The Tragic Story of The Man Who Sank Into The Abyss And Never Came Home - Dave Shaw
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- Опубликовано: 15 фев 2023
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David Shaw was a legend in the world of cave diving. His feats of exploration and endurance were legendary, and his passion for the sport inspired countless divers around the world. But on January 8, 2005, David Shaw lost his life while attempting a deep dive in a cave system in South Africa. In this video, we will explore the circumstances surrounding his tragic death and examine the impact it had on the world of cave diving.
The exact cause of David Shaw's death is still the subject of much speculation and debate. Some believe that he may have been overcome by the extreme depths and pressure of the dive, while others point to equipment failure or human error as possible factors. But whatever the cause, there is no denying the tragic loss that the diving community suffered when David passed away.
The death of David Shaw is a reminder of the inherent dangers of cave diving, and the importance of proper training, equipment, and preparation. Even the most experienced divers are not immune to accidents and mishaps, and it's crucial that divers take every precaution to ensure their safety.
For those who suffer from thalassophobia, or the fear of the ocean, the death of David Shaw is a sobering reminder of the risks involved in underwater exploration. But it's also a testament to the bravery and determination of those who pursue their passion for diving despite their fears.
In this video, we will pay tribute to the life and legacy of David Shaw, and examine the lessons that can be learned from his untimely death
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Ok so tell me how you got this few views. Like your commentary is the best of all the channels and thats crazy.
I'm not really sure my friend but if nice people like yourself like and share the video then hopefully the algorithm will notice me again ☺️
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You left out some really big details in the end of the video that make the story make the ending even crazier. When Don saw that Shaw still was not ascending and saw his light all the way at the bottom but it wasn’t moving so he knew something wasn’t right so he actually attempted to go help Shaw but on his way down had a major equipment malfunction that caused him to not be able to save Shaw and caused him to feel extreme vertigo to the point that he felt he was in a washing machine as if everything was spinning. He by absolute luck was able to grab the line and just barely found his way up and survived. Took him months to recover fully. And the last detail is that Shaw promised to bring up Deons body for his parents and when the crew came back to get their equipment that was left in the cave, they noticed just 20ft under the surface was Deon and Shaw entangled together and they recovered their bodies meaning even though Shaw died doing it, he still fulfilled his promise of bringing Deon back to his parents.
I did originally script that part into it but it dragged the end of video out so it was cut for pacing reasons and also because the focus was Dave really. You're right though it is a crazy part of the story
So, all dave had to do really was just get the body out and it would have floated back to the surface. Damn.
@@coreydx8602"I don't think it's a good option because the opening of Boesmansgat is quite narrow, which poses a significant risk of Dion's body getting stuck in the cave's ceiling. If that happens, there would be little hope of recovering his body as divers would have to navigate with a guideline/rope.Dion and Dave's bodies were only brought up when a team was retrieving the gas tanks in 150m depth. Without the rope attached to Dave and Dion's bodies, the team wouldn't have found them."
@@PeakedInterest I definitely think the fact that both bodies were recovered together should have been included in the video. It's the very crucial end of the story. Even if it made the pacing feel off, it's worth it to know what happened. Without it, it's incomplete. Overall I really enjoyed the video though and I've been binging a bunch of them.
Thank you, for additional information.
The gravity of the situation in those last brief moments of lucidity and consciousness, as you realize you'll never leave this cave and that this is the end of your story, must be immense and overwhelming. Your narrative design in this video conveys that feeling very well.
I can't imagine the level of panic and sorrow that hits at that moment
What's worse is it's those very thoughts and ideas that causes the death in a situation like that.
What a hell of a story. I will never look down on anyone for daring outside their comfort zone, but things like this seem unnecessarily dangerous, no matter how honorable. The poor man dying alone and confused in pitch black suffocation with just a corpse for company makes me damn sad. But thank you once again for another amazing minidoc on yet another engaging subject.
thank you, nice to see you again 😊
@@PeakedInterest I'm gonna make an effort not to be so absent anymore. And RUclips even gave me a notification this time around! Progress!
