Diver's Insatiable Desire for Adventure Leads to Cave Diving Disaster | Dave Shaw Case Analysis

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 624

  • @Simonisms
    @Simonisms 5 місяців тому +622

    There is no bigger 'nope' than going cave diving

    • @scottbaxendale323
      @scottbaxendale323 5 місяців тому +66

      Except perhaps, on a carbon composite hull submarine diving to the titanic…..lol.

    • @Etrius10
      @Etrius10 5 місяців тому +45

      Don't tell that to the cave divers, I used to watch Dive Talk and those guys will tell you over and over how safe it is if you do everything right. Even after all that though you won't catch me dead cave diving.
      Update: I just went to check their channel because I haven't in a while and Woody had to get medevac'd the other day after a dive. I knew they were full of it.

    • @sheilagravely5621
      @sheilagravely5621 5 місяців тому +5

      😂👍👍👍♥️

    • @sheilagravely5621
      @sheilagravely5621 5 місяців тому +5

      😂👍👍👍♥️

    • @lindabrennan4455
      @lindabrennan4455 5 місяців тому +10

      I'm right there with you.

  • @clarenceboddicker6679
    @clarenceboddicker6679 5 місяців тому +244

    The first rule of cave diving - never go cave diving.

    • @TacitusR
      @TacitusR 5 місяців тому +13

      That is also the second, third and fourth rule of cave diving.

    • @defundhollywood3259
      @defundhollywood3259 5 місяців тому +7

      💯😂

    • @commonsense2680
      @commonsense2680 5 місяців тому +2

      Lol exactly!!!

    • @sonofagreatsouthernland
      @sonofagreatsouthernland 5 місяців тому +2

      FACT!

    • @jumpingspider7105
      @jumpingspider7105 5 місяців тому +3

      There are actually five basic rules of cave diving that are widely subscribed to by cave divers. They are meant to improve safety of divers in these dangerous environments and have been deduced through many tragic deaths:
      1) Always use a continuous guideline to the surface.
      2) Save two-thirds of the total air supply for returning to the surface.
      3) Carry at least three lights during the dive.
      4) Limit dive depth to that appropriate for the gas being breathed
      5) Be well trained in cave diving and mentally prepared for the dive.
      While cave diving carries many inherent risks and is something I would never try (even regular open water diving scares me), I have been fascinated to learn more about the discipline from the "DIVE TALK" channel. What at first seemed to me to be a suicide mission with huge risks is actually an advanced skill that CAN be performed safely with proper equipment and training. Cave divers must be extremely skilled in their movements in the water, and their understanding of SCUBA technology and protocol.
      Of all the rules number five is the most important. While there have been cases such as Dave Shaw's death where an eminently experienced diver has died in a cave, by far the most common cause of underwater cave fatalities is when divers without proper training venture into these environments. Even divers considered "advanced" in open water skills can become quickly disoriented in a cave environment due to darkness, silting out (when much gets stirred up and obscured visibility), or panic when they lose track of the route back. Cave Divers systematically reduce these risks through training. Divers that are not cave certified and using proper equipment should NEVER enter a cave environment.

  • @lonestarindie
    @lonestarindie 5 місяців тому +279

    No one can ever convince me that cave diving is safe

    • @flingonber
      @flingonber 5 місяців тому +23

      I don't think any cave divers would try to convince you of that. Even just regular scuba diving in open water is very dangerous, I wouldn't discourage anyone from it because I personally love it and it's amazing, but every diver I know is aware of the risks. Proper training also emphasizes the risk - I'll never forget being told in my first dive lesson that if I accidentally held my breath while ascending it could cause my lungs to explode.

    • @drummercve2398
      @drummercve2398 5 місяців тому +5

      I’m much more likely to die driving to the cave than actually diving in it.

    • @flingonber
      @flingonber 5 місяців тому +10

      ​@@drummercve2398 That's not even close to true.

    • @LG-Musique
      @LG-Musique 5 місяців тому +2

      @@flingonber if you get a driving licence and stick to the rules of the road, then driving is generally safe. Same goes for any type of diving (not just cave diving).

    • @GizmoGremlinDog
      @GizmoGremlinDog 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@@flingonberdamn. I'm a chronic breath holder. Love the idea of diving but I would die in a second

  • @esteemedmortal5917
    @esteemedmortal5917 5 місяців тому +266

    Has to suck to be his wife and kids and know your loved one prioritized their fun over their responsibilities to you.

    • @jimcronin2043
      @jimcronin2043 5 місяців тому +33

      Living one''s "life on the edge" is not compatible with having a wife and family. It can't be had both ways.

    • @SABbrew
      @SABbrew 5 місяців тому +5

      "Prioritized". 🤓

    • @commonsense2680
      @commonsense2680 5 місяців тому +11

      Yes, how can such people risk their lives when other human beings are depending on them? I am surprised that his wife let him go?

    • @jimcronin2043
      @jimcronin2043 5 місяців тому

      It''s not only financial support, it is also emotional connection and family structure.@@commonsense2680

    • @CHSpaintballer2
      @CHSpaintballer2 5 місяців тому +12

      @@commonsense2680 imagine thinking you have the power to "let" another adult human being do... well, anything.

