried to start swimming back up and could feel that I was STILL sinking!!! I did the worst thing you could do in a moment like that; I began to panic. Swimming harder than I'd ever swam in my life to battle the downward pull, I finally stopped sinking, only to look up and see about 70 feet to the surface. I started to panic even more. Again, swimming and kicking my feet so hard, I gave myself a Charlie horse in both left and right calves. But with my life now in the balance, I just kept kicking and swimming. I started to black out about 20 feet from the surface, and I was so weak, but thankfully, i started to float upward naturally accompanied with my frantic upward swimming. Till this day, idk how I made it that last 20 feet. I had to pinch my own mouth and nose shut with one hand because my throat started trying to suck in air through my mouth without my concent. Just typing this from the memory, my heart is pounding so hard right now. I've had a handful of close calls in my time alive, but that was the closest.
@@siontifictm7366 Wow, thanks guys. When I was proof reading it, I thought I did a shit job of writing it and almost deleted it. Glad it produced some of the feelings I had that day. Take care!
@@TheTechAdmin You probably never got this often but you’ll get it now. I’m glad you’re alive and still here talking to us about it. Most people would close up about stuff like this, and only mention “I nearly died, don’t do it.” Because of trauma Again, glad you are alive and told us this story. Live, because some greater force gave you the chance.
As I understand it, a fourth major issue was that he wasn't adequately trained for this type of dive. He was not qualified for the dive he was taking. Days prior to the dive, he visited several local specialized instructors asking if they would accompany him, but every single one refused. They refused to take him unless he pursued adequate training/certification first, which would take weeks to earn. These instructors, very competent divers, cautioned him not to do the dive because he wasn't trained for it, but Yuri was impatient and went himself anyway against their advice. He also went diving alone, which was another issue, since it's strongly recommended to always dive with a buddy. This is true even for the best divers in the world. Yuri made a series of poor choices and that's what got him killed. We all make poor choices, everyone single one of us, every single day, and most of the time we somehow manage to end up okay. But in this instance, these poor choices cost Yuri his life.
You’re right. Several highly competent diving instructors refused to take him unless he got adequate certification and cautioned him against doing the dive alone.
I’d seen this footage before but didn’t quite understand what was happening; he seemed to sink and pass out _so_ fast that I was confused. Thank you for this thorough yet terrifying explanation. Really put it into perspective for me. Poor Yuri...
When I see things like this I like to understand what happens myself so I try to incorporate that information into the video. I'm always worried I don't make the explanation accessible enough so thanks for sharing your feedback
Love how you didn't do any research on your own after being left confused the first time you watched the video, but instead waited to have the information served on a silver platter... Grade A imbecile
@@PeakedInterest Yeah, it was very easy to understand! The infographics helped a lot. I’m really into snorkeling and shallow free diving, but haven’t done much scuba diving (purely because it’s crazy expensive), so I never really had to think much about the different gas blends they use.
@@PeakedInterest thats not enough. Make sure you find the RIGHT instructor. There's been hundreds of cases of dive instructors who are terrible. You have to watch out for yourself. Do prior research and make a plan and stick to it.
Nitrogen Narcosis is one of the best ways to die - you get happy, drunk, sleepy, pass out and die. Look at the NASA's high altitude chamber videos when they take their face masks off, play games, etc - same thing - lack of oxygen - goodnight.
as a human I watch these regularly to learn not to ever go diving in the first place LMAO. I get stuff like base jumping cuz you get a thrilling view. diving you just get to see barnicles on a fking rock. Like bro that isnt even pretty 95% of the time. i will never understand. Literally everything beutiful like turtles and stuff can be seen while snorkling. Theres nothing to see in the pitch black of a deep dive or an underwater cave
I appreciate you calling Yuri’s decisions as what they were mistakes. I feel like a lot of these stories blame the person but they were just mistakes/misjudgments with deadly consequences.
@@PeakedInterest I wouldn't call him stupid. He certainly had over confidence (major character flaw) and it cost him. Sometimes we make mistakes, but sometimes......we are begging to be taught a lesson and that lesson may be too late.
He was advised TWICE not to go diving there by professional diving instructors because he wasn't experienced and skilled enough. That's different than making some mistakes.
I have seen videos on this accident before. But I have never seen it broken down so that a non-diver like me can understand why it was so dangerous. I knew that going deep was as serious as going to the moon, but had no idea why exactly and why they needed to breath ti-mix. Thank you for explaining that in the video. Congrats on the 100K! you deserve it!
It's a question that I had to learn myself because I didn't know exactly why he died and after spending a week learning about pressure on inert gases in the human body I thought other might also like to know so I included it. Glad it helped you understand better too. Appreciate the kind words
Speaking of going to the moon, did you know moon dust is like tiny shards of glass ? Something related to the lack of an atmosphere like earth has causes erosion of the rocks to become super sharp
i know this was yuri's own fault, but i can't help feeling absolutely heartbroken for him. those panicked sounds on his camera made me wanna cry. safety is important, it should always come first, whether you're diving or going for a drive -- the feeling of missing out on an experience is temporary, your life is precious so take care of yourself first
@@Vitalydisof course he wouldn’t deserve it. But why do we have to pity on a reckless death? He was well aware of the dangers of his reckless decision. Literally it is “we told you so”, divers more instructed than him told him not to do it. There you have it, the loss not only of his own life but a burden on his family and loved ones that will have to deal with the pain of loosing him because of that
@@Ernestina-pasares Thing is, i never said anything on the lines of that you have to feel bad or pity him. I feel bad because it wasn't deserved, and some other may not feel bad and think the same thing. You didn't take my words the way I meant for them to be. hat says what it needs to. My whole comment was on how people were hella disrespectful and have huge mouths.
@@Vitalydis sure dude, I did get your idea tho and I’m sorry if it got confused. I just wanted to explain a little bit about the possible reason for people being senselessly talking about this guys death
I'd seen a few other videos on this tragedy but everyone claimed he got lost and no one ever explained exactly what happened. Excellent job. May Yuri rest in peace.
I'm a scuba diver. During the courses, some of the things repeated the most often was "Never dive alone" and "Always make sure your equipment works as it should before entering the water" Oh, and also, I was taught in detail about nitrogen narcosis and oxygene poisoning even though i'm just a recreational diver. I guess people take safety more seriously now.
I’m also a scuba diver. One of the things that was drilled into me, both in the theory and the actual practical dives, was never to dive beyond what you are physically capable of and what you are trained and certified for. I’ve myself refused to do a dive because I was unhappy with some element of it. In this guy’s case, he was most definitely diving beyond what he was capable of, and physically able to do with the equipment and training he had.
@@eliz_scubavn - he was capable of this dive. 1. if he checked his equipment (note the camera didn't matter as a pound at most) 2. if he had a dive buddy that could easily save him. 3. If he had common sense / training 101 - if you are sinking, drop your weight belt and go up. 4. Recognize nitrogen narcosis and then dumb dumb now drop your weight belt and or everything else and go up. Darwin Awards winner ignoring the laws of physics once again dumb people lose.
I’m going to take this moment to be even more grateful for the air I can comfortably breathe on dry land. Each breath is a gift, the atmosphere providing us the ability to breathe properly is nothing short of a miracle.
Wow I didn”t know that water pressure could keep you from swimming back upward. I always thought water alway moved around mass and would always bring you back up easily because of that. It makes sense I just never thought about that part. Wow, nature sure can be scary.
Me either, it does make a lot of sense. The ocean has always been the most interesting place to me also the scariest. So many unanswered questions and non-discovered parts. Really feel bad for this guy though. Won’t say he’s an idiot cause sometimes our ego & curiosity gets the best of us and we all are human but I really wish he just did the proper procedures and double checked all his equipment. Drowning has to be the most excruciating death to experience. I almost drowned in the Cayman Islands from the rope of the beach wrapping around my neck and the current along with big waves and I can only imagine being under water and dealing with current trying to make my way up.. Scary as shit.
@@PeakedInterest as a former lifeguard, free diving is much less terrifying. if you are smart and don't go past your limits, you will instinctively swim back up before you run out of air. also less risk of getting divers lung (forgot the common name for it i think it's called the fizz or something?) because you don't go deep enough. diving with equipment is too scary to me, especially when going deep. honestly i would much rather dive in shallow water around coral reefs with just goggles, staying around the surface.
@Vc Ar Honestly just repeated exercises, such as swimming as far as you can while holding your breath, or just walking on land while holding your breath. I'm no expert, so I can't say which types of exercise are better, but my answer would be frequent, consistent exercise.
i cant imagine how terrified and anxious he must’ve been, to sink down to the bottom of the ocean with nobody and nothing to help you, just pure helplessness as he takes his last breaths, it’s heartbreaking
UA-cam tellings of this diving tragedy are a dime a dozen, and in terms of actual quality, they are all not created equally. I very much like the channel Dive Talk’s reaction/reviews because they’re knowledgeable, cave certified divers. That said, your presentation here is excellent, very well balanced, well informed, respectful, & even compassionate towards this young man, who had so much potential, only to die way too young… thank you again for this stellar content! I look forward to your next upload every time!
