I've spent almost 4 years making the Blue Hole documentary and these short videos that I placed on youtube are only 2 of 7 episodes that are used in the film.The fatal accidents among divers are surely caused by poor choices such as deep air dives and solo dives. I was surprised to discover that 99,9% of the divers who make these poor choices are "spiritual dyslexics".
The thing is, Steve didn't turn his light off...Steve's light failed and he needed help... not someone else to turn their light off. During the darkness Steve was taken by strong current.....unable to see he was swept away until his air supply diminished and he passed on. RIP.
How do you know this? I've never found any more information on Steve despite searching (I could not even find out his last name). From the video it appears that Steve's friend gave the account that they both turned their lights off and the female acquaintance seems to back up that claim.
Ok you can dampen the light by placing it against your wet suit , but you never ever turn your light off , sometimes things just don't turn back on kinda like sometimes cars don't start. Don't turn off the light dive safe
SO right for night diving, rule number one never turn off the light, exactly as you say, either put your hand over it briefly or against the suit, even if you have two other backup lights.
Unknown: Divers use 21%O2/82%N2 which is regular air. While O2 (oxygen) always has to be part of the mix, they also use a variety of other mixes that have varying percentages of O2, N2 and for deep dives He (helium) is added as well. For a 60m dive air is NOT the mix to use if you want to do this safely.
That's true, I completely agree with you. The thing is that we're talking about 1994-1998. There was no technical diving facilities there in Dahab at that time. They had no clue about TMX.
The arch is a wonderful dive, just no margin for error..and you have to be prepared for the nitrogen euphoria.. so no place for beginners of course.. Nightdives are wonderful with or without lights, the canyon is awesome by full moon, but the arch.. no way..the beauty comes from the daylight effect anyway..
Susky97:I know, I meant the "spiritual dyslexia", this is the expression John A.West uses when he talks about academics-egyptologists. I love that expression because it fits my thoughts regarding the people I met while making the film. Not all of them were spiritual dyslexics though,some of them are brilliant"masters" of their own fortune, they did a lot of seemingly stupid and dangerous things and they are still alive.
Great, thanks for the heads up. You've peaked my interest. The final term is up in a week; perhaps I'll add this to my summer reading. It is always nice to discover a new twist on this topic. Cheers for that! Is there a study or book title to go along with the reference?
Hey, I have no clue about diving or anything so I was curious to know when you mentioned that going 60 meters on air is stupid. What do you mean on air? Is there another type of gas that divers use other than oxygen? Thanks!
11 year old post, it'll be interesting if you see it, let alone respond to it, but I'll answer anyway assuming you still don't dive. The air we breathe is roughly 21% oxygen, 79% nitrogen The oxygen we metabolize The nitrogen is inert, we don't metabolize it, at the surface it doesn't help us, but it doesn't hurt us either, at depth under pressure then it becomes an issue. So that 21% 02 is toxic to the human body at depths of 220 feet or 68 ish meters. The human body basically goes into convulsions, you spit your regulator out, you drown, you die. Everybody has a different threshold of where 02 toxcisty kicks in. Or if your exerting yourself the toxicity of it might hit you sooner. My rule for deep dives on air is 180 feet, period no exceptions, give me a buffer Hope this helps
Mark Giltner Hi Mark, No, unfortunately I still don’t dive, hah. (not even sure why I was so intrigued by this video at the time but it’s certainly amusing to have this pop up again after 11 years, and the fact that I do vaguely remember watching this back in 2009). Your explanation makes a lot of sense (now). Can’t believe I was so naive to think that “air” was comprised of only oxygen and not any other elements! Anyways, I enjoyed revisiting this and appreciate the answer, even if was after a decade later! Cheers.
Well than one has to wonder, if the right mix is not available should one dive in the first place? I get very upset seeing divers die for no reason.........Do it right or don't do it.
I don't know that we can assume they were inexperienced, but I'm not going to argue with you that they weren't being silly. Of course the vast majority of diving accidents happen because of poor choices, some on the surface and others when things go wrong. I've had my fair share of diving trips with Russians. They make incredibly risky choices, including drinking alcohol on safety stops. No argument there either.
Susky97: You're welcome! Try Samael Aun Weor "Introduction to Gnosis", that's the best boo to start with and after you read the book (it's very short) check out the Kybalion (or the Hermetic teaching) and its 7 principles,the "cause and effect" is one of them. They also call it the "Ageless wisdom".
I completely agree with you, but unfortunately too many people (divers) still dive deep air. In a way deep air dives are still promoted by such agencies as e.g. PSA. Have you ever heard about M.Andrews (deep air world record holder)? And he is not the only one who teaches people to do the wrong things. So what coud you expect of them if they have such a role "model" or a "teacher"?