  • @kateashby3066
    @kateashby3066 5 місяців тому +150

    I’ll never understand the NEED to recovery a corpse at any cost, including another death. The person’s dead. Furthermore, they died doing something they loved. Leave them there! Just like Mt. Everest where hundreds(?) Of corpses are naturally laid to rest when their mission to climb a dangerous summit failed. This idea that the dead have to be put into parks (cemeteries) is so weird to me. My dad is out at sea too and that’s where he belongs.

    • @srsusansummers3070
      @srsusansummers3070 5 місяців тому +1

      Good thought

    • @cUser691
      @cUser691 5 місяців тому +18

      @katesshby3066 I too do not understand a ‘recovery’🎉with a clear deceased + in precarious position where it’s dangerous for others to retrieve. Sentiments, plaques , & memoriams can still be done to reflect their lives

    • @666ydney
      @666ydney 5 місяців тому +14

      right. the person is gone & doesn’t need rescuing. it’s crazy to think that people risk their lives because we have strongly held social constructs/norms tied to death

    • @sarahpiaggio2693
      @sarahpiaggio2693 5 місяців тому +4

      I can see the point when people don't know what happened to a loved one and they just disappeared. But certainly not worth risking other lives

    • @bjkarana
      @bjkarana 5 місяців тому +5

      Well, there's simple sanitation to consider in general, but I do agree, that there's no real reason to recover a body in a situation where the recovery is also high risk (e.g. in the death zone above 8,000 meters or in an under water cave).

  • @tinak6484
    @tinak6484 5 місяців тому +23

    Cave diving has got to be the scariest thing that a person can do. Nothing could make me do that😮

  • @nixm9093
    @nixm9093 5 місяців тому +31

    My BIL knew him briefly thru the diving community, said he was reckless and dangerous. The recovery idea was just ego, Dreyers family had come to terms with him not being recovered.

    • @hothotheat3000
      @hothotheat3000 3 місяці тому +1

      Yup. That’s why he had a documentary crew there. He was chasing clout.

    • @wwiiinplastic4712
      @wwiiinplastic4712 3 місяці тому

      I'm pretty sure this was not the kind of closure they were looking for.

  • @colettithekid
    @colettithekid 5 місяців тому +17

    This video just reminded me to freshen up on my floating body bagging skills.

  • @ashsmee
    @ashsmee 5 місяців тому +211

    Doc your spectrum of stories and analysis is awesome. This story is so tragic chasing adrenaline is never a good idea.

    • @Ken-fh4jc
      @Ken-fh4jc 5 місяців тому +9

      Nah these cave dive videos have been popular lately I figured he would shamelessly start covering them.

    • @Zachary3D
      @Zachary3D 5 місяців тому

      "I FiGuReD He WoUlD ShamElEsSlY sTarT CoVeriNg TheM."@@Ken-fh4jc

    • @WooferMcWooferson
      @WooferMcWooferson 5 місяців тому +7

      ​@@Ken-fh4jcCaving and cave diving videos have been popular for years now.

    • @ashsmee
      @ashsmee 5 місяців тому +5

      @@Ken-fh4jc oh lord. Have a good new years.

    • @ryballs4569
      @ryballs4569 5 місяців тому +7

      ​@@Ken-fh4jcwho hurt you?

  • @jennyperone6238
    @jennyperone6238 5 місяців тому +46

    Bungee jumping, sky diving, and especially cave diving for body recovery at récord depths seems really, really, REALLY UNWISE!

    • @defundhollywood3259
      @defundhollywood3259 5 місяців тому +3

      I'm terrified of heights, absolutely TERRIFIED, but if I was forced to choose I'd rather go sky diving than cave diving. I feel like it would be over much more quickly. The panic and struggle underwater in a confined space... #nothanks 😱😱😱😱

    • @franny5295
      @franny5295 5 місяців тому +1

      I went sky diving and completely lost control of my body coming out of the plane. That was a one and done experience. I'm not diving in a swimming pool. I prefer my burial to happen after I die.

    • @MenitaK
      @MenitaK 5 місяців тому

      Bungee jumping is relatively safe though

    • @boneymaxfield
      @boneymaxfield 4 місяці тому

      Until it isn't 😂​@@MenitaK

    • @wwiiinplastic4712
      @wwiiinplastic4712 3 місяці тому

      @@defundhollywood3259 I used to be okay with heights; climbed trees all the time and even fell out of a few but after being on the ground at the WTC on 9/11 and watching those people fall (a memory that does NOT wane with age) and imagining what must have gone through their minds on the way down just turned me 180 degrees on heights. Then I started having dreams my kids and I were hanging from collapsing bridges and such and I could only save one; great dreams like that. I don't know if I'll ever get on a plane again. I am a true ground dweller.

  • @helpyourcattodrive
    @helpyourcattodrive 5 місяців тому +16

    I like calm and watching the grass grow.

  • @williamsn411
    @williamsn411 5 місяців тому +18

    Most divers would never attempt the dives that Dave attempted, mostly because of the dying part.

  • @sheilagravely5621
    @sheilagravely5621 5 місяців тому +41

    Just because you Can do something, doesn't mean you Should.