Dave said it´s better to have one person dead than two... yet that is exactly what happened... R.I.P. Dave
@@Tsukuyomi28but he should‘ve never gotten down there to retrieve the body, if one dead is better than two. they knew that it was dangerous… and in trying to retrieve the body, he died.
@SANDiLEiNx3 yeah, I'm not sure why I even made that comment.
A sad irony about not playing heroics when saving fellow divers, only to die trying to save a dead diver's corpse.
Wow. This was so sad. He achieved what he wanted. He wanted to fullfil a promise for a comrade. But he was lacking in some info about the sediment burying the body. That was truly unlucky. There are always unexpected events.
cave diving is very risky, even when it's planned by a team of experts
but there are no predetermined deaths!
Seeing diving into the depths always fills me with excitement because it's often such an unknown world. An unknown world that I definitely don't want to explore myself.
ha ha ha that's how I feel about it
It's sad, but at the end of the day, Dave was doing something he loved. Excellent narrative 👏
thank you, I aim to please. well...as pleasing as a tragic story like this can be anywya
The instant something isn't to plan one has to bail out and go back. The characteristics of the body was completely different than expected so carrying on is unchartered territory. And you don't want to find out if something can be done for the first time for real. He needed to practice bagging a positively buoyant dummy in a swimming pool first.
totally agree
@@PeakedInterestqq
Yep, 100%.
In technical diving, you do not change the plan on the fly like this, if something with the plan goes fundamentally wrong, you abort the dive right away, do the decompression required by your plan/computer, and plan another dive with a modified plan.
Especially by himself, the difficulty of wrestling with Deon's floating corpse was a critical error. Also, the fact he changed his standard cave setup with his torch to accommodate the camera on his head lead to an entanglement hazard that lead to an entanglement.
Imagine having a hobby where before starting, the topic of conversation is whether one person’s going to die, or two…
not my kind of hobby...
It is why risk acceptance and risk management is so thoroughly discussed in technical dive training. It simply isn't for everyone.
The first time I heard about Dave was, 6, 7 years ago, when i was starting to scuba dive, and i remember coming across with a great music about him : "The Last Dive of David Shaw - We Lost the Sea". I recommend checking this song, its fantastic as David was. The people we love, admire, respect will never die, they'll live in our memories ! Rest in Peace David !
have to take a look
@@PeakedInterest also forgot to mention, your videos are awesome man, I wish you the best !
Thanks man. really appreciate it
Exact same discovery, yet it was around three years ago 🤝🏻
Glad you told this story as thoroughly and clearly as you did. I've seen RUclipsrs omit the part where Shaw was the one who contacted Deon's parents first, implying they were so hellbent on getting the body of their son back they were willing to risk another life to get it. Which wasn't the case obviously. How awful must it feel to lose your son, then have the man who wanted to bring him back die as well and then be blamed for it by idiots on the internet.
Yep, there have been all kinds of ghouls commenting on this. Some blame the parents when Dave had clearly expressed a desire to return their son's body, and then you get those people who insult Shaw and say he was just a selfish and arrogant fool doing this for nothing more than an ego-trip. Both groups of people should slither away.
In some of the deep sea submersibles they have a very high helium content and when they're talking to each other you can hear their voices are higher pitched than normal
true fact
Same with divers. Sometimes they talk underwater and it sounds even more hilarious than you'd think! First saw this last year on the channel Dive Talk but I don't remember which video.
P.S. Many thanks to Peaked Interest and this commenter for reminding me of their channel, which I'm now binging again. It's got great stuff on cave diving that's not all about what goes wrong, hosted by a pair of enthusiastic, realistic goofs.
@PI, if you're interested in doing more on this subject, you'll find plenty of stories there. ✌️🍍
There will be more, but they're tough stories for me becauSe I'm thalassophobic
Such a shame. Dave seemed like a top man, and he was trying to do a good deed at the time of his death. R.I.P
Best telling I've heard of this tragedy yet. As always top notch content my friend!✊
thank you, I do my best 😊
Hey man, i just hope you keep continuing making videos for a looong time cause you are definitely one of the best, if not thé best in this genre. Also your voice is so addictive to listen to and the quality of the videos is top notch. Just wanted to let you know that you are appreciated among lot of people, keep doing your thing man!!