@@PeakedInterest damm, nicest comment I've seen from a creator in a good long while. Have you done a video on the North sea deep sea diver who's tether broke in a storm, and he was left alone, with a dwindling heat and air supply, right on the sea bed.... they made a documovie using some real footage from the rescue, yea he bloody well survived and his mates launched the rulebook right out the window and got him. Even when you *know* the ending you're still on the edge of your seat watching it And y'know it would make a change to have a video where you can actually interview the subject of it, he seems quite responsive to press if he's not working at the time
This guys level of narration and editing went into amplifying and portraying every little information in its max sensibility is just worth its weight in gold, he carrasses and goes into depth with great care and gives every piece of information that anyone would discard as 'trivial' with great care, Definitely predicting this channel to blow up HARD in the investigation and true crime communities in the future
He's surprisingly good at narration, and there's orderly in-depth explanation of technical matters, and the timing of musical background is simply excellent.
Creepiest part is you can hear him kinda struggling to take a breath each time that had to be terrifying it’s so sad that is a horrible way to go but he definitely should’ve been more cautious and taken the advise given
Dude I've watched tons of these videos. You absolutely killed it by describing what's going on in the tanks, your body, and the breakdown of depth changes very very well for quick info on it. Awesome man love the video
Extremely sad and heartbreaking. There was a bunch of bad decisions he made, and the biggest one was, he ignored expert diver advice and went diving by himself, without the proper training, and without a diving buddy. A big no no. Even the most expert divers always have a buddy with them, and they always make sure they get the proper training and instructions for a dive. RIP❤️🙏
I do caving. Tight passageways and deep pits that require gear. Limited light source and you can be screwed if the lights go out. But add water and water pressure to that? Nope. I could feel my heart racing as the story went on as I knew this was going to end horrifically. Particularly appreciated how you put this together and the simplified way you were able to relay the technical information to the audience.
@@Carlos-ui5dx My lesson from that was the simple "If a place is named Birthing Canal don't even go close to entering it, it's supposed to spit you out once for a god damn reason. Unless it's on a woman who wants your D but still, don't try entering it head first aye?"
I really appreciate you taking the time to show and tell us step by step of his dive. If you hadn't given such a thorough explanation I never would have figured out what was going on. This helped me so much. Thank you!
I have been laughed at by several Russian divers for being "Overly Cautious." All of them are dead now, and I'm still here. I guess you could say I survived just to have the last laugh.
It's crazy how ignorant I was to diving! I honstly thought you strapped on that tank only and swam around underwater like the Little Mermaid. I didn't realize about the buoyancy device, had no clue about the mix of gases in the tank (I thought it was just oxygen)! This video was extremely detailed and put a lot into perspective.
Well some info was not really right, like saying that too much breathing can kill you, since none of us on surface and underwater until 30m breathe 100% oxygen, we breathe air, 100% oxygen nobody using underwater only on surfaces used for medical purposes, like asthma patients.
Could you do a "series of mistakes" for hiking, mountain climbing, kayaks etc?? This would be such a fascinating breakdown to otherwise just tragic events and really shine a light on them when usually people just attribute them to bad luck or a single moment of idiocy.
@@PeakedInterest A good one would be the death of David Sharp near the summit of Everest! Caused some controversy, and potentially could have been saved. There's also a fantastic one about a guy who survived in the Peruvian Mountains - the story from the book 'Touching the Void'
Same, I grew up in Florida and have snorkeled ever since I could swim, so I’m not at all afraid of the ocean. But I’ve always been afraid of that moment where a piece of safety equipment doesn’t work while you’re underwater. Add the fact that you’re rapidly sinking and can’t breathe...that’s the stuff of nightmares.
That was the first thing l thought of was "Why didn't he just take off or unlatch his Weight belt?" And you explained it perfectly. The weight of the Water made it IMPOSSIBLE for him to resurface. I made this exact same mistake while Recreational Scuba diving in Hawaii. I was told briefly about the Bountcy vest and to make sure not to over inflating as you could shoot straight up like a Cork out of a Champagne bottle. I should not have smoked a bowl of Marijuana on the way to the Dive Boat. So l only remembered to not touch it and missed all about leveling off at the depth you want. So l sank to the bottom and had to swim up to the top of the reef that was 15 feet below the surface to make it back with the others in our dive. Once at the top of the reef l swam over the top and again sank to the bottom. Thank God we were diving at a reef that was 10 feet high so we were only at a maximum depth 25 or 30 feet. I went thru 30 minutes of Oxygen in 15 minutes from all the activitie of sinking swimming back up just to sink again. Our Guides or the Dive Coach realized something was up and swam over to me and looked at my 0.2 level and gave me the Thumbs up motion which l thought meant "Your doing great" but that's the OK sign not thumbs-up(l really got to stop smoking pot before diving) I realized this as he kept pointing up a raising his fist, which meant "You need to surface Now!" On the boat he told me l was almost out of Oxygen and that l needed to get up to the top asap. I've now been trained better by taking a Class at a Dive shop then Safety exercises in their Pool and finally a Beach Dive with my Own instructor 1 on 1. I learned the hard way that Scuba Diving is to be taken Seriously and to pay attention to what they tell you so you don't DIE...
@Pom If you need to relax, do it naturally without altering your state of mind. You're about to submerge yourself in an environment that you have little control over and can be potentially deadly due to such a small room for error. Common sense should tell you that you want to be most alert and responsive, not relaxed and careless.
smoking before diving is one of the most ridiculous things ive heard, people who do stuff like that are why everyone else (who would never do that) then gets forced to pay higher insurance fees because of things going wrong due to decisions like that. christ on a bike.
Out of all of the channels that have covered Dahab Blue Hole along with Yuri's final moments, this is by far the most well-delivered presentation I have found. Tremendous coverage, my friend! Being a regular watcher of videos like these, I am not sure how I haven't discovered this channel sooner. Regardless, you got another immediate subscription from me, good sir. I am looking forward to seeing what other topics you have covered, especially if they are all going to be of top-tier quality like this video. Really appreciate the time and effort you've put into this, bud -- thank you for sharing with us. All of that being said, I once again offer my sincere condolences to Yuri's family and loved ones. Just as you stated, this tragedy could have (and should have) been easily prevented with just a little bit more respect for standard diving safety procedures.
As my dad once said: " it's ok to make mistakes, that's how we humans evolve and learn, but there are some mistakes where you can only watch in horror, nothing can be done to change it since it's too late, you just have to accept it."
Your description of the 'Narcs' is the best I have ever read. It describes exactly my experience on air at 75m long ago & far away when I only seemed to get "Ugly narcs", constantly afraid of passing out .6 divers died on this job, so they made rules limiting air to 45m for commercial use in South Africa. I've been a commercial diving instructor, supervisor & medic for nearly 50 years,& will show your gas toxicity explanations to my international students. Well done,& thank-you. A minor( in this case)factor which should be considered in deep diving is the loss of wet suit bouyancy as you go deeper.This should be covered in training
Thanks for the kind words. I tried my best to try and explain and visualise each of the mechanics of the incident. It felt like a good opportunity to sneak some education into a video.
Many Many Many years ago, I was a professional diver, something similar happened to me. I could not fill my BC and descended almost out of control. I dropped my weights, any other equipment and did a “Ditch” maneuver, a last option. I pulled my tank and equipment over my head and ditched it. I was about 80’, but as I ascended the air (normal compressed air) expanded in my lungs and I was able to fight the urge to inhale. I let the bubbles naturally escape as I came closer and closer to the surface. I was fine. My company made us practice this and other emergency maneuvers almost every day. I never panicked, not because I am brave but because I had gone over this exact emergency countless times and was acting on reflex. I am very sorry this diver didn’t make it, may he RIP.
What a horrible way to die, man... I never wanted to try diving like that and this kind of videos is certainly not convincing me otherwise... I find the depths underwater like that absolutely terrifying....
I really liked how you explained everything. Most channels just tell the story without explaining any of the technical aspects of diving. So thank you!
this has got to be one of the most in-depth videos about this subject that's actually high quality and interesting, yet it only has 50k views.... how do you not have more? this is awesome content! rest in peace Yuri.
The fact that he dived on nitrox rather than tri-mix compounded his errors. Nitrox is a gas mix that increases the percentage of oxygen. As stated in the video, oxygen becomes toxic when used under pressure, and divers using nitrox will measure the exact percentage in their tank before diving, as it reduces the depth you can safely dive to, even compared to simple compressed air. If he was planning to dive below 30m, and it sounds like he was, nitrox was absolutely not the gas to be used in that scenario.
I think what makes this incident particularly notable is that it happened in 2000, when the internet was booming, and it ended up getting shared and played a lot. A lot of people have seen the video but a technical explanation like this completely transforms it. Your explanation of the various mistakes and their consequences was succinct and better said than any material I have seen before about this incident. But I realize now when watching this, is that this is something that has happened to many people. If it hadn't been filmed I'm not sure how notable the incident really would have been. So, it being filmed can really highlight these dangers to the public in a way that otherwise would be very expensive via PSAs and such.
I’ve heard this story before as well and as I remember he tried to get a guide or instructor to take him through the archway. However because of a schedule issue he could not be trained for the specific dive. As I recall the archway isn’t all that deep so trimix wasn’t necessary for the planned dive but some specific training for the dive site was. And he didn’t have time to take it and he just went ahead with the dive. The closest I’ve ever come to a dive accident was me going deeper than planned and my regulator breathing wet (getting water in with every breath). The sound Yuri’s regulator was making (sort of squawking or choking sound as he breathed in) reminds me of my near accident. I think he was over breathing his regulator and was very scared. Dive within your training limits.
I cannot imagine the grief experienced by people who are close to him. Someone you have absolute trust in and believe in and love just disappears and you discover them dead and their death is something which could have been prevented rather easily. Also, beautiful direction and research as always :)
I really like it up here above the water. There's a whole atmosphere to breathe, not a little yellow tank. I can't run out even if I breathe really fast. I'm staying up here.