  • @elizabethhamm5320
    @elizabethhamm5320 5 місяців тому +116

    So tragic. The only silver lining is the fact that his escapades didn’t get anyone else killed. He truly seemed to have a death wish. Like an ordinary death just wouldn’t do

    • @pipermccool
      @pipermccool 5 місяців тому +1

      More like a birth wish.

    • @jamegumb7298
      @jamegumb7298 5 місяців тому +4

      Cave diving is always hella dangerous. Even 20m deep you are in a lot of danger.

    • @barbieblue3336
      @barbieblue3336 5 місяців тому +1

      He hurt his family 😪

    • @newhorizon4066
      @newhorizon4066 3 місяці тому

      "his escapades didn’t get anyone else killed. " The last one almost killed Don...

  • @tracyking5945
    @tracyking5945 5 місяців тому +107

    Dave Shaw lacked patience. He cared about others at the risk of endangering himself. He lived a free and unrestrained life. Unfortunately, for everyone who loved him, his inability to think twice cost him dearly. You’re off to a great start, Dr. Grande. Here’s to a bright and optimistic new year!

    • @ryballs4569
      @ryballs4569 5 місяців тому +19

      He didn't only endanger himself though, he also risked passengers on his plane and other divers.

  • @NeeNee_B.
    @NeeNee_B. 5 місяців тому +16

    Did he want to retrieve the body for the family, or get glory from breaking a record?? Smh he was the architect of his own demise

  • @meFatuations
    @meFatuations 5 місяців тому +46

    There are quite a few people like Dave who will keep pushing until they end up dead. It seems to give us a constant feed of interesting stories and videos of how stupidity and bad judgement can easily kill. The final remarks by Dr Grande about Dave's selfish motives of endangering others in order to get a thrill seems to describe the Ocean Gate event. Selfish, dangerous, and being funded by the money of people being subjected to great danger for a thrill.

    • @MrStringybark
      @MrStringybark 5 місяців тому +8

      "There are quite a few people like Dave who will keep pushing until they end up dead."
      That's fine as long as they don't endanger other people. More importantly, is that they don't have a wife and children

    • @HeatherHolt
      @HeatherHolt 5 місяців тому +4

      @@MrStringybarksadly many people care more about their own entertainment than their children’s emotional welfare

  • @sk8ermGs
    @sk8ermGs 5 місяців тому +80

    Always find this tragic when people die trying to retrieve a dead body, seems so pointless.

    • @adaboy4z
      @adaboy4z 5 місяців тому +15

      Very pointless.

    • @fragrancememoir2350
      @fragrancememoir2350 5 місяців тому +2

      I don't think it's pointless at all. People want the remains of their loved ones recovered & properly laid to rest (according to their own personal beliefs and feelings).. it may not matter to you, but it matters greatly to some others. 💜

    • @adaboy4z
      @adaboy4z 5 місяців тому +13

      @fragrancememoir2350 You forget soldiers were buried in the sea for hundreds of years. Why risk more death to retrieve a shell of a body.

    • @fragrancememoir2350
      @fragrancememoir2350 5 місяців тому

      @adaboy4z I hear you.. but if someone is willing.. then I am sure that the family would appreciate it. ... unfortunately he lost his life in his attempt, but that was a risk that he was very aware of & totally willing to take. I also think he wanted to be successful at breaking the record of the deepest body retrieval... so he was definitely motivated on a personal level.

    • @christinebeames712
      @christinebeames712 5 місяців тому +5

      @@fragrancememoir2350true , but to let others risk their lives to give you some peace of mind is selfish

  • @marciabosteder9781
    @marciabosteder9781 5 місяців тому +22

    I m so glad my brother quit diving.

  • @SallieB196
    @SallieB196 5 місяців тому +8

    Never forget after doing an outdoor search and rescue exercise our instructor made a comment that stayed with me forever “most of the incidents you encounter is not so much newbies but the people who think they know what they are doing. The people who do a small or moderate challenge feel they are capable for the greatest challenge.

  • @samiamgreeneggsandham7587
    @samiamgreeneggsandham7587 5 місяців тому +44

    Thank you, Dr. Grande, for including the important detail that Shaw dived too close in time to piloting an aircraft. Many people leave this out of the story. It was in fact known among an increasing number of Cathay pilots that Shaw frequently made dives involving controlled ascent (ie, decompression stops) less than the 24 hour minimum required before flying a plane. Colleagues did not like it one bit. He was either going to lose his license, or potentially kill a planeload of people if he had not died in that cave. Shaw was a reckless amateur.

    • @jessadelix7415
      @jessadelix7415 5 місяців тому

      This is why I love Dr Grande’s video. For years I’ve read and watched a lot about the Nutty Putty cave incident - Dr Grande’s video was so well researched it included important details the mass of other videos have at all!

    • @samuelglover7685
      @samuelglover7685 5 місяців тому +2

      Yeah, that's profoundly irresponsible, and it puts the lie to the assertion that "he only risked his own life". He risked the life of everyone on the planes he was flying, violating some basic physiological realities that every diver is warned about in their basic open-water training. Inexcusable.