Please keep posting content, your videos are fascinating, extremely well put together and incredibly interesting. You cover topics in a way which, even if I've heard the story before, I find myself learning new things and seeing the story in a new light. The firelight conclusion is very unique and I love it. Thanks for the awesome content, I hope there's a lot more to come! 😁🙏
For how long you've been doing this and the quality of your videos you deserve a lot more views. Nice video man.
This is an incredibly heart wrenching story. Thankyou for sharing and educating.
As always, your remarkable approach to these tales- which so often include tragedy- is done with such beautiful reverence. Even when including footage you do so very sensibly and never in a way that can be seen as shock.
I hope you feel no added pressure from me saying this but- in the genre covering mystery and “morbidity” you are an icon to look up to! Telling these stories so respectfully!
that is far too high praise, im just a guy trying to make respectful yet watchable videos. I really appreciate that though.
This is definitely the most underrated channel I'm subscribed to
thanks very much
Such a heartbreaking story 💔💔💔 He seemed like a good person. I hope both their families are ok now
Are you crazy ? How they are gonna be ok ?
Subscribed today, already one of my favourite channels! Love your content and the work that goes into every video 🤌🏽
this is incredibly well done. Bravo
Thanks very much
I know this is a documentary but the very specific language that you use and the very carefully chosen music turn it into a beautiful tribute.
Your videos are always so well made, and im very glad I found your channel.
I would love to see your covers on Lacey Ellen Fletcher, Candace Newmaker, and the Nutty Putty cave incident.
Keep up this awesome work, I’m excited to see your channel grow
Thank you. I'll add those to my list of topics 🙂
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing David's story.
thank you for stopping by to watch
this video need more views! I love your work dude
Wrong. Don initially went down to try and reach Dave, dove deeper than he ever had, suffered equipment problems and went back up, then almost died himself due to these problems, and was helped by other divers, and eventually reached the surface.
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Oh snap, water, drowning and caves?!? My fear is Peaked as well!
these types are always hard to research
@@PeakedInterest and you always put so much into your research and production! It was a really smooth production! Great stuff as always!!🙏
thank you, you're always so very complimentary
What a tragic waste of a life...going down to retrieve a body which over the years had turned into a soapy substance anyway. As a diver his grave was the sea...should never have attempted to bring him up. RIP both
Thanks Mr Lee! It was another truly touching story. And I made it through in one go even though I have extreme fear of water I can't see through. 🙏🖤✌️
thanks Laura ☺️
Awesome channel having a good binge watch 💪🇬🇧
I came in late gonna have to watch the replay😂 Thank you for sharing this story! It is So Sad 😥 and Terrifying!
thanks for taking the time to watch
So sad... He tried, and technically succeeded, to bring closure to a family who lost a loved one but ended up losing his own life in the process. The fear and dread must have been horrific but at least he experienced little pain since he lost consciousness before he died. RIP Mr. Shaw.
I love your content! Never change homie!
I rewatch videos all the time. I like the Brandon Lee video and Hisashi Ouchi’s video the best but they’re all my favorites tbh.
I'm very lucky to have such nice followers like yourself who say such kind words.
Not sure I deserve such good praise but I appreciate it all the same 😊😊😊
You definitely do! My all time favorite is wrongfully accused. Excellent takes and very creative.
I’m going to watch the Elon doc soon!
Currently on a binge of this channel and leaving a comment for the algorithm, let's get him to 200k subs this year!