I remember, as a young child, when I learned about scuba diving, the thought of it horrified me; I could only think about how terribly dangerous is must be. Thanks for your telling of this tragic story. I'm wondering if you could do a deep dive (sorry, pun not intended) video into the tragic case of Audrey Mestre. There are so many unanswered questions surrounding that incident, including the speculation of foul play. BTW, I'm really happy to see your videos have been a little more frequent of late :-).
You're not the first to like the fact it's more frequent. I've kept a few shorter more complete stories in the locker and recently decided mini documentary was the way to go with it. This was the first of those. Hopefully it should mean more regular shorter releases to go along with bigger more complex videos
SCUBA isn't terribly dangerous if you stay within your limits and follow protocol. In fact, it's less dangerous than running a marathon, driving (I know the driving comparison is cliche but it's true) and bicycling.
Wow way to go with the frequent uploads, amazing to see you upload more frequently without cutting back on the quality of the videos. Splendid as always.
@@PeakedInterest me personally I would watch anything shorter than an hour, but prefer it if it was around 15-25 minutes. Regardless, if it was more than my preferred timeframe I would probably save the video to watch it later if you know what I mean.
That's how I watch as well. Depends largely on the topic and quality of the video. I watched Shaun's video about the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and it was 3 hours long but research was good enough I watched the whole thing.
It probably wasn’t painful. Nitrogen narcosis feels very good, you get incredibly euphoric and disinhibited, it is essentially the same feeling as nitrous oxide or laughing gas. He probably just got incredibly high, disorientated and lost consciousness. That’s a silver lining I suppose
I don't think 0its the same for everyone, laughing gas doesn't affect me at all, when I had gas and air while I was in labour with my son it hardly affected me, hopefully it was different for this guy though
Even though I dive myself, the idea of ending up dying like this is just plain terrifying. Sadly much of what we now know about diving as a whole has been found out because of people’s often horrible deaths. I still plan to learn technical and cave diving.
@@danielgarrett7226 I’ve already made my peace with the fact that every time I dive, even without going into a cave or anything, I’m at risk of something happening to me. Plus this is why training and most of the rules that exist for diving generally and particularly cave/technical diving are there. I’d never put so much as a fin somewhere unless I was totally 200 percent sure I was actually trained and ready for it.
Thank you so much for your informative, yet compassionate explanation of the events that lead to his untimely demise. The fact that it's clear that you were aware that his friends and family would likely see this video at one point or another & you obviously took that into consideration, speaks volumes of your character. My condolences to Yuri's family & friends. I'm so sorry for your loss. At the very least, you can take comfort by knowing that his experience is educating so many others in hopes that this situation does not repeat with anyone else.
I’ve seen this footage for years circulating top 10 videos and such with no explanation besides a diver who couldn’t return to the surface. Thank you for the explanation and the video! I really enjoyed it and I’m going to show my dad, as he’s a diver and him and I love watching these kinds of videos to know what not to do.
Well done. There aren't many good docs about Yuri, so it's good to see someone putting something out there that explains a bit more in depth. As soon as you said trimix the correct way, I subscribed because I realized you actually did some level of research and understood the topic, not just the surface view. One thing I'd like to have seen more of was the footage of when he got to the bottom. One thing I've heard and agree with that doesn't seem to come up much is the fact that the bottom of the hole is a big hill that slopes down toward the open sea that bottoms out a few thousand feet below. I imagine some of the struggling seen in the footage is Yuri grabbing the bottom to stop himself from sliding farther down with all his weight. Once stopped, he appears to make his best attempt to get back up to the surface, but yes, nitrogen narcosis plus panic probably made it so difficult to even focus on the many tasks at hand to even attempt a return.
I didn't include that footage because it's already available on UA-cam and the UA-cam censors are very strict when it comes to videos of death. I spent a long time researching the mechanics of the incident because to me it feels important to understand an incident if I'm going to make a video about it rather than just regurgitating what others say. I saw too many people do that with the hisashi ouchi story, that's just not my way.
@@PeakedInterest Understandable mate. May I suggest some constructive criticism? I've noticed that some of your other videos (film analysis, sketches) get significantly less views than your true crime ones. It could be better to make more than one channel for each of these interests, that way you are more likely to garner an invested audience that fit the demographic of your different types of videos. Other than that your videos definitely show you put the best efforts into your projects, so just keep up whatever content makes you happy. cheers.
Those were the videos I launched the channel with, some people subbed for that content so I don't like to abandon those people, they've been here a long time. But mostly I just make videos about whatever I'm interested or motivated for at any given time. I don't mind if not all the videos land well so long as I enjoy making them
It doesn’t matter how much experience you have, when your doing things such as this and you get careless and make mistakes eventually it will cost you. You can only dodge the bullet so many times, if ever.
Every time I think about doing something out of my comfort zone like this I go and watch these types of videos because it puts the fear back in me and stops me from ending up like them
This is super interesting and not as disturbing/scary as I thought it would be. I used to dive loads as a small child, but always in fairly shallow water. I was always taught to remove my weight belt if my boyancy aid failed, but I never thought you could get so deep that you wouldn't naturally float up. When I went to do my proper training for PADI, all the possible things that could go wrong made me so scared and panicked, I just couldn't dive again. This video it really nice and informative and honestly makes me want to try (recreational) scuba diving again!
@@PeakedInterest true :P but the more I learn about the danger of something, the safer I feel when I don't push those dangers. The bends is still by biggest fear, because I'm way more likely to be in that situation than in super deep waters
As a thalassophobe I didn't enjoy making that bit either but I felt it was necessary to convey the danger fully. It's one thing to tell people it's another to make them experience it
I would never do this, I'm not a risk taker. However, I am a very thorough person. I triple check things at least when its important. I can't imagine how he thought he was prepared for this, is it arrogance?
I've seen A LOT of UA-camrs/and others cover this guy's death, but this was by far the best... Explained Simply and accurately. I was a Technical Diver in the US Navy and often used TriMix and every part of this guy's story made me Cringe x2 . Hope people learn from these unfortune few who venture into extreme conditions w/o the gear or knowledge!
I have several questions, firstly when using "TriMix " as prescribed for long dives/ deep diving I'm guessing... Why don't they allow more than two tanks? If half the time is going to be spent "decompressing " to regain normal oxygen in blood to re enter the surface-level. FYI I've never dived before only Free Diving as a kid but quit as a teenager cuz mum rain out of funds. So I hear diving is rather expensive and don't get me started on the cost of good gear. Yikes!
Thank you for explaining this terrible accident. I didn't fully understand what happened when I watched this video before. I didn't realize that there basically was no way for him to surface once he hit he bottom.
I always feel like it's important to understand why these things happen so I always try to learn and that info and then include it in the video so we can all understand it
@@PeakedInterest You did a great job. Most of the forum posts I've read about it don't seem to grasp that he **couldn't** resurface and blamed it all on narcosis.
The physics of pressure is extremely tricky and took me a while to figure out how to explain it properly. I can understand why other people skip it and go straight to narcosis, it's easier to explain than trying to tell someone once you go deep enough you can't resurface without help
Tragic loss of life, this just goes to show when someone walks into a situation with a "full glass" of knowledge. If he had took a few weeks training on top of his existing experience he could have gone down with another experienced buddy and likely would be here today to tell the tale.
I don’t know why I watch these, I’ll never dive because of my fear of water and drowning. Just hearing about how people have died or nearly died in such an awful way makes my skin crawl.
If it is of any encouragement. I was VERY afraid of open waters, even walking on the shore not knowing what's under my feet...once swiming from a boat I would get first 2 or three meters away. Then started free diving. Then I became an instructor. I would have never thought. TBH it extremely safe you learn with professionals that are prepared and serious about doing basic checks and judgement.
I'm a scuba diver and I learned it and first dove in Japan. A friend of mine although not close heard about my group of friends who dive and he got his dive training and license as well. With only a few months of experience, one weekend, himself and his friend went diving diving and everything went well. On their way to swim back to shore they saw an underwater cave and decided to take a peek. He is not a cave diver and only have an open class license which is the beginner license. But they went into the cave anyway and with little air left in their tank. In the cave they got lost and turned around towards the exit. But they stirred up the sand and silts that made the visibility into zero. At this point they are scared and his diving buddy found a small opening on top which he managed to squeezed out and he surfaced. My friend who is a bigger person did not fit and so he was left behind. They dove on Saturday and his body was recovered on Monday when they are able to get a team of expert cave divers to recover his body. He made a fatal mistake of doing something that he has zero experience with. To this day every time I dive I always remember him and I'm very cautious and I dive with a group of divers that are more experienced than myself.
I'm sorry to hear that story. Unfortunately it seems to be quite a common one, people often forget in caves that the silt content is thick on the floor
i forgot which creator made a video on this situation some half decade or so ago, the thumbnail of this video is exactly the the memory that sticks with you, i havent forgotten about this since, just tragic.
im a diver i am horryfied im scared how people make such mistakes this scares me but in a good way because i would queck my equipment way better and carefully. I still would go diving but im not into going to deep depths because im still not that good but i love diving
Thank you for explaining this so well! I don't know a thing about diving so the way you explained everything so thoroughly really helped me understand a lot better. I love channels like this. Subscribed!
@@PeakedInterest wow really!!?? It seems like such a confusing thing to have to monitor all this stuff all while underwater. I couldn't do it. I'd freak out. I don't like deep water or tight spaces. No no no.