    • @hectorignacio-nx1dm
      @hectorignacio-nx1dm 5 місяців тому +1

      Great point. 😮

    • @newhorizon4066
      @newhorizon4066 3 місяці тому +1

      Good thing that Don was able to "detach" himself from the danger of being Dave's dive support. And that was the only life that Dave was risking, beside his own. Let be thankful for that (that he unalived himself in an underwater cave as opposed to while flying a plane..)

  • @ASlightlyTwistedFemale
    @ASlightlyTwistedFemale 5 місяців тому +17

    Let’s go!!!! Dr. Grande is the most reliable uploader!! I have a tiny UA-cam following and I know the level of commitment it takes to
    Upload so regularly, and Dr. Grande never fails us!

  • @helpyourcattodrive
    @helpyourcattodrive 5 місяців тому +15

    Respect the elements.

  • @Max-kw2hp
    @Max-kw2hp 5 місяців тому +67

    Dr. Grande, your output is astonishing, yet quality stays consistent. Thank you.

    • @rrbearcat
      @rrbearcat 5 місяців тому

      he basically stole/rebranded information from the documentary called "Dave not coming back"

    • @thepurplemaskknows9383
      @thepurplemaskknows9383 5 місяців тому +6

      @@rrbearcatHow is retelling the same facts an act of theft? Is he supposed to create another story for the sake of originality? That would be absurd.

    • @Huehuecoyote
      @Huehuecoyote 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@@rrbearcat I would probably never watch the documentary. Dr Grande did me the favor of watching it and summarizing it with only the important information.

  • @666ydney
    @666ydney 5 місяців тому +23

    in terms of mental imagery this has got to be one of the most disturbing stories i’ve ever heard. his head came off & started to float away? ghastly

    • @samuelglover7685
      @samuelglover7685 5 місяців тому +4

      There's a terrific memoir, "Descent into Darkness", by a naval officer who was a salvage diver working on the battleships that were sunk at Pearl Harbor. One of the delightful aspects of that work was slogging through a stew of oil, industrial solvents, jagged metal, explosives, and human remains. But the only time he came close to full-on panic was during a dive when he discovered that a spider had stowed away in his brass hat diving rig!

  • @andrewwilks2700
    @andrewwilks2700 5 місяців тому +44

    Wow, cave diving is such an easy way to die. Appreciate how well you always research the technical side of your videos and don't spew out rubbish like many journalists.

  • @Swansong321
    @Swansong321 5 місяців тому +11

    Hmmm....my New Year resolution was to take more risks...me reconsidering

  • @gwiyomikim5988
    @gwiyomikim5988 5 місяців тому +83

    Reckless, impetuous, and unintentionally risking the lives of others. Dave Shaw and Stockton Rush of the OceanGate tragedy seem to share many of the same traits.

    • @evolvedmonkey9978
      @evolvedmonkey9978 5 місяців тому

      Comparing Dave to Stockton Rush is unjust, Dave always said, "If I make a mistake don't try to recover my body" Stockton Rush was a Capitalist Rat, with no respect for human life, he knew that submersible was not safe, besides that, he even charged money from people, the only lack of respect Dave had was for it's own life.

    • @user-ys7bv6ug6k
      @user-ys7bv6ug6k 5 місяців тому +3

      Hubris will get you every time.

    • @stephjohnson5217
      @stephjohnson5217 5 місяців тому +2

      These cave stories have really reminded me of Stockton Rush.

    • @stevendavies1496
      @stevendavies1496 5 місяців тому +6

      Dave shaw planned and executed a plan to recover the body of a missing diver. He also told everyone that they were not to go down after him if anything goes wrong...
      There is a big difference. Dave was a good man with a big heart.

    • @evolvedmonkey9978
      @evolvedmonkey9978 5 місяців тому +3

      @@stevendavies1496 I think that they can't reach the humanity of the man, in trying to recover a body, from a 20 year old boy to his parents. He was a great man.

  • @nld8985
    @nld8985 5 місяців тому +35

    This man lived an extraordinary life but wanted to play famous hero so bad he died for a corpse.... no disrepect to the dead, but no corpse is worth a life.... sad all around

    • @BrutalBeauty90
      @BrutalBeauty90 22 дні тому +1

      It wasn’t about playing “famous hero” as you put it. He wasn’t even looking for Deon’s body when he found it. He was breaking records, and he broke 4 (or 5) in that single dive. He saw the body and knew exactly who it was. Because he had found him, he felt it was his duty to bring him home. He wasn’t trying to be a “famous hero”. And when someone says “no disrespect”, they do in fact mean disrespect 🙄

  • @antoniobranch
    @antoniobranch 5 місяців тому +11

    "Dave loved to live on the edge of panic and death. I guess that is what made him [feel] alive rather than merely be alive."

  • @user-xc1wu7kq2e
    @user-xc1wu7kq2e 5 місяців тому +38

    Hello, Dr. Grande!
    You always say "Thanks for watching". I say thank YOU, for your hard work, great content, brilliant wit, amazing sense of humor and well researched videos!
    I'm a huge fan😊
    Wishing you & your family a happy New Year!🎉❤

  • @bradsanders6954
    @bradsanders6954 5 місяців тому +12

    Well, he died doing something pretty crazy, which seemed to be his love.
    The "world of diving" is something most of us never hear of. Its a niche to put it mildly.
    He was reckless enough to marry and have 2 kids, and pay no attention to rather he might survive very long.
    Much like many climbers on Everest, they place the summit's importance over every other thing in their life. Their family has to pick up the pieces if it goes bad.