That's very kind of you, thanks for the support
Mr Peak Interest I love your videos👌💫💯 especially towards the end of your videos you give out your theories and synopsis
Thanks very much, I really appreciate that
If someone suddenly quits their job people question their sanity but if someone does something like this they don’t lol
Poor Dave! Reading more about him, I see he was also an airline pilot, and so obviously someone thoroughly familiar with safety ethics, protocols and procedures dealing with complex and life threatening situations. it's so telling that he could have so easily have lost his life in this situation despite the most careful planning and expertise. Even so, it surprises me that David went down alone with no backup at the most critical step of the operation; I would have thought it essential that he have a buddy to support him. I assume, because we're seeing footage from the camera, that another expedition was made, in which the camera was retrieved. Can you tell us about that?
Late reply, but 3 days after the retrieval attempt, there was a team that went to recover the equipment, whereupon they found Dreyer and Shaw's bodies entangled, having floated to about 20m below the surface and becoming caught in the drop line that was being pulled up.
To the point about not having a second diver with him at the bottom, it can actually be very dangerous to have 2 people together at such a depth. If one person panics or encounters a major problem, it endangers the life of the other. The intervals at which the other divers were spaced was like that to allow everyone to have enough room to perform their assigned tasks, but also give anyone else a chance at survival should something go wrong.
@@LadyTigerLilyVery interesting. Thank your for your reply!
14:52 💔 Damn.
Great video as always. Thanks
Thank you Patrick. it's nice to see you again
@@PeakedInterest Thanks means alot as a big fan, I've heard and watched other videos of this case before , but I swear you have done it better than anyone.
thank you, that's really nice to hear. very confidence boosting
Hey I'm glad same here.
Cave diving is scary enough.. but underwater?
IKR!?!!! That is terrifying for my mind to Conceptualize!
It's Like that part on that movie The Abyss! Towards the end where he had to use weights to drop him fast & super DEEP when he had to go diffuse that bomb 💣
couldn't agree more
I wish people who do these unnecessarily dangerous things thought of the first responders, rescuers, and emergency crew who have to risk their own lives to help them should things go wrong. I wish they thought about the private / tax dollars it costs to mounta search & rescue. Not to mention the trauma and hardship these accidents place on family & friends.
When you take that all into account, then these accidents seem a little more selfish than they're often portrayed.
If you’re single and you want to do risky things like this, knock yourself out. But when you have a wife and kids I think you need to think further than that.
Truly tragic how it all can go so wrong, even when trying to do the right thing. How come they didn't use a wire to strap to each diver so in the case of something going wrong they could always at least retrieve the body? I'd assume the wire could get stuck on something, but wouldn't it still be better than nothing?
the wire would likely get caught and also one failing diver strapped to 7 more will likely end up with 7 dead divers. it's why Shaw was so adamant that everyone care for themselves
How the **** does this video only have 5.9k views. Top quality content and production. The RUclips algorithm sucks.
Thanks man, hopefully as more people watch and like the video it will pick up
Your approach to the hunt a killer ad was so refreshing
Thanks appreciate that
@@PeakedInterest youre welcome it made a nice change to just reading a script like a robot.
This channel is getting pounded by algorithm it seems. it's a shame - listening to you is like reading a good book.
I could listen to any story with that quality of narration
thank you, that's very kind
Yeah i love his videos
Prayers, sad.
Moral
Of this story is - leave the dead alone !
Addendum - no dead body is worth a live one.
I really love watching yours videos.
Nd that game does seem interesting
thanks very much. I'd give it a go, it's genuinely pretty good
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It's been a while since you uploaded. 😢
I hope you & your family are doing well ❤, I'll be patiently waiting to hear the notification bell. 🔔
Thanks Karmen. There is a video ready I'm just waiting on sponsor approval and some erroneous copyright claims to be removed first 🙂
So very sad.
Indeed
Very sad indeed! 😔 seems a very unlucky sequence of events 🤔
Man, you ended this video like 5 minutes early. I sat in silence forever expecting you to give us the rest of the tale.
There is a little more to the story regarding the friend who suffered debilitating injury as a result of recovering Dave and Deon's body but i chose to focus on Dave's story.
Diver Dave met a dire fate in the depths of the dark 😢
I'm afraid of caves and of diving....