Could you just imagine what it would be like sitting hundreds of feet down on the ocean floor helpless.. knowing you literally can’t get out of the situation your in. Knowing your going to die within the matter of minutes…. Jezz. RIP Yuri
i probably shouldn't have watched this, it almost gave me a panic attack (drowning is one of my biggest fears along with death in general). however, this video was really well made, so you earn my like regardless lmao
You can tell someone about these things but them understanding or listening is something different. I think Yuri did know because he understood what was happening and tried to counter it, he just couldn't
@@PeakedInterest you're right. I guess it was just poor decision making. I also find it astonishing how a certified instructor made such a rookie mistake. dive planning is such a thorough process. I hope other people learn from mistakes like these and I hope Yuri is resting in peace. what a disturbing last moment...
It’s my dream to learn to freedive one day. I want to do it so bad but at the same time I am so terrified to do it! I could never think of going alone.
this is so informative . I don't plan on diving but the explanation regarding oxygen make so much sense . Thanks for the explanation and this may serve as a guide for those who want to dive always check ur equipment make sure not to be over confident . May yuri rest in peace .
You make such high quality videos, I've been hooked since the video you made about the Dutch girls vanishing in Panama. I really appreciated the way you told their story and how you went beyond the surface level analysis you often get with true crime / mystery content creators. I also very much appreciate the respect and lack of over-sensationalism. Every video I watch from you had the same qualities, including this one. So sad and absolutely terrifying. Anyway - thank you for your channel, it's genuinely helped me through a really tough time. Appreciated, man.
Thanks for such kind words. I have the same goal with every video - to explore an interesting topic in an engaging way. These are all real people and real suffering so for me it's important not to sensationalise it because that does an injustice to their situation
Some misinformation in this video. Despite it often being repeated, he was not a dive instructor and definitely not a "tech" diver, for some reason Wikipedia lists him as being one, the fact is, he had little experience as a diver. Even beginning scuba classes teach about nitrogen narcosis. "Upon turning the valve, nothing happened" The guy narrating this is certainly not a scuba diver, bouyancy compensators have a push valve, not a valve you turn. As to "chest pain while breathing", diving buddies of divers who died of ox-tox all report that they are fine one second, then are dead a moment later, with no warning signs, some go into convulsions first. Diving that depth as a novice diver, on nitrox, with a single tank, severely over weighting himself, not checking his equipment. That wasn't an accident, that was seriously competing for the Darwin of the Year award, and he won.
Wow! This video paired with the animation makes it much easier to comprehend what happened to this man. Thank you for taking the time to break it down like this. Terrifying but so informative.
In 1992, my dad was at glovers reef in Belize, near the great blue hole. He wasn’t there, but close to it. My dad, and his friend mattson, liked free diving, so my dad dived off the edge of the shallow reef, into the ocean, which was 900 meters deep. Mattson was at the surface. My dad reached 22 meters, and that’s his personal freediving record, but guess what? His lungs were so compressed that began sinking uncontrollably, but he managed to swim back up to the surface. Mattson later told him: I didn’t think you would make it.
i found this video to be very respectful. sometimes in this genre you don't find that much, unfortunately, with recounts of tragedy followed abruptly by sponsor placements or the such. this was very good, thank you
"everybody laughs at rules and safeties until they remeber those rules were written in blood"
"Ohh your laughing ?! Tons of divers dead every year and your laughing ! Many died under water and you laughing , you laughing !"
@@AnthroGearhead how about another joke Murray
@@thc-ashtro6090 Murray: yeah, instead of calling security, i might as well get up and kick the crap out of you Arthur ! *epic plot twist*
@@AnthroGearhead "i dont want my kids going to school in a jungle, a racial jungle."
-Joe Biden on why he opposes integration of schools
@@AnthroGearhead - How many divers died above water - oh the bends... me bad... But Darwin Award Winner in this case. Most accidents could be prevented like this one - he made several mistakes... not testing his bc, not having a diving buddy, and not dropping his weight belt at first sign of problems and going back up. Dumb and Reckless gets you killed lots of the time.
The guy who actually recovered his body was featured on this video, his name is Tariq Omar a technical dive instructor who had offered Yuri the training to complete this dive in safety, Yuri turned him down as he only had a few days left of his vacation ,and the training would have taken longer.
Tariq Omar is known locally as the "bone collector" due to the amount of body recoveries he has made at this dive site.
Nasty work, but a respectable one.
Dreamjob 🤩🤩🤩
Yeah he was involved in nearly all body recoveries that happened there whilst he was alive and diving there
The real life Death
Poor Tariq. I hope he's doing okay
2:43 Almost died at Dean's blue hole in the Bahamas when I was 19.
As a teenager, at beaches I had this habbit of swimming out far, then down deep. The deepest I'd ever dove prior to D.B.H. was about 35-40 feet.
At DBH, I learned a VERY hard, scary lesson. And that lesson is, once you reach a certain depth, you no longer naturally float upward toward the surface. I dove about 40 -50 feet at DBH, and stopped swimming down so I could turn around and start making my way back up. But instead of that immediate neutral buoyant feeling I would normally get when stopping, I could feel myself falling even deeper and faster. I tried to start swimming back up and could feel that I was STILL sinking!!!
I did the worst thing you could do in a moment like that; I began to panic.
Swimming harder than I'd ever swam in my life to battle the downward pull, I finally stopped sinking, only to look up and see about 70 feet to the surface. I started to panic even more. Again, swimming and kicking my feet so hard, I gave myself a Charlie horse in both left and right calves. But with my life now in the balance, I just kept kicking and swimming.
I started to black out about 20 feet from the surface, and I was so weak, but thankfully, i started to float upward naturally accompanied with my frantic upward swimming.
Till this day, idk how I made it that last 20 feet. I had to pinch my own mouth and nose shut with one hand because my throat started trying to suck in air through my mouth without my concent.
Just typing this from the memory, my heart is pounding so hard right now.
I've had a handful of close calls in my time alive, but that was the closest.
My heart was racing reading this. It's quite literally my worst fear. It terrifies me so much I don't go near the ocean
If no one else has said this to you, I’m glad you made it. I almost drowned as a child, and am glad to be alive.
That’s terrifying just to read
@@siontifictm7366 Wow, thanks guys. When I was proof reading it, I thought I did a shit job of writing it and almost deleted it. Glad it produced some of the feelings I had that day.
Take care!
@@TheTechAdmin You probably never got this often but you’ll get it now.
I’m glad you’re alive and still here talking to us about it. Most people would close up about stuff like this, and only mention “I nearly died, don’t do it.” Because of trauma
Again, glad you are alive and told us this story. Live, because some greater force gave you the chance.
As I understand it, a fourth major issue was that he wasn't adequately trained for this type of dive. He was not qualified for the dive he was taking. Days prior to the dive, he visited several local specialized instructors asking if they would accompany him, but every single one refused. They refused to take him unless he pursued adequate training/certification first, which would take weeks to earn. These instructors, very competent divers, cautioned him not to do the dive because he wasn't trained for it, but Yuri was impatient and went himself anyway against their advice. He also went diving alone, which was another issue, since it's strongly recommended to always dive with a buddy. This is true even for the best divers in the world. Yuri made a series of poor choices and that's what got him killed. We all make poor choices, everyone single one of us, every single day, and most of the time we somehow manage to end up okay. But in this instance, these poor choices cost Yuri his life.
Yuri got exactly what he deserved.
You’re right. Several highly competent diving instructors refused to take him unless he got adequate certification and cautioned him against doing the dive alone.
He said that
wise words indeed
@@XGRIMYONEX he said all of that lol
I can say that I WILL NEVER die in a diving accident , because I WILL NEVER go diving.
Same here!😳👌🏾 I got nauseous just watching this.
@@kccain4011 Me too! Can't understand the fascination with this sport.
Me too. Never. I have asthma so it's not even a consideration. But even if I had awesome lungs I wouldn't.
Hear-Hear!
You’re such a coward lol
I’d seen this footage before but didn’t quite understand what was happening; he seemed to sink and pass out _so_ fast that I was confused. Thank you for this thorough yet terrifying explanation. Really put it into perspective for me. Poor Yuri...
When I see things like this I like to understand what happens myself so I try to incorporate that information into the video. I'm always worried I don't make the explanation accessible enough so thanks for sharing your feedback
Love how you didn't do any research on your own after being left confused the first time you watched the video, but instead waited to have the information served on a silver platter... Grade A imbecile
@@PeakedInterest Yeah, it was very easy to understand! The infographics helped a lot. I’m really into snorkeling and shallow free diving, but haven’t done much scuba diving (purely because it’s crazy expensive), so I never really had to think much about the different gas blends they use.
Just remember if you try it to pay attention to the instructor.
@@PeakedInterest thats not enough. Make sure you find the RIGHT instructor. There's been hundreds of cases of dive instructors who are terrible. You have to watch out for yourself. Do prior research and make a plan and stick to it.
Hallucinations in the open deep water sounds like the worst thing ever. Imagine what you would see or hear.
me: **currently imagining a random shark going like MOOOOoooooo and then disappearing** why cant i think of anything else
probably see people or demons or some shit and freak out
@@alexjones2677 ok thanks for the advice **thonks harder**
Probably see some Sea Bears
@@RB725GamingHD I was thinking huge weird creatures and strange music
what a grisly way to go out.
But at the same time the quote "overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer" comes to mind
Not to be morbid, but that quote also reminds me of, "In time, you will come to know the tragic depth of my failures," which also sounds apt here.