  • @canterburytail2294
    @canterburytail2294 5 місяців тому +40

    Dr. Grande has the best variety of topics analyzed, this is one of my favorite UA-cam channels. Two enthusiastic thumbs up from me and my boo!

  • @wendiwonderly1419
    @wendiwonderly1419 5 місяців тому +6

    Why are some people attracted to fringe hobbies? To become a big fish in a small pond? To become an expert in a field that doesn’t need one? We used to tease my dad when he had hobbies like collecting fire extinguishers and sprinkler heads. I have a new appreciation for dad

    • @samuelglover7685
      @samuelglover7685 5 місяців тому

      Diving's terrific! It's as close as non-astronauts can get to space travel. Go a mere ten feet down and you're in a different world. We're really privileged to live in a time when such things are possible.

  • @lastpme
    @lastpme 5 місяців тому +7

    Cave diving is a death wish. So many things can go wrong exploring a cave, but doing underwater is crazy.

    • @samuelglover7685
      @samuelglover7685 5 місяців тому

      Doesn't have to be. There's a group down in Florida that's been doing astonishing work exploring and charting miles-long caves (wish I could recall the name they go by). They're extremely rigorous about gear, protocols, everything, and they've never had a casualty.

  • @Snargfargle
    @Snargfargle 5 місяців тому +63

    I advanced through scuba training to a master diver card with over 200 dives. Open water diving is a fun, safe recreation that the whole family can enjoy. However, there's no way that I'd ever cave dive. I won't even structure dive. I want to be able to have the open air directly above me, even if it's 130 feet above me at night. I was an Army medic and civilian paramedic and have also taken couple of scuba search and rescue/recovery courses. Not only do cave divers risk their own lives, they also risk the lives of their rescuers/recoverers if something goes wrong.

    • @stt5v2002
      @stt5v2002 5 місяців тому +5

      Did anyone ask you for your approval? Or ask you to cave dive? What is your issue, exactly? Are you upset that other people do things that they want to do and that you don't want to do? No one has to do a rescue or recovery dive either, if they choose not to.

    • @user-lk2qf4rt3m
      @user-lk2qf4rt3m 5 місяців тому +7

      Cave divers have saved lives too. As in the case of the Thai children. Have to respect the courage. I won't even use an elevator I'm so claustrophobic...

    • @michaelperez9966
      @michaelperez9966 5 місяців тому +1

      Scaredy Cat!

    • @takeAstabzzz
      @takeAstabzzz 5 місяців тому

      @@stt5v2002 Lmao I wondered the same. It's a weird flex.

    • @maryellengodfrey
      @maryellengodfrey 5 місяців тому +4

      Congratulations and TY for your Services!

  • @Chuck-se5hh
    @Chuck-se5hh 5 місяців тому +28

    The details of his long and solid history of loving risks and danger - and while being less than fully skilled - is very helpful to explain this diving death. Quite similar to the recent disturbing death of UA-camr pilot Jenny Blalock. In both cases one is therefore justified in withholding a certain amount of sympathy.

    • @Js-kh7it
      @Js-kh7it 5 місяців тому +8

      All sympathy for the ones who Loved him...

    • @HeatherHolt
      @HeatherHolt 5 місяців тому +4

      God. She got her dad killed tho so she’s even worse.

  • @jena.alexia
    @jena.alexia 5 місяців тому +9

    I'll never understand extreme sports/hobbies. You would never catch me cave diving. There seem to be so many of these kinds of stories.There's a fine line between being heroic and being reckless. His mission to retrieve a fellow cave diver's body was admirable but not worth risking your life over.
    Having nearly drowned once myself I found being unable to breathe perhaps one of the most terrifying experiences of my life.
    Thank you for covering this Dr G. Another sad tale of how precious life is and how fragile it can be.
    I truly hope he didn't suffer and the nitrogen narcosis made him blissfully unaware of what was happening. Perhaps I'm being naive.
    Your analysis of this case was excellent. I try to guess the "speculative diagnosis" you'll come up with. I concur with your summary and believe he overestimated his abilities and was addicted to danger - - a deadly combination.

    • @mattkaustickomments
      @mattkaustickomments 5 місяців тому +1

      It’s because you have a normal “craving” or threshold for adrenaline. Daredevil types are addicted to adrenaline just like substance abusers are addicted to the chemicals in drugs or alcohol.

  • @helpyourcattodrive
    @helpyourcattodrive 5 місяців тому +7

    I don’t get the attraction to dangerous excitement like we see in these kinds of trips. Never have, never will. Respect nature.

  • @margaretchabaud9700
    @margaretchabaud9700 5 місяців тому +7

    I remember seeing a documentary about this and it showed what his camera captured. He was attempting to cut his way out of a tangled line with a pair of scissors and he just became slower and more uncoordinated. I have to admit that has really haunted me ever since.