*I wasn't aware people would combine my worst fears*
I can't imagine how scary it must have been for Dave. Knowing that every breath you take, ends your life faster, while trying your best to remain calm, as a dead corpse floats around you and gets tangled in your gear.... The thought alone is scary
Dave is a braver man than me
Eh I'd say you're a smarter man than Dave
I revisit this story often and always come to a different conclusion. This time, it's that he may have gotten out if he hadn't had the camera on his head.
That's my conclusion as well..almost all of his problems stemmed from the camera.
This kind of diving has always seemed insanely dangerous. The margin for error is so ridiculously slim, and there are countless stories of things going from optimal conditions to certain death in less than a minute. Kudos to those who can swim on that razor's edge, but it seems like Russian Roulette to me.
I agree. Dave died because of overexertion. The margin of error for his rebreather is ridiculously slim.
Please drop the static intro and go back to the nice into jingle. The static really loud and obnoxious for headphone/earbud users. Love the content
I watched the documentary they made about this dive where they went to bring Deon back.
How tragic.
I will never understand what drives people to cave diving, pot holing, etc.
You never mentioned that both bodies floated up to the surface the next day.
Another homerun video, good sir.
Video Starts At 4:38
now this is pure horror
Oo
Is Deon Dreyer's head still down there with his goggles on? I ask because in the video you can see it but after reading all the information about the case, they mention that the body did not have a head when it was recovered.
Therefore, diving at such depths should be prohibited.
wait so how did they end up getting the bodies? was it because they both floated up higher?
Both bodies were connected to the diving line I believe
@@AutumnCosplay thank you 🙏
@@veronikavanquish Google exists. Anyway, the line had nothing to do with it, both bodies became buoyant and floated close to the surface sor they were easy to retrieve, he did bring Deon in the end I guess
@@stanfordwillis4841 there's other ways to learn than Google lol
@stanfordwillis4841 Anyways, u must be having a frustrating day. Hope it gets better, and thanks for sharing ur knowledge with the community ☮️
I’ve become intensely claustrophobic as an adult. I wasn’t as a kid. Deep cave diving makes me cringe lol
I just hate underwater...of all type
@@PeakedInterest ya I’m not a fan either. The ocean too. Not a fan of swimming in it 😆. Especially where I live in Massachusetts with great whites. Screw that 😆. Another one is heights. Other than that snakes and spiders are cool with me! Lol
Thalassophobia is my only fear really. Everything else I'm cool. Claustrophobic? Nope. Bugs? Nope. Acrophobia? Nope....but deep water? Get away from me 😂😂😂
I’ve had trouble watching any underwater footage since I was a kid. I couldn’t even watch Jacques Cousteau, I just can’t breathe and start to panic..in the safety of my lounge room.. so something like this, underwater and in very confined spaces, tunnels to get lost in..is utterly horrifying to me.. I would swim out to the middle of the ocean quite happily, but put me in a boat, or put lead weights, breathing tanks, mask on me? No thanks. I truly envy those people who can go down and see the beautiful, hidden, underwater places on our planet.
@@virginiaviola5097 I think the same for me is the possibility of losing the ability to breath. Or just not being able to catch my breath even with the oxygen. It’s terrifying 😆. Actually just losing the ability to breath is scary. I’m competing in masters bodybuilding in next year or two but I have a rare heart disease and defibrillator pacemaker and heart failure in remission and I’ve had times where I can’t lay down for bed and breath properly even tho I’m taking in deep breaths. It’s terrifying to be that exhausted and not being able to breath . I made full comeback but it’s still scary. That made Covid extra scary for me early on as I was immune suppressed at the time.
What a story! How did they get the video footage of his camera?
a team went down to retrieve it later. because his body was recently deceased it contained gasses which made it float closer to the surface
Getting rekt by water in a tight cave is one of my biggest fears. I rather go to ISS than go in caves.
With you there man. The sea is my worst fear.
You said at the end they retrieved the body??? How?
idk, maybe it's just me, but wouldn't been easier to attach the line to the dead body and try to lift it up from surface..
And who retrieved the camera?
While retrieving the dive line both bodies (the one of Deon and Dave) were connected to it.