Just trust the science ok
darkest dungeon player shoutouts!
Nitrogen Narcosis is one of the best ways to die - you get happy, drunk, sleepy, pass out and die. Look at the NASA's high altitude chamber videos when they take their face masks off, play games, etc - same thing - lack of oxygen - goodnight.
Here it's wasn't about over confidence...it's more like he can manage it normally -feeling
As a diver, I watch videos like this regularly to learn what NOT to do.
It's part of the reason for making the video. There was something to learn from it
b safe out there
we call divers like you 'smart'.
This taught me not too go in water
as a human I watch these regularly to learn not to ever go diving in the first place LMAO. I get stuff like base jumping cuz you get a thrilling view. diving you just get to see barnicles on a fking rock. Like bro that isnt even pretty 95% of the time. i will never understand. Literally everything beutiful like turtles and stuff can be seen while snorkling. Theres nothing to see in the pitch black of a deep dive or an underwater cave
His pained breathing is so haunting. I hope his soul is in a better place.
I appreciate you calling Yuri’s decisions as what they were mistakes. I feel like a lot of these stories blame the person but they were just mistakes/misjudgments with deadly consequences.
I think people are too quick to say stupid etc. They're mistakes born out of a little over confidence maybe but mistakes none the less
Call it what it is irresponsible and stupid unfortunately cost him his life rip yuri
@@PeakedInterest I wouldn't call him stupid. He certainly had over confidence (major character flaw) and it cost him. Sometimes we make mistakes, but sometimes......we are begging to be taught a lesson and that lesson may be too late.
He was advised TWICE not to go diving there by professional diving instructors because he wasn't experienced and skilled enough. That's different than making some mistakes.
@@clairerideau9015 mistakes born of overconfidence
I have seen videos on this accident before. But I have never seen it broken down so that a non-diver like me can understand why it was so dangerous. I knew that going deep was as serious as going to the moon, but had no idea why exactly and why they needed to breath ti-mix. Thank you for explaining that in the video. Congrats on the 100K! you deserve it!
It's a question that I had to learn myself because I didn't know exactly why he died and after spending a week learning about pressure on inert gases in the human body I thought other might also like to know so I included it. Glad it helped you understand better too.
Appreciate the kind words
Speaking of going to the moon, did you know moon dust is like tiny shards of glass ? Something related to the lack of an atmosphere like earth has causes erosion of the rocks to become super sharp
i know this was yuri's own fault, but i can't help feeling absolutely heartbroken for him. those panicked sounds on his camera made me wanna cry. safety is important, it should always come first, whether you're diving or going for a drive -- the feeling of missing out on an experience is temporary, your life is precious so take care of yourself first
He may have made a bad decision, but he didn't deserve death. Sure it was coming, but didn't deserve it. People don't understand how big death is.
@@Vitalydisof course he wouldn’t deserve it. But why do we have to pity on a reckless death? He was well aware of the dangers of his reckless decision. Literally it is “we told you so”, divers more instructed than him told him not to do it. There you have it, the loss not only of his own life but a burden on his family and loved ones that will have to deal with the pain of loosing him because of that
@@Ernestina-pasares Thing is, i never said anything on the lines of that you have to feel bad or pity him. I feel bad because it wasn't deserved, and some other may not feel bad and think the same thing. You didn't take my words the way I meant for them to be. hat says what it needs to. My whole comment was on how people were hella disrespectful and have huge mouths.
@@Vitalydis sure dude, I did get your idea tho and I’m sorry if it got confused. I just wanted to explain a little bit about the possible reason for people being senselessly talking about this guys death
@@Ernestina-pasares understandable. It did get confusing, but it being explained makes it much better.
I'd seen a few other videos on this tragedy but everyone claimed he got lost and no one ever explained exactly what happened. Excellent job.
May Yuri rest in peace.
Thanks, took a while to understand the physics but I'm glad I did because it really is better to understand how things happen
@@PeakedInterest Yes, exactly. That way we might prevent a possible accident and not just fear the unknown.
@@PeakedInterest you did a very good job explaining everything 👍👍👍
Thank you.
I'm a scuba diver. During the courses, some of the things repeated the most often was "Never dive alone" and "Always make sure your equipment works as it should before entering the water"
Oh, and also, I was taught in detail about nitrogen narcosis and oxygene poisoning even though i'm just a recreational diver. I guess people take safety more seriously now.
I’m also a scuba diver. One of the things that was drilled into me, both in the theory and the actual practical dives, was never to dive beyond what you are physically capable of and what you are trained and certified for. I’ve myself refused to do a dive because I was unhappy with some element of it.
In this guy’s case, he was most definitely diving beyond what he was capable of, and physically able to do with the equipment and training he had.
At least he made sure that camera was working
@@JohnSmith-lg1md - Ya, great video - what it's like going into a black hole...
@@eliz_scubavn - he was capable of this dive. 1. if he checked his equipment (note the camera didn't matter as a pound at most) 2. if he had a dive buddy that could easily save him. 3. If he had common sense / training 101 - if you are sinking, drop your weight belt and go up. 4. Recognize nitrogen narcosis and then dumb dumb now drop your weight belt and or everything else and go up. Darwin Awards winner ignoring the laws of physics once again dumb people lose.
Same, my dive instructor would only let me pass once I knew all of it and he was sure I’d follow the rules
I’m going to take this moment to be even more grateful for the air I can comfortably breathe on dry land. Each breath is a gift, the atmosphere providing us the ability to breathe properly is nothing short of a miracle.
Exactly
Wow I didn”t know that water pressure could keep you from swimming back upward. I always thought water alway moved around mass and would always bring you back up easily because of that. It makes sense I just never thought about that part. Wow, nature sure can be scary.
It's common sense, but it is something most people never think about, including myself
Me either, it does make a lot of sense. The ocean has always been the most interesting place to me also the scariest. So many unanswered questions and non-discovered parts. Really feel bad for this guy though. Won’t say he’s an idiot cause sometimes our ego & curiosity gets the best of us and we all are human but I really wish he just did the proper procedures and double checked all his equipment. Drowning has to be the most excruciating death to experience. I almost drowned in the Cayman Islands from the rope of the beach wrapping around my neck and the current along with big waves and I can only imagine being under water and dealing with current trying to make my way up.. Scary as shit.
At a certain depth water can become solid like concrete and you can't move through it at all
Right I thought the same! Omg so scary
Youre a woman, there's no need to be redundant by explaining why you were wrong
As soon as you described what a “bounce dive” was, this divers behavior leading to his demise seems to fit that description perfectly.
I used to free dive (breath-hold dive) a few years ago, and I'm definitely not afraid of water, but this video was terrifying, even for me.
I honestly don't know which type of diving scares me more
Not everyone is scared of water, but anyone would fear a fate like that of Yuri’s
@@PeakedInterest as a former lifeguard, free diving is much less terrifying. if you are smart and don't go past your limits, you will instinctively swim back up before you run out of air. also less risk of getting divers lung (forgot the common name for it i think it's called the fizz or something?) because you don't go deep enough. diving with equipment is too scary to me, especially when going deep. honestly i would much rather dive in shallow water around coral reefs with just goggles, staying around the surface.
@saint nicole for me personally I don't like to go anywhere near the ocean. I have thalassophobia
@Vc Ar Honestly just repeated exercises, such as swimming as far as you can while holding your breath, or just walking on land while holding your breath. I'm no expert, so I can't say which types of exercise are better, but my answer would be frequent, consistent exercise.
i cant imagine how terrified and anxious he must’ve been, to sink down to the bottom of the ocean with nobody and nothing to help you, just pure helplessness as he takes his last breaths, it’s heartbreaking
UA-cam tellings of this diving tragedy are a dime a dozen, and in terms of actual quality, they are all not created equally. I very much like the channel Dive Talk’s reaction/reviews because they’re knowledgeable, cave certified divers. That said, your presentation here is excellent, very well balanced, well informed, respectful, & even compassionate towards this young man, who had so much potential, only to die way too young… thank you again for this stellar content! I look forward to your next upload every time!
That's extremely complimentary thank you. I always try to keep in mind that these topics are real people and deserve to remembered as such.
Agreed. I think Dive Talk did a great job covering this too.
@@PeakedInterest damm, nicest comment I've seen from a creator in a good long while.
Have you done a video on the North sea deep sea diver who's tether broke in a storm, and he was left alone, with a dwindling heat and air supply, right on the sea bed.... they made a documovie using some real footage from the rescue, yea he bloody well survived and his mates launched the rulebook right out the window and got him. Even when you *know* the ending you're still on the edge of your seat watching it
And y'know it would make a change to have a video where you can actually interview the subject of it, he seems quite responsive to press if he's not working at the time
@Dolphin Hates Hats don't suppose you know his name?
@@PeakedInterest his name was Chris Lemons, and the docufilm was called The Last Breath :)
This guys level of narration and editing went into amplifying and portraying every little information in its max sensibility is just worth its weight in gold, he carrasses and goes into depth with great care and gives every piece of information that anyone would discard as 'trivial' with great care,
Definitely predicting this channel to blow up HARD in the investigation and true crime communities in the future
That's possibly the nicest compliment I've ever received on this channel. Thanks so much, I really appreciate it.
He's surprisingly good at narration, and there's orderly in-depth explanation of technical matters, and the timing of musical background is simply excellent.
The narration was boring
@@pookie247 Who asked my guy
Nobody cares about your negative opinions
Yes couldn't agree more, his narrative is really well paced.