JDPL448: There is no blame to say that, since many divers who died in the lue Hole did a lot of stupid things like the one described in this episode and many others. Being honest all of them were "aasking for it" in one way or another. And of course all these accidents happened due to the human error.
i was at 58 and it was incredibly bad feeling, i felt if i go 1 more meter i will have blackout or will loose my mind!!! i got 700 dives and im dm but anyway.....dont go under 50!
sundaydiver: I completely agree with you, but that's what really happened and this is true. Why don't you comment on Yuri Lipski's "fatal acciden caught on tape" video, I would appreciate if you do, I 'm sick and tired of arguing with "shark theories"! (Lol)
kermit30au: I completely agree with, these guiys were definitely asking for it, 99% of the accidents in Blue Hole occured because of the wrong decisions.
"Why couldn't I feel or recognize?" Well, because you aren't a dolphin, that's why! I'm baffled that experienced divers would 1) choose to do an "unknown" penetration dive at night, 2) turn off their torches, and 3) not tell everyone beforehand the plan. If losing orientation at this site is that easy, clearly making things worse by doing it at night is not a smart idea. What about guidelines and indication lamps on their tanks? Poor, poor choices.
Some people never learn. Standing next to an edge of a cliff and then falling. Then others do it. Then more people do it. Until someone says enough is enough. More than 200 people have died in the Blue Hole. The vast majority of them are amateurs but still some who are experienced, end up dying at this place. Hate to say it, but the government should step in and tell the public, the place is closed. They should remove the bodies from this place and send them back to be properly buried.
No one said they were "experienced divers", of course they were extremely inexperienced and very silly. But that happened in 1994. I just finished the documentary about Russian divers fatal accidents in 2006-2007, in 99,9% they died becaus of their poor choices.
They were asking for troubles by doing what they weren't supposed to do...at this depth even on a day dive, every precaution was needed to stay alert and to ensure safety...let alone this is a night dive and the first time to dive there...diving is for fun not for thrill and risk-taking.
Hi, the video is being broadcasted at the moment, so I cannot post the whole video on you tube, but I can send you the DVD, just send me your postal address.
Very interesting short. Some grey matter was absent there. Broke rule after rule. A death had to of occured with the stupidity that was done. I feel sad for the loss of a life but these guys where asking for it.
Wouldn't dyslexia entail that it be "lautirips"? I have no idea what you mean here. Dyslexia is a spatial disorder that comes from reading actual printed pages. I suppose it could be argued that in the effort to force the brain to see what is actually there, one experiences a deeper sense of consciousness. Regardless of what you mean by this, the notion isn't what I am saying and so can't be connected to the number 99.9% in any meaningful way. Would you care to elaborate on what you mean?
Lan Well if u believed in spirits and that the soul exists beyond death and if u then consider all the bodies that were left behind down there and not recovered.. I mean, if I were a ghost and my body was still down there I would haunt the shit out of anyone crossing my way BIG TIME 😲😲😲😲😲
I've spent almost 4 years making the Blue Hole documentary and these short videos that I placed on youtube are only 2 of 7 episodes that are used in the film.The fatal accidents among divers are surely caused by poor choices such as deep air dives and solo dives. I was surprised to discover that 99,9% of the divers who make these poor choices are "spiritual dyslexics".
Elena Konstantinou What did u mean by “spiritual dyslexics”?? 🤔
I’m confused too by why that means ? Do you mean lack of common sense and a strong healthy fear of danger.
Who in their right mind turns off the light in place that is known for killing people!?!
A Russian diver, that's who
Someone who is ...spiritually dislexic.
halucinations
The thing is, Steve didn't turn his light off...Steve's light failed and he needed help... not someone else to turn their light off. During the darkness Steve was taken by strong current.....unable to see he was swept away until his air supply diminished and he passed on. RIP.
How do you know this? I've never found any more information on Steve despite searching (I could not even find out his last name). From the video it appears that Steve's friend gave the account that they both turned their lights off and the female acquaintance seems to back up that claim.
yeah right, i'm gonna dive the blue hole at night and then i turn off my flashlight. how fricking stupid can one be???!!! he had it coming!!!
Ok you can dampen the light by placing it against your wet suit , but you never ever turn your light off , sometimes things just don't turn back on kinda like sometimes cars don't start. Don't turn off the light dive safe
SO right for night diving, rule number one never turn off the light, exactly as you say, either put your hand over it briefly or against the suit, even if you have two other backup lights.
Unknown: Divers use 21%O2/82%N2 which is regular air. While O2 (oxygen) always has to be part of the mix, they also use a variety of other mixes that have varying percentages of O2, N2 and for deep dives He (helium) is added as well. For a 60m dive air is NOT the mix to use if you want to do this safely.