At least this is what I heard/ read
^^^correct
Honestly I'm not even surprised at this just like climbing everest there's some that's gonna die
how did they retreve the head camera?
Both bodies were floated up and could be recovered therefore with the camera attached to Daves head.
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indeed! thanks Alvis
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Act like hero, turn to be zero. RIP
horrifying
I enjoyed the video a lot but if i may, please never use that pitchy white noise sound effect at around 14:00 again. It gave me a mild migraine somehow and i had to stop and lie down. :'D
all because he had to bring a fucking camera
And it's actually the second such diving case I've covered in which a camera was the leading cause of the accident.
Watch "Dave not coming back" the full film made about Dave
There’s now a game called Dave the Diver. Unrelated.
chilling story. great presentation. but I know nothing about diving, and I wonder, why the margin of error is literally this slim. Why not for example design a system that gives you an extra 30min-1hour of breathing time? enough time to trouble shoot the problem. Having seen a couple of these videos gives me the impression that all it takes is you get over excited, or paniced or excerted for literally just 5-10 minutes and you are dead. Pardon but It seems idiotically slim for anyone to be doing the activity at all...just my 2 sense as a complete lamen. The diver appeared to have only made 2 mistakes: 1 is the bulky helmet cam. and 2 is having not planned for the possibility of the body being bouyant. the story made it almost seem like the corpse ghost attacked him and entangled him... for less than a few minutes which resulted in his death.
The problem is the depth pressure changes your use of the air mixture. If your heart rate changes that too alters how much air you use and that's compounded by the fact that taking in too much air causes delirium and panic which of course makes the issue even worse.
Basically panic at any level usually results in death. It's why diving is usually done in pairs because it's easier for someone else to see when you panic and take you back.
@@PeakedInterest again, the human element seems to account for way too much variation vs too slim a equipment induced slim margin allowed for error or variation. seems like all must go perfectly or you die. better systems must be designed and applied in my lamen opinion.
I would rather advice the government to pump water out of that hole and see what's inside. Yep, its not challenging, but the curiosity to know what's on the bottom is still there. 😑
Two and half minutes in, just ads, dislike and I’m out, damn this RUclips era
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How do you think these people make the money and time to make these high quality videos? You think he can just do this full time for free? Sorry dude but cable was the same way back in the day. You've been under a rock.
@emmanuel McCoy thanks. My videos often take 2-6 months start to finish and I have to pay for footage, police and medical reports, freedom of information requests, editing software, energy bills, equipment, digital storage... Etc. Making RUclips videos isn't free.
You can't hide from me 👀
I hide from nobody! ... but I will hide from oceans
I love dry caving, & I love swimming, but I don't know if I'd ever be brave enough to cave dive!
He attached a line to the body on his first dive. Why not just pull it up?
Probably the water pressure was pulling down the body
Uhhhhhhh Hey Chat
howdy
Space is NOT easy. Ask all the dead astronauts. And, no I won't chill. 🤨
I said by comparison to the sea it's easy.
its crazy that people even do these deep dives because you have to be so careful to descent and ascend, and any little problem will affect the outcome in a major way. extremely dangerous hobby. spend too much time in the bottom and now you dont have enough oxygen to ascend properly and will have to decide between drowning or ancending too fast and probably drown anyways.
Shouldnt the rebreather give him more margin of time
wait...how was a body buoyant after being underwater 10 years? does it not decompose? was it because tanks were strapped to him? [edit] nvm :D
no it's because the back part of him didn't decompose due to being in silt and instead turned into a lightweight wax like substance
@@PeakedInterest thanks, I hadn't gotten to that part of the video yet when I commented 😅 incredible video btw! I'm binge watching your channel now
thanks Mischa hopefully you will find other videos just as interesting. my goal with videos us usually to provide the historical context which created the event and also answer questions which previously were unanswered
I think his body turned into adipocere or “corpse wax” which is like soap I believe. I’m not sure if this was brought up in the video.
@@RupertMumphrey "his body turned into adipocere or “corpse wax” which is like soap " meaning >>> decomposed.