Creepiest part is you can hear him kinda struggling to take a breath each time that had to be terrifying it’s so sad that is a horrible way to go but he definitely should’ve been more cautious and taken the advise given
Dude I've watched tons of these videos. You absolutely killed it by describing what's going on in the tanks, your body, and the breakdown of depth changes very very well for quick info on it. Awesome man love the video
Thanks if try to make the information accessible for everyone. Sometimes the technical stuff can leave people puzzled
Extremely sad and heartbreaking. There was a bunch of bad decisions he made, and the biggest one was, he ignored expert diver advice and went diving by himself, without the proper training, and without a diving buddy. A big no no. Even the most expert divers always have a buddy with them, and they always make sure they get the proper training and instructions for a dive. RIP❤️🙏
I do caving. Tight passageways and deep pits that require gear. Limited light source and you can be screwed if the lights go out. But add water and water pressure to that? Nope. I could feel my heart racing as the story went on as I knew this was going to end horrifically.
Particularly appreciated how you put this together and the simplified way you were able to relay the technical information to the audience.
Thanks. There was a lot of technical information that needed relaying and I've been pleased how many people have said that I made that info accessible
Cave exploring is scary enough for me no need to add water, good thing we have UA-cam to learn from mistakes of others, like Nutty Putty cave
@@Carlos-ui5dx My lesson from that was the simple "If a place is named Birthing Canal don't even go close to entering it, it's supposed to spit you out once for a god damn reason. Unless it's on a woman who wants your D but still, don't try entering it head first aye?"
How many lights/batteries do you take with you normally?
I really appreciate you taking the time to show and tell us step by step of his dive. If you hadn't given such a thorough explanation I never would have figured out what was going on. This helped me so much. Thank you!
You're welcome. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment
I have been laughed at by several Russian divers for being "Overly Cautious." All of them are dead now, and I'm still here. I guess you could say I survived just to have the last laugh.
I never understood why people with a healthy sense of self preservation were laughed at.
@@dylancross1039 Me neither.
@@dylancross1039 because it is bieng a pussy and un mannlyness
You are a liar
He who laughs last, laughs loudest
It's crazy how ignorant I was to diving! I honstly thought you strapped on that tank only and swam around underwater like the Little Mermaid. I didn't realize about the buoyancy device, had no clue about the mix of gases in the tank (I thought it was just oxygen)! This video was extremely detailed and put a lot into perspective.
Then I did my job properly. 😊
Well some info was not really right, like saying that too much breathing can kill you, since none of us on surface and underwater until 30m breathe 100% oxygen, we breathe air, 100% oxygen nobody using underwater only on surfaces used for medical purposes, like asthma patients.
@@Krahamus Wait till this 5 yrs old learn there's CO2 and N2 in surface's air as well.
Could you do a "series of mistakes" for hiking, mountain climbing, kayaks etc?? This would be such a fascinating breakdown to otherwise just tragic events and really shine a light on them when usually people just attribute them to bad luck or a single moment of idiocy.
That is something I have thought about but it's about finding the right story to tell.
@@PeakedInterest A good one would be the death of David Sharp near the summit of Everest! Caused some controversy, and potentially could have been saved.
There's also a fantastic one about a guy who survived in the Peruvian Mountains - the story from the book 'Touching the Void'
This is honestly terrifying, and i don't suffer from Thalassophobia. Feel sorry for that guy.
Same, I grew up in Florida and have snorkeled ever since I could swim, so I’m not at all afraid of the ocean. But I’ve always been afraid of that moment where a piece of safety equipment doesn’t work while you’re underwater. Add the fact that you’re rapidly sinking and can’t breathe...that’s the stuff of nightmares.
@@CharlieApples I grew up in Florida and I have thalassophobia 😭
That was the first thing l thought of was "Why didn't he just take off or unlatch his Weight belt?" And you explained it perfectly. The weight of the Water made it IMPOSSIBLE for him to resurface. I made this exact same mistake while Recreational Scuba diving in Hawaii. I was told briefly about the Bountcy vest and to make sure not to over inflating as you could shoot straight up like a Cork out of a Champagne bottle.
I should not have smoked a bowl of Marijuana on the way to the Dive Boat. So l only remembered to not touch it and missed all about leveling off at the depth you want.
So l sank to the bottom and had to swim up to the top of the reef that was 15 feet below the surface to make it back with the others in our dive. Once at the top of the reef l swam over the top and again sank to the bottom. Thank God we were diving at a reef that was 10 feet high so we were only at a maximum depth 25 or 30 feet. I went thru 30 minutes of Oxygen in 15 minutes from all the activitie of sinking swimming back up just to sink again.
Our Guides or the Dive Coach realized something was up and swam over to me and looked at my 0.2 level and gave me the Thumbs up motion which l thought meant "Your doing great" but that's the OK sign not thumbs-up(l really got to stop smoking pot before diving)
I realized this as he kept pointing up a raising his fist, which meant "You need to surface Now!"
On the boat he told me l was almost out of Oxygen and that l needed to get up to the top asap.
I've now been trained better by taking a Class at a Dive shop then Safety exercises in their Pool and finally a Beach Dive with my Own instructor 1 on 1.
I learned the hard way that Scuba Diving is to be taken Seriously and to pay attention to what they tell you so you don't DIE...
Why did you think it was smart to take mind altering drugs before going into an hostile enviorment where you cant breath
@Pom but that's stupid as fuck. You don't take drugs right before you're going to go into water
@Pom nerves are a survival response, they are there for a reason and necessary in certain activities. You don’t want to “calm them”
@Pom If you need to relax, do it naturally without altering your state of mind. You're about to submerge yourself in an environment that you have little control over and can be potentially deadly due to such a small room for error. Common sense should tell you that you want to be most alert and responsive, not relaxed and careless.
smoking before diving is one of the most ridiculous things ive heard, people who do stuff like that are why everyone else (who would never do that) then gets forced to pay higher insurance fees because of things going wrong due to decisions like that. christ on a bike.
Out of all of the channels that have covered Dahab Blue Hole along with Yuri's final moments, this is by far the most well-delivered presentation I have found. Tremendous coverage, my friend! Being a regular watcher of videos like these, I am not sure how I haven't discovered this channel sooner. Regardless, you got another immediate subscription from me, good sir. I am looking forward to seeing what other topics you have covered, especially if they are all going to be of top-tier quality like this video. Really appreciate the time and effort you've put into this, bud -- thank you for sharing with us. All of that being said, I once again offer my sincere condolences to Yuri's family and loved ones. Just as you stated, this tragedy could have (and should have) been easily prevented with just a little bit more respect for standard diving safety procedures.
Thank you. I try to put the same level of effort and thought into every video so hopefully you'll find others just as interesting. Welcome.aboard
As my dad once said: " it's ok to make mistakes, that's how we humans evolve and learn, but there are some mistakes where you can only watch in horror, nothing can be done to change it since it's too late, you just have to accept it."
Your description of the 'Narcs' is the best I have ever read. It describes exactly my experience on air at 75m long ago & far away when I only seemed to get "Ugly narcs", constantly afraid of passing out
.6 divers died on this job, so they made rules limiting air to 45m for commercial use in South Africa.
I've been a commercial diving instructor, supervisor & medic for nearly 50 years,& will show your gas toxicity explanations to my international students. Well done,& thank-you.
A minor( in this case)factor which should be considered in deep diving is the loss of wet suit bouyancy as you go deeper.This should be covered in training
Thanks for the kind words. I tried my best to try and explain and visualise each of the mechanics of the incident. It felt like a good opportunity to sneak some education into a video.
Many Many Many years ago, I was a professional diver, something similar happened to me. I could not fill my BC and descended almost out of control. I dropped my weights, any other equipment and did a “Ditch” maneuver, a last option. I pulled my tank and equipment over my head and ditched it. I was about 80’, but as I ascended the air (normal compressed air) expanded in my lungs and I was able to fight the urge to inhale. I let the bubbles naturally escape as I came closer and closer to the surface. I was fine. My company made us practice this and other emergency maneuvers almost every day. I never panicked, not because I am brave but because I had gone over this exact emergency countless times and was acting on reflex. I am very sorry this diver didn’t make it, may he RIP.
Damn that is incredibly badass
This channel honestly deserves so many more subscribers and so many more views. Such high quality content with great insight
Thank you. That's very kind
As other commenters have said, thank you for explaining this perfectly. We've all seen the footage, and I for one am glad I now understand.
I'm happy I could help people understand this better. I much prefer to make videos about topics in which we can learn something
What a horrible way to die, man...
I never wanted to try diving like that and this kind of videos is certainly not convincing me otherwise...
I find the depths underwater like that absolutely terrifying....
I really liked how you explained everything. Most channels just tell the story without explaining any of the technical aspects of diving. So thank you!
When reading the story it was something that I needed to know and I figured if I needed to know so would other people.
this has got to be one of the most in-depth videos about this subject that's actually high quality and interesting, yet it only has 50k views.... how do you not have more? this is awesome content!
rest in peace Yuri.
The fact that he dived on nitrox rather than tri-mix compounded his errors. Nitrox is a gas mix that increases the percentage of oxygen. As stated in the video, oxygen becomes toxic when used under pressure, and divers using nitrox will measure the exact percentage in their tank before diving, as it reduces the depth you can safely dive to, even compared to simple compressed air. If he was planning to dive below 30m, and it sounds like he was, nitrox was absolutely not the gas to be used in that scenario.