That's true, I completely agree with you. The thing is that we're talking about 1994-1998. There was no technical diving facilities there in Dahab at that time. They had no clue about TMX.
The arch is a wonderful dive, just no margin for error..and you have to be prepared for the nitrogen euphoria.. so no place for beginners of course..
Nightdives are wonderful with or without lights, the canyon is awesome by full moon, but the arch.. no way..the beauty comes from the daylight effect anyway..
"Nitrogen Euphoria." Is that what the neckbeard fedora men are calling it these days?
Susky97:I know, I meant the "spiritual dyslexia", this is the expression John A.West uses when he talks about academics-egyptologists. I love that expression because it fits my thoughts regarding the people I met while making the film. Not all of them were spiritual dyslexics though,some of them are brilliant"masters" of their own fortune, they did a lot of seemingly stupid and dangerous things and they are still alive.
It's the ghost of the seas and the souls of the divers that took steve's life.. creepy..
Hahahaha
Great, thanks for the heads up. You've peaked my interest. The final term is up in a week; perhaps I'll add this to my summer reading. It is always nice to discover a new twist on this topic. Cheers for that! Is there a study or book title to go along with the reference?
I love to learn more information about Steve, like what was his last name? How old was he?
hi can u post the whole video up plz? its really interesting to me as a diver
Hey, I have no clue about diving or anything so I was curious to know when you mentioned that going 60 meters on air is stupid. What do you mean on air? Is there another type of gas that divers use other than oxygen? Thanks!
11 year old post, it'll be interesting if you see it, let alone respond to it, but I'll answer anyway assuming you still don't dive.
The air we breathe is roughly
21% oxygen, 79% nitrogen
The oxygen we metabolize
The nitrogen is inert, we don't metabolize it, at the surface it doesn't help us, but it doesn't hurt us either, at depth under pressure then it becomes an issue.
So that 21% 02 is toxic to the human body at depths of 220 feet or 68 ish meters.
The human body basically goes into convulsions, you spit your regulator out, you drown, you die.
Everybody has a different threshold of where 02 toxcisty kicks in. Or if your exerting yourself the toxicity of it might hit you sooner.
My rule for deep dives on air is 180 feet, period no exceptions, give me a buffer
Hope this helps
Mark Giltner Hi Mark,
No, unfortunately I still don’t dive, hah. (not even sure why I was so intrigued by this video at the time but it’s certainly amusing to have this pop up again after 11 years, and the fact that I do vaguely remember watching this back in 2009). Your explanation makes a lot of sense (now). Can’t believe I was so naive to think that “air” was comprised of only oxygen and not any other elements! Anyways, I enjoyed revisiting this and appreciate the answer, even if was after a decade later! Cheers.
Yeah, so I sincerely hope that the documentary will make a difference...
I agree. It is sad though.
Well than one has to wonder, if the right mix is not available should one dive in the first place? I get very upset seeing divers die for no reason.........Do it right or don't do it.
I don't know that we can assume they were inexperienced, but I'm not going to argue with you that they weren't being silly. Of course the vast majority of diving accidents happen because of poor choices, some on the surface and others when things go wrong. I've had my fair share of diving trips with Russians. They make incredibly risky choices, including drinking alcohol on safety stops. No argument there either.
TomTIGER69: Why, did you dive Andre Dorea? How does it look like! Thank you for your messages, I really appreciate them!
Susky97: You're welcome! Try Samael Aun Weor "Introduction to Gnosis", that's the best boo to start with and after you read the book (it's very short) check out the Kybalion (or the Hermetic teaching) and its 7 principles,the "cause and effect" is one of them. They also call it the "Ageless wisdom".
I don`t even turn the lights off when I go to sleep. I think that wasn´t that much of a great idea.
jcmangan .
I completely agree with you, but unfortunately too many people (divers) still dive deep air. In a way deep air dives are still promoted by such agencies as e.g. PSA. Have you ever heard about M.Andrews (deep air world record holder)? And he is not the only one who teaches people to do the wrong things. So what coud you expect of them if they have such a role "model" or a "teacher"?
I hope the people that do this have their affairs in order before attempting such a dangerous thing.RIP to them all!
JDPL448: There is no blame to say that, since many divers who died in the lue Hole did a lot of stupid things like the one described in this episode and many others. Being honest all of them were "aasking for it" in one way or another. And of course all these accidents happened due to the human error.
Actually there is a ghost which lures them and that's why so many died.
i was at 58 and it was incredibly bad feeling, i felt if i go 1 more meter i will have blackout or will loose my mind!!! i got 700 dives and im dm but anyway.....dont go under 50!
Considering the large numbers of divers diving Blue Hole every year, I would consider these acceptable losses . . .