  • @healerscreek
    @healerscreek 5 місяців тому +15

    I think people like Dave Shaw (and others like Stockton Rush of the Titan submersible disaster come to mind) think nothing bad will ever happen to them because they are so very f**king special.

    • @pixie89
      @pixie89 5 місяців тому +1

      You couldn't be more wrong about Dave, he was a very humble man.

    • @pollypockets508
      @pollypockets508 4 місяці тому

      ​@@pixie89you knew him? Tell us about him.

    • @newhorizon4066
      @newhorizon4066 3 місяці тому

      @@pixie89 "he was a very humble man." His recklessness says otherwise...

  • @siouxd799
    @siouxd799 5 місяців тому +37

    Dr G, Happy New Year to you and your lovely Wife!!
    I am familiar with this case and my admiration for you has reached another level upon realising the ‘extra research’ you undertook to present this story…
    Love from Australia 🇦🇺

  • @simonefeaster5131
    @simonefeaster5131 5 місяців тому +13

    Happy New Year to you and Mrs. Grande! Another excellent analysis of human (mis) behavior. As an amateur diver I can say that even the “easiest” dive can be dangerous/fatal. Diving is a dangerous sport and cave diving is potentially highly lethal. The margin for error is nonexistent. Thank you for your incisive analysis, as always, Dr. G!

  • @clootscalhoun9481
    @clootscalhoun9481 5 місяців тому +7

    I get short of breath just hearing “cave diving”

  • @StAlphonsusHasAPosse
    @StAlphonsusHasAPosse 5 місяців тому +5

    As soon as you said he modified his rebreather, I knew that this would not end well

  • @andrewdewit4711
    @andrewdewit4711 5 місяців тому +6

    Reckless behaviour that endangers others is inexcusable. Remember eg Stockton Rush and the OceanGate pink-mist machine.

  • @msr305
    @msr305 5 місяців тому +5

    I wonder why his torch wasn't tethered to him...

  • @darkpandemonium5753
    @darkpandemonium5753 5 місяців тому +13

    The fact that they both were tied to the surface at the end, it's so sad yet heroic even though he did risk his life

    • @bradsanders6954
      @bradsanders6954 5 місяців тому +5

      He couldnt think anymore, the body he was trying to save, was now floating up.
      He couldnt just let it float up and be recovered. So he died.

    • @ycylchgames
      @ycylchgames 5 місяців тому

      Not to sound callous but it's not brave to get yourself killed just for fame. A fireman dying to save someone is brave or something along those lines. What Dave did was egotistical and could have gotten others killed.

    • @newhorizon4066
      @newhorizon4066 3 місяці тому

      "heroic?" - watched too many Indiana Jones movies?

  • @ParentingIsPlanning
    @ParentingIsPlanning 5 місяців тому +11

    Why? My former husband loved deep-sea diving and is also a licenced pilot. He’s also a decorated Vietnam veteran who was a POW and was able to escape from the prison in Southeast Asia, during the war.
    During our marriage he resisted the need to go diving, but since our divorce, he’s also lived on the edge. I see him as numb with a limited range of empathy. I hope he too doesn’t do anything foolish.
    Thank you for this video, Dr. Grande! I look forward to your amazing videos in 2024. Happy New Year to you and your loved ones!

  • @helpyourcattodrive
    @helpyourcattodrive 5 місяців тому +11

    Thank you for analyzing this interesting case,Dr. Grande.❤ Your pov and effort on these videos is greatly appreciated,❤ I always look forward to your next one.❤

  • @DianaDeLuna
    @DianaDeLuna 5 місяців тому +13

    2nd cave accident analysis in just a couple months! Dr. Grande must have recently gone down the UA-cam caving accident rabbit hole, too! (The stories are so addictive 😭)

    • @13donstalos
      @13donstalos 5 місяців тому +2

      Yup that's what happened to me. Woody from Dive Talk just had a pretty freaky incident recently.

    • @HeatherHolt
      @HeatherHolt 5 місяців тому

      I heard quite a lot of them on Mr Ballens Channel. When I could still stand to watch his content, before getting burned out.

  • @2300enduserperson1
    @2300enduserperson1 5 місяців тому +21

    Happy New Years, Dr and Mrs Grande 🎉. I’m looking forward to an interesting year ahead thanks to your channel ❤

  • @diannawalker758
    @diannawalker758 5 місяців тому +3

    Spot on explanation of a re-breather. Great analysis.

  • @cobussmit3260
    @cobussmit3260 5 місяців тому +5

    Thank you for the detailed background of the incident. As a person growing up in the Northern Cape (Kuruman/Daniëlskuil region), this story is well known with admiration for Dave Shaw. Various documentaries of the incident depict the challenges and risks of recovering Deon's body, and the divers knew it well. In the end, his promise to the Dreyer family to retrieve Deon's body stood, despite the tragic end to his own life.

    • @newhorizon4066
      @newhorizon4066 3 місяці тому

      "his promise to the Dreyer family" - too bad, it was a "promise" the family had not asked for...

  • @Liveanotherday
    @Liveanotherday 5 місяців тому +11

    These type of people are explorers. They understand the risk. At least he died doing something he loved.