I think what makes this incident particularly notable is that it happened in 2000, when the internet was booming, and it ended up getting shared and played a lot. A lot of people have seen the video but a technical explanation like this completely transforms it. Your explanation of the various mistakes and their consequences was succinct and better said than any material I have seen before about this incident.
But I realize now when watching this, is that this is something that has happened to many people. If it hadn't been filmed I'm not sure how notable the incident really would have been. So, it being filmed can really highlight these dangers to the public in a way that otherwise would be very expensive via PSAs and such.
I’ve heard this story before as well and as I remember he tried to get a guide or instructor to take him through the archway. However because of a schedule issue he could not be trained for the specific dive. As I recall the archway isn’t all that deep so trimix wasn’t necessary for the planned dive but some specific training for the dive site was. And he didn’t have time to take it and he just went ahead with the dive.
The closest I’ve ever come to a dive accident was me going deeper than planned and my regulator breathing wet (getting water in with every breath). The sound Yuri’s regulator was making (sort of squawking or choking sound as he breathed in) reminds me of my near accident. I think he was over breathing his regulator and was very scared. Dive within your training limits.
I cannot imagine the grief experienced by people who are close to him. Someone you have absolute trust in and believe in and love just disappears and you discover them dead and their death is something which could have been prevented rather easily. Also, beautiful direction and research as always :)
I really like it up here above the water. There's a whole atmosphere to breathe, not a little yellow tank. I can't run out even if I breathe really fast. I'm staying up here.
I got major second hand anxiety watching Yuri's dive. What a terrifying way to go. This was very informative and well produced by the way.
You're a great story teller.
May Yuri rest in peace.
So you dont stand with Ukraine?? Yuri was from Rushha!!
@@whiteyfisk9769 Bro you're driven with emotions, use your brain please.
@@whiteyfisk9769 Fool. The people of russia are not to blame. Putin is
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@@whiteyfisk9769mate please no need for this either pay your respects or say nothing
Rest in peace Yuri Lipski, 23 years ago today is when he died, please be careful diving😢
This was the most informative of all the videos I've seen on this tragedy. The simple visual aids really help to understand.
Thank you I try to use all the tools at my disposal
I have watched all the breakdowns of Yuri's dive. This one is the best for anyone without diving experience. Great upload.
@Ken Turberrt Please link your clip here :). Would love to see your breakdown. I love these types of videos.
I remember, as a young child, when I learned about scuba diving, the thought of it horrified me; I could only think about how terribly dangerous is must be. Thanks for your telling of this tragic story. I'm wondering if you could do a deep dive (sorry, pun not intended) video into the tragic case of Audrey Mestre. There are so many unanswered questions surrounding that incident, including the speculation of foul play. BTW, I'm really happy to see your videos have been a little more frequent of late :-).
You're not the first to like the fact it's more frequent. I've kept a few shorter more complete stories in the locker and recently decided mini documentary was the way to go with it. This was the first of those. Hopefully it should mean more regular shorter releases to go along with bigger more complex videos
SCUBA isn't terribly dangerous if you stay within your limits and follow protocol. In fact, it's less dangerous than running a marathon, driving (I know the driving comparison is cliche but it's true) and bicycling.
@@toasternfriends3329 Thanks for your input! 🙂
Wow way to go with the frequent uploads, amazing to see you upload more frequently without cutting back on the quality of the videos. Splendid as always.
This was one of the stories which were shorter than the usual 20-30 minute videos which I made as a test to see how shorter videos would be received
@@PeakedInterest me personally I would watch anything shorter than an hour, but prefer it if it was around 15-25 minutes. Regardless, if it was more than my preferred timeframe I would probably save the video to watch it later if you know what I mean.
That's how I watch as well. Depends largely on the topic and quality of the video. I watched Shaun's video about the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and it was 3 hours long but research was good enough I watched the whole thing.
Imagine dying a horrific death, leaving footage of said death behind and someone making a video of your death with the Capcom intro music.
It probably wasn’t painful. Nitrogen narcosis feels very good, you get incredibly euphoric and disinhibited, it is essentially the same feeling as nitrous oxide or laughing gas. He probably just got incredibly high, disorientated and lost consciousness. That’s a silver lining I suppose
Except that he was also having oxygen toxicity due to Nitrox and likely below the depth for that (Nitrox REDUCES your max depth compared to air)
I don't think 0its the same for everyone, laughing gas doesn't affect me at all, when I had gas and air while I was in labour with my son it hardly affected me, hopefully it was different for this guy though
Tragic story. Thank you for sharing your curiosity with the rest of us. I appreciate you looking beyond what "the story" is and explaining the cause.
Thats a good way to put it, sharing my curiosity. It's why there is an explanation of what happened, I needed to know and once I knew I included it.
Even though I dive myself, the idea of ending up dying like this is just plain terrifying. Sadly much of what we now know about diving as a whole has been found out because of people’s often horrible deaths.
I still plan to learn technical and cave diving.
Don't go where you don't belong. People will miss you.
@@danielgarrett7226 I’ve already made my peace with the fact that every time I dive, even without going into a cave or anything, I’m at risk of something happening to me.
Plus this is why training and most of the rules that exist for diving generally and particularly cave/technical diving are there. I’d never put so much as a fin somewhere unless I was totally 200 percent sure I was actually trained and ready for it.
@@danielgarrett7226 i wont miss this r.etard
I appreciate you sharing this story, by making my thalasaphonia worse (damn i can’t spell) it encourages me even more to avoid oceans at all costs.
I'm a thalassophobe as well so I totally get it.
Thank you so much for your informative, yet compassionate explanation of the events that lead to his untimely demise. The fact that it's clear that you were aware that his friends and family would likely see this video at one point or another & you obviously took that into consideration, speaks volumes of your character. My condolences to Yuri's family & friends. I'm so sorry for your loss. At the very least, you can take comfort by knowing that his experience is educating so many others in hopes that this situation does not repeat with anyone else.
I’ve seen this footage for years circulating top 10 videos and such with no explanation besides a diver who couldn’t return to the surface.
Thank you for the explanation and the video! I really enjoyed it and I’m going to show my dad, as he’s a diver and him and I love watching these kinds of videos to know what not to do.
Thanks for the kind words. I always feel like it's not enough to tell the story, understanding it should be the goal.
Well done. There aren't many good docs about Yuri, so it's good to see someone putting something out there that explains a bit more in depth. As soon as you said trimix the correct way, I subscribed because I realized you actually did some level of research and understood the topic, not just the surface view. One thing I'd like to have seen more of was the footage of when he got to the bottom. One thing I've heard and agree with that doesn't seem to come up much is the fact that the bottom of the hole is a big hill that slopes down toward the open sea that bottoms out a few thousand feet below. I imagine some of the struggling seen in the footage is Yuri grabbing the bottom to stop himself from sliding farther down with all his weight. Once stopped, he appears to make his best attempt to get back up to the surface, but yes, nitrogen narcosis plus panic probably made it so difficult to even focus on the many tasks at hand to even attempt a return.
I didn't include that footage because it's already available on UA-cam and the UA-cam censors are very strict when it comes to videos of death.
I spent a long time researching the mechanics of the incident because to me it feels important to understand an incident if I'm going to make a video about it rather than just regurgitating what others say. I saw too many people do that with the hisashi ouchi story, that's just not my way.
@@PeakedInterest completely understandable! Glad to hear that. I'll definitely be checking out more of your videos. Keep up the great work!
Peaked interest you are literally THE BEST mystery youtuber, your production value is even better than buzzfeed unsolved PLEASE keep it up!
Thanks. I'll do my best though I'm not exclusively a mystery Tuber that's just what I've focused on recently but there will always be more
@@PeakedInterest Understandable mate. May I suggest some constructive criticism? I've noticed that some of your other videos (film analysis, sketches) get significantly less views than your true crime ones. It could be better to make more than one channel for each of these interests, that way you are more likely to garner an invested audience that fit the demographic of your different types of videos. Other than that your videos definitely show you put the best efforts into your projects, so just keep up whatever content makes you happy. cheers.
Those were the videos I launched the channel with, some people subbed for that content so I don't like to abandon those people, they've been here a long time.
But mostly I just make videos about whatever I'm interested or motivated for at any given time. I don't mind if not all the videos land well so long as I enjoy making them
@@PeakedInterest Yeah thats fair, still good content tho :)
It doesn’t matter how much experience you have, when your doing things such as this and you get careless and make mistakes eventually it will cost you. You can only dodge the bullet so many times, if ever.
Every time I think about doing something out of my comfort zone like this I go and watch these types of videos because it puts the fear back in me and stops me from ending up like them
This is super interesting and not as disturbing/scary as I thought it would be.
I used to dive loads as a small child, but always in fairly shallow water. I was always taught to remove my weight belt if my boyancy aid failed, but I never thought you could get so deep that you wouldn't naturally float up. When I went to do my proper training for PADI, all the possible things that could go wrong made me so scared and panicked, I just couldn't dive again. This video it really nice and informative and honestly makes me want to try (recreational) scuba diving again!
This video made you want to try it? You are crazy 😂
@@PeakedInterest true :P but the more I learn about the danger of something, the safer I feel when I don't push those dangers. The bends is still by biggest fear, because I'm way more likely to be in that situation than in super deep waters
That's true and part of the reason for telling stories like this one.
At last , another phobia video. Thanks so much man. Keep up the good work. Wish you reach 150K asap.