He was probably like YOLO!!!!
sundaydiver: I completely agree with you, but that's what really happened and this is true. Why don't you comment on Yuri Lipski's "fatal acciden caught on tape" video, I would appreciate if you do, I 'm sick and tired of arguing with "shark theories"! (Lol)
Going to 60 meters on air is STUPID and un-necessary, it IS that simple.
joneson1000 , That's not a very good option to close the place.
kermit30au: I completely agree with, these guiys were definitely asking for it, 99% of the accidents in Blue Hole occured because of the wrong decisions.
"Why couldn't I feel or recognize?" Well, because you aren't a dolphin, that's why!
I'm baffled that experienced divers would 1) choose to do an "unknown" penetration dive at night, 2) turn off their torches, and 3) not tell everyone beforehand the plan. If losing orientation at this site is that easy, clearly making things worse by doing it at night is not a smart idea. What about guidelines and indication lamps on their tanks? Poor, poor choices.
popdanmark2000: That was a long time aog in 1998, they don't dive BH at night now...
tubeee99: Some people really believed in the "Sea Spirits" at the time I was making this documentary, I'm sure there are still people believing it...
Some people never learn. Standing next to an edge of a cliff and then falling. Then others do it. Then more people do it. Until someone says enough is enough. More than 200 people have died in the Blue Hole. The vast majority of them are amateurs but still some who are experienced, end up dying at this place. Hate to say it, but the government should step in and tell the public, the place is closed. They should remove the bodies from this place and send them back to be properly buried.
I wont dive at 2 mt coze I can't swim!! So I don't get how they can find beautiful to dive into deep dark sea,let alone at night!! Scary! Poor guy:(
Sounds like the one guy abandoned his partner when his partner needed him most
Mutrino : Incorrect, Regular air consists of 21% O2 and 79% of Nitrogen.
This dive is one of the stupidest decisions I've ever read about or heard of. Darwin awards. Very surprising the other guy survived.
heard of ROV?
Darwin award;)
No one said they were "experienced divers", of course they were extremely inexperienced and very silly. But that happened in 1994. I just finished the documentary about Russian divers fatal accidents in 2006-2007, in 99,9% they died becaus of their poor choices.
They were asking for troubles by doing what they weren't supposed to do...at this depth even on a day dive, every precaution was needed to stay alert and to ensure safety...let alone this is a night dive and the first time to dive there...diving is for fun not for thrill and risk-taking.
Hi, the video is being broadcasted at the moment, so I cannot post the whole video on you tube, but I can send you the DVD, just send me your postal address.
Very interesting short.
Some grey matter was absent there. Broke rule after rule. A death had to of occured with the stupidity that was done. I feel sad for the loss of a life but these guys where asking for it.
padi said dive the place at day first then night
I wanna go there!
aaronrocs
Are you still alive ???
Wouldn't dyslexia entail that it be "lautirips"? I have no idea what you mean here. Dyslexia is a spatial disorder that comes from reading actual printed pages. I suppose it could be argued that in the effort to force the brain to see what is actually there, one experiences a deeper sense of consciousness. Regardless of what you mean by this, the notion isn't what I am saying and so can't be connected to the number 99.9% in any meaningful way. Would you care to elaborate on what you mean?
TomTIGER69: Well, you know I know many divers who would stay pretty much "alive" no matter if you like or dislike them (lol!)
Mutrino: No problem!
popdanmark2000: That was a long time ago...
Well, sometimes they really do stupid things.
I wonder why his body was never recovered?
Because 200 people have died in the Blue Hole. Some think it is caused by a ghost.
Yeah it’s so disrespectful. They should recover anyone who died down there it’s the human thing to do 😟
Lan Well if u believed in spirits and that the soul exists beyond death and if u then consider all the bodies that were left behind down there and not recovered.. I mean, if I were a ghost and my body was still down there I would haunt the shit out of anyone crossing my way BIG TIME 😲😲😲😲😲
Maybe he committed suicide..
Regardless hopefully Steve's partner has committed suicide since this incident where he abandoned Steve in Steve's time of need..... what a loser.....
She is a divemaster and dont know the risks? Please dont dive anymore
fbreitruck : My dear, who told you that "media" is all about "education" only?! (lol)
Did I say 82%?? Oops, yes of course it has to be 79% N2, *hangs head in shame*. Sorry about that!
should have at least used glowsticks
at least not without an appropriate mix of gas ;)
Sure, I can post you the DVD, please send me an email with your postal address and cell phone number.
Брабара......
Don't do it at all, and live to see other beauties all around us
Inflate your bc and go up.
That's what you get for calling it a torch light! Jk
trykkestar That’s what u SHOULD get for calling it a flashlight 😂