    • @messiahspeople
      @messiahspeople 5 місяців тому +3

      More than they love their own families

    • @samuelglover7685
      @samuelglover7685 5 місяців тому

      He emphatically DID NOT "understand the risk". If he did, he wouldn't have FLOWN AN AIRLINER hours after a technical dive to great depths. That's extreme recklessness verging on mass manslaughter.

  • @sharonmontano4924
    @sharonmontano4924 5 місяців тому +34

    There are bold divers and old divers but there are no old, bold divers 😂😂

  • @yukikowu5695
    @yukikowu5695 5 місяців тому +4

    Sort of reminds me of the CEO of the submersible that imploded a while back. Irresponsible level of desire for adventure involving other people.

  • @AnastasiaFafo
    @AnastasiaFafo 5 місяців тому +7

    Fascinating analysis. Thank you, Dr. Grande!

  • @wendybond2848
    @wendybond2848 5 місяців тому +5

    All fine and dandy if he had not had children. Utterly selfish.

  • @johnfyten3392
    @johnfyten3392 5 місяців тому +6

    He was like the Evel Kneivel of diving

  • @cliffthecoolcat
    @cliffthecoolcat 5 місяців тому +6

    Dr. Grande, you are the most interesting/fun man to listen to on UA-cam.
    Happy New Year.

  • @annb8296
    @annb8296 5 місяців тому +6

    Thank you for this interesting analysis Dr. Grande. It's one I that have never heard of nor considered before. I found your points so interesting about adventurists like Dave. How he was addicted to the dangerous drug of adventure and would have rather been dead than to lose his supply. Seeing the whole picture behind this story was very helpful in understanding what took place. Thank you

  • @wolfe6220
    @wolfe6220 5 місяців тому +4

    I think I may have heard this one on Mr Ballen too. Or one similar to it. You couldn't pay me enough to cave dive.

  • @user-iu8yn4ib9g
    @user-iu8yn4ib9g 5 місяців тому +6

    diving + cave = death wish

  • @64_Hero_Boi
    @64_Hero_Boi 5 місяців тому +6

    Happy New Year!

  • @666ydney
    @666ydney 5 місяців тому +4

    stories like this make me think about how strong some of our social constructs are, esp ones that center on death. there are people willing to risk their lives to try & retrieve dead bodies, as if it matters to the body. who does it matter to? the living, who over thousands of years have developed social norms. i can fully understand feeling weird that your loved one’s body is out there trapped or lost, but that feeling comes from being conditioned to think about things in certain ways based on the culture i grew up in. idk it’s just kind of crazy when you think about it

    • @newhorizon4066
      @newhorizon4066 3 місяці тому

      Funny thing was the dead diver family didn't ask for the body to start with...

  • @Squatch_Rider66
    @Squatch_Rider66 5 місяців тому +3

    An interesting companion documentary is Dave Not Coming Back. Goes into detail about the entire event and the other people involved. Great analysis.

  • @jaimemint405
    @jaimemint405 5 місяців тому +7

    Thanks Dr.Grande and a Happy New Year for you, all the best, health and what you wish for you and your loved ones, i love your channel!

  • @ek5384
    @ek5384 5 місяців тому +13

    Dr., you are the sane and stable father figure that so many people never had. On behalf of all of them - thank you.

    • @cutiepiebb
      @cutiepiebb 5 місяців тому +4

      Take a break from the internet.. sounds like an unhealthy parasocial dynamic

    • @Singinbluebird
      @Singinbluebird 5 місяців тому +1

      This comment is gold ❤️💯🙏

    • @666ydney
      @666ydney 5 місяців тому

      @@cutiepiebbright. love dr. grande but i can’t imagine referring to someone who is (despite how it may feel when you constantly consume someone’s content) a total stranger as my father figure

    • @adriel7229
      @adriel7229 5 місяців тому +1

      Like Fred Rogers, he's calm and steady and we can trust what he says because he teaches us good sense and helps us understand confusing and upsetting situations which makes us feel safer from them. And he comes across as caring for his audience. You're right, it is fatherly. I have a wonderful dad who was just like this. I can imagine how much it could mean to someone who didn't have a good father to experience a man taking the time with them this way.

  • @pattiwacket
    @pattiwacket 5 місяців тому +13

    In the documentary, I recall that they only showed Dave getting caught in the diving line of the diver he was trying to rescue. Dave couldn't get the lines untangled and drowned.

    • @rrbearcat
      @rrbearcat 5 місяців тому +2

      yep, it's best to watch the real documentary not this guys version/rebranding of it.

    • @jannea4318
      @jannea4318 5 місяців тому

      ​@rrbearcat Documentaries themselves are versions/rebrandings of actual events.

    • @rrbearcat
      @rrbearcat 5 місяців тому

      @@jannea4318 depends on if it's an original documentary or not. If it's a documentary that uses original material from another documentary, then sources need to be cited, in accordance with whatever standard being used MLA, APA, etc. etc.

  • @JoannaEve
    @JoannaEve 5 місяців тому +4

    Thank you as always for these videos and happy new year 🥳

  • @papalegba6796
    @papalegba6796 5 місяців тому +5

    Cave diving is insanely dangerous.