You're welcome. Hope you find it interesting
The fucking animation representing all the stages until dying was fucking terrifying thanks a lot
As a thalassophobe I didn't enjoy making that bit either but I felt it was necessary to convey the danger fully. It's one thing to tell people it's another to make them experience it
@@PeakedInterest it was really well made the moving thing at the end gave me the creeps lmao
That was the hallucination part of the symptoms
What a tragic way to go. This is the first time I've seen your channel and I'm definitely subscribing. Excellent work and great video. 👍🏾
Thank you. Nice to see a new face, hope you'll check out the other videos too
I would never do this, I'm not a risk taker. However, I am a very thorough person. I triple check things at least when its important. I can't imagine how he thought he was prepared for this, is it arrogance?
Probably.
More so complacency. Nobody thinks it's going to happen to them, bad stuff only happens to Other People
so sad. thankyou for the real footage. it really makes a difference in our experience and understanding.
You're welcome. Thanks for taking the time to watch the video and leave a comment. It's much appreciated
I've seen A LOT of UA-camrs/and others cover this guy's death, but this was by far the best... Explained Simply and accurately. I was a Technical Diver in the US Navy and often used TriMix and every part of this guy's story made me Cringe x2 . Hope people learn from these unfortune few who venture into extreme conditions w/o the gear or knowledge!
I have several questions, firstly when using "TriMix " as prescribed for long dives/ deep diving I'm guessing... Why don't they allow more than two tanks? If half the time is going to be spent "decompressing " to regain normal oxygen in blood to re enter the surface-level. FYI I've never dived before only Free Diving as a kid but quit as a teenager cuz mum rain out of funds. So I hear diving is rather expensive and don't get me started on the cost of good gear. Yikes!
I listen to my body when it tells me to stop.
I may be the most boring person on the world but also the most alive one.
Thank you for explaining this terrible accident. I didn't fully understand what happened when I watched this video before. I didn't realize that there basically was no way for him to surface once he hit he bottom.
I always feel like it's important to understand why these things happen so I always try to learn and that info and then include it in the video so we can all understand it
@@PeakedInterest You did a great job. Most of the forum posts I've read about it don't seem to grasp that he **couldn't** resurface and blamed it all on narcosis.
The physics of pressure is extremely tricky and took me a while to figure out how to explain it properly. I can understand why other people skip it and go straight to narcosis, it's easier to explain than trying to tell someone once you go deep enough you can't resurface without help
@@PeakedInterest Exactly. He had no backup systems and was just unprepared for an emergency like this.
Tragic loss of life, this just goes to show when someone walks into a situation with a "full glass" of knowledge. If he had took a few weeks training on top of his existing experience he could have gone down with another experienced buddy and likely would be here today to tell the tale.
I don’t know why I watch these, I’ll never dive because of my fear of water and drowning. Just hearing about how people have died or nearly died in such an awful way makes my skin crawl.
If it is of any encouragement. I was VERY afraid of open waters, even walking on the shore not knowing what's under my feet...once swiming from a boat I would get first 2 or three meters away. Then started free diving. Then I became an instructor. I would have never thought. TBH it extremely safe you learn with professionals that are prepared and serious about doing basic checks and judgement.
That was horrifying. The thought of drowning and dying slowly scares me so much, I panicked just from watching this.
Terrifying story, lessons to be learn. Amazing work, love your videos!
Thanks very much
I'm a scuba diver and I learned it and first dove in Japan. A friend of mine although not close heard about my group of friends who dive and he got his dive training and license as well.
With only a few months of experience, one weekend, himself and his friend went diving diving and everything went well. On their way to swim back to shore they saw an underwater cave and decided to take a peek.
He is not a cave diver and only have an open class license which is the beginner license. But they went into the cave anyway and with little air left in their tank. In the cave they got lost and turned around towards the exit. But they stirred up the sand and silts that made the visibility into zero.
At this point they are scared and his diving buddy found a small opening on top which he managed to squeezed out and he surfaced. My friend who is a bigger person did not fit and so he was left behind.
They dove on Saturday and his body was recovered on Monday when they are able to get a team of expert cave divers to recover his body.
He made a fatal mistake of doing something that he has zero experience with.
To this day every time I dive I always remember him and I'm very cautious and I dive with a group of divers that are more experienced than myself.
I'm sorry to hear that story. Unfortunately it seems to be quite a common one, people often forget in caves that the silt content is thick on the floor
i forgot which creator made a video on this situation some half decade or so ago, the thumbnail of this video is exactly the the memory that sticks with you, i havent forgotten about this since, just tragic.
Thank you for so much insight. Learned something new.
May his experience serve us all.
im a diver i am horryfied im scared how people make such mistakes this scares me but in a good way because i would queck my equipment way better and carefully. I still would go diving but im not into going to deep depths because im still not that good but i love diving
Thank you for explaining this so well! I don't know a thing about diving so the way you explained everything so thoroughly really helped me understand a lot better. I love channels like this. Subscribed!
Thank you. I didn't know anything about diving either. All the lingo and physics I learned while researching this video.
@@PeakedInterest wow really!!?? It seems like such a confusing thing to have to monitor all this stuff all while underwater. I couldn't do it. I'd freak out. I don't like deep water or tight spaces. No no no.
only 363 views but I can tell it's gonna get 363,000! keep up the great work
Let's hope so. Thanks
subbing rn this channel is so underrated for the amount of detail put into these is amazing and understandable
Loved all of the scientific discussion with the gasses and great visuals to go with it!
Thank you, I think it's important to understand why these things happen
Could you just imagine what it would be like sitting hundreds of feet down on the ocean floor helpless.. knowing you literally can’t get out of the situation your in. Knowing your going to die within the matter of minutes…. Jezz. RIP Yuri
i probably shouldn't have watched this, it almost gave me a panic attack (drowning is one of my biggest fears along with death in general). however, this video was really well made, so you earn my like regardless lmao
You wouldn't drown. Just blacking out.
@@Netbase2000 that's true, but it's still terrifying either way. (btw, your profile picture almost fooled me lmao)
congratulations you make me like too
it's actually standard practice to teach about oxygen toxicity and nitrogen narcosis. i was taught that at least
You can tell someone about these things but them understanding or listening is something different. I think Yuri did know because he understood what was happening and tried to counter it, he just couldn't
@@PeakedInterest you're right. I guess it was just poor decision making. I also find it astonishing how a certified instructor made such a rookie mistake. dive planning is such a thorough process. I hope other people learn from mistakes like these and I hope Yuri is resting in peace. what a disturbing last moment...
It’s my dream to learn to freedive one day. I want to do it so bad but at the same time I am so terrified to do it! I could never think of going alone.
this is so informative .
I don't plan on diving but the explanation regarding oxygen make so much sense .
Thanks for the explanation and this may serve as a guide for those who want to dive always check ur equipment make sure not to be over confident .
May yuri
rest in peace .
Thank you, I think the why is important
I hope your video gets more views, your story-telling was engaging :)
Thank you. I just try to make engaging videos about interesting topics
You make such high quality videos, I've been hooked since the video you made about the Dutch girls vanishing in Panama.
I really appreciated the way you told their story and how you went beyond the surface level analysis you often get with true crime / mystery content creators.
I also very much appreciate the respect and lack of over-sensationalism. Every video I watch from you had the same qualities, including this one. So sad and absolutely terrifying.
Anyway - thank you for your channel, it's genuinely helped me through a really tough time. Appreciated, man.
Thanks for such kind words. I have the same goal with every video - to explore an interesting topic in an engaging way. These are all real people and real suffering so for me it's important not to sensationalise it because that does an injustice to their situation
Some misinformation in this video. Despite it often being repeated, he was not a dive instructor and definitely not a "tech" diver, for some reason Wikipedia lists him as being one, the fact is, he had little experience as a diver. Even beginning scuba classes teach about nitrogen narcosis. "Upon turning the valve, nothing happened" The guy narrating this is certainly not a scuba diver, bouyancy compensators have a push valve, not a valve you turn. As to "chest pain while breathing", diving buddies of divers who died of ox-tox all report that they are fine one second, then are dead a moment later, with no warning signs, some go into convulsions first.
Diving that depth as a novice diver, on nitrox, with a single tank, severely over weighting himself, not checking his equipment. That wasn't an accident, that was seriously competing for the Darwin of the Year award, and he won.
Wow! This video paired with the animation makes it much easier to comprehend what happened to this man. Thank you for taking the time to break it down like this. Terrifying but so informative.
I try to make the information in any story as accessible as possible, not easy with stories about science or biology so visual demonstrations help
In 1992, my dad was at glovers reef in Belize, near the great blue hole. He wasn’t there, but close to it. My dad, and his friend mattson, liked free diving, so my dad dived off the edge of the shallow reef, into the ocean, which was 900 meters deep. Mattson was at the surface. My dad reached 22 meters, and that’s his personal freediving record, but guess what? His lungs were so compressed that began sinking uncontrollably, but he managed to swim back up to the surface. Mattson later told him: I didn’t think you would make it.
I can’t imagine diving tbh even as a kid in the pool I’d get bad headaches from the pressure even at just 12 feet
Just found your channel. Excellent work thank you.
Such a sad story! RIP to Yuri
Thanks very much. Hope you'll stick around to watch other videos
I can't even swim let alone dive. This is scary.
i found this video to be very respectful. sometimes in this genre you don't find that much, unfortunately, with recounts of tragedy followed abruptly by sponsor placements or the such. this was very good, thank you
Thanks that's very kind. I try to remember each story is a persons life and suffering and treat it with respect
I’m quite happy utube recommended you, great channel
Thanks very much, it's a pleasure to meet you