  • @elijahbey3366
    @elijahbey3366 5 місяців тому +4

    Dave Shaw was 50 years old at the time of the dive that resulted in his death and was obviously completely out of shape. That definitely would not be the time to make an extremely dangerous and physically demanding cave dive.

  • @nerd26373
    @nerd26373 5 місяців тому +2

    We will always support you, Dr Grande. Have a great year ahead.

  • @danatate8803
    @danatate8803 5 місяців тому +2

    This tragic story reminds me of the Titan submersible nightmare.

  • @saboabbas123
    @saboabbas123 5 місяців тому +4

    A lot of extreme sports people die of overconfidence.

  • @BallJuiceOfZeus
    @BallJuiceOfZeus 5 місяців тому +4

    "He even brought an extra body, his own"
    Damn Doc!!! Chill!!!

  • @didamnesia3575
    @didamnesia3575 5 місяців тому +2

    I hope you're doing well Dr G, and fam. Happy new year

  • @jaelzion
    @jaelzion 5 місяців тому +4

    I highly recommend the documentary "Dave Not Coming Back" about David Shaw. It's really good.

  • @rullvox5912
    @rullvox5912 5 місяців тому +2

    Thank you, Dr. Grande, for this well done presentation.

  • @MEL2theJ
    @MEL2theJ 5 місяців тому

    Happy New Year to you and the beautiful Mrs. Grande ❤️🎊 Thank you for the analysis. I was really rooting for Dave to complete the mission alive. I appreciated the explanation on the diving terms, as I have little experience in this area.

  • @MartymcFly-zz2pg
    @MartymcFly-zz2pg 5 місяців тому +2

    Our society is filled with this guy

  • @victorimmature
    @victorimmature 5 місяців тому +6

    Dave was an Accident waiting to Happen . it seems .

  • @alloverdaplace2043
    @alloverdaplace2043 5 місяців тому +1

    Anything related to cave, water, mountain, hiking incidents is so fascinating to me

  • @steph7738
    @steph7738 5 місяців тому +3

    Happy New Year Dr Grande! You are loved in our home! ❤ 🌵 👓

  • @Pininfarina81
    @Pininfarina81 5 місяців тому +2

    "Brought back an extra body. His own." 😂😂😂

  • @joannkennedy1422
    @joannkennedy1422 5 місяців тому

    Happy New Year 🥳 Dr Grande 🍾🥂

  • @dansonthetube
    @dansonthetube 5 місяців тому

    Wow! A super interesting tale Todd!

  • @ELvis348
    @ELvis348 5 місяців тому

    Hi Dr. Grande✨🥂Happy New Year to you & yours…looking to continue the New with you! Thank you for all the knowledge

  • @sherrydmyterko-tramp8654
    @sherrydmyterko-tramp8654 5 місяців тому

    Happy New Year to you and your wife. God Bless you in the new year. I never miss any of your videos. ❤

  • @SunsetGuitarist
    @SunsetGuitarist 5 місяців тому +3

    Your upload schedule is incredible my man Dr grande. How do you manage to do so many videos so quickly?

  • @SinclairPoppins
    @SinclairPoppins 5 місяців тому +7

    He dove into our hearts and became stuck in the caves of our upper thoracic area, giving us heartburn, as we lay in our beds.

    • @newhorizon4066
      @newhorizon4066 3 місяці тому

      "He dove into our hearts" It was a different anatomy part of mine that he "dove into". Sorry to inform...

  • @ztoob8898
    @ztoob8898 5 місяців тому +1

    Thank you, Dr. Grande, for your excellent analyses on this channel. I always look forward to your content. Wishing you and Mrs. Grande all the best in 2024.

  • @bridgidigital5062
    @bridgidigital5062 5 місяців тому +2

    The Stockton Rush of self submersive operations.

  • @rolandm9750
    @rolandm9750 5 місяців тому +3

    I'd seen a few stories on this one before so I thought Dr. Grande had done this one before...but I guess not!
    Suggestion for a future video: the case of the death of Shane Todd--would love to see Dr. Grande's analysis on that case.

  • @thetanya2138
    @thetanya2138 4 місяці тому

    ‘Mostly due to the not wanting to die part’ you are the funniest person ever…. Much love to you and yours.

  • @jenna2431
    @jenna2431 5 місяців тому +8

    My interest in any hobby wanes when I see a body.

  • @kuyajeff6552
    @kuyajeff6552 5 місяців тому +6

    At least no one has commented about not diagnosing yet.

  • @alwaysrecycles365
    @alwaysrecycles365 5 місяців тому +1

    He mentioned this guy flew crop-dusting planes. I was once driving thru rural Midwest for work and I watched a crop duster doing flips, barrel rolls, dramatic changes in altitude... basically he was just having fun. Seems like a great job for a thrill seeker

    • @adriel7229
      @adriel7229 5 місяців тому +1

      As a truck driver I've seen them, too. They're very dangerous simply because they drop so low to the ground, over and over and over. But it is neat to watch their skill. That must have been a sight!

  • @user-lf9og2sr6n
    @user-lf9og2sr6n 5 місяців тому +1

    Thank you! ❤Happy New Year 2024❤❤❤