As a war photographer for 3 decades, I can recognize true artists when I see them, and the kid who published this piece is definitely a pro! Great work, kid
3 decades. Dang, you just missed the "British war" over Falkland then? Hope you're okay man, I've thought about doing it, I definitely have the stupid to do it, but I'm not a groundbreaking photographer, and I doubt I'd be able to get going on my own. War photographers are incredibly important, and have been all the way since it started in 1840 / 1850! We're closing in on 200 years of war photographing tradition! ❤️🤍💙
For a 150 ft dive that lasts 1 hour at depth you would require an estimated 250minutes of decompression time assuming the only gas you were breathing is air. This rough estimate was calculated using a square profile with 10ft deco stops and a 40/85 Gradient Factor.
Added comment unrelated to diving: Peterson is right that when people are not struggling financially that they are more mindful of their surroundings and the environment (usually). But, I think a lot of Peterson's notions about what political practices create "wealth for all" are just hot air.
I came here to find that you'd beaten me to the answer. Interestingly he says in the video "they stay at this depth...hours [plural] at a time". Just thinking about how much deco they are skipping gives me a rash!
This seems to be super long, for a dive at 150ft/46m that last 1 hour for an adult in good shape breathing normal air i think 135 min decompression stop is enough
@@NauticalWizard I imagine it's partly down to their unique physiology, maybe a bit of a trained response to bubble formation, and probably a big part of their dive is spent much shallower than the maximum depth they reported.
We have encountered that "decompression sickness" here in the Philippines due to air compressor fishing. Majority of those guys were paralyzed some were dead.
I've been living within the Bajo tribe for around 3 months now just a few kilometers away from Bungin Island in an island called Kaung for an internship program. Coming from a populated city area (Jakarta) and a upper middle class family, I empathize with their living situation so much and I've learned a lot from them. I love this video cause it captures the reality that it isn't as "tribal" as it is and in fact, it's very much modernized. Job well done 👍🏻
As an indonesian i entirely shock and sad for them risking their life just for such a smallfish like that. Im definitely getting my freediving course first before i turn spearfishing into a hobby. Thanks a lot dude
This is the most amazing of his videos I've ever seen.. and one of the most amazing videos I've ever seen from anybody. I love it. I'll probably even rewatch it once or twice.. maybe even 3 times. I really want to go here one day. Not going to be free diving though lol
For a dive on air to 150 feet for 2 hours assuming the first dive of the night would require a minimum of about **7 hours** (423 minutes) of decompression, starting at 70ft and ending at 10 ft. For example: Depth (ft) , Time (minutes) 70, 3 60, 14 50, 21 40, 32 30, 49 20, 89 10, 214 (Calculated on MultiDeco with ZHL-16C & GF 100/100).
@@lowristocrat3824 It can, but with such an extreme dive profile I dunno how much of a difference it would make. Gas mixes such as nitrox, trimix, and heliox can be used to do things like reduce decompression time, extend time at depth, or increase the max operational depth. Nitrogen and oxygen are both narcotic and toxic above certain partial pressures. So with training, careful planning, and the right equipment, its possible to plan a dive that utilizes different mixtures at different depths to provide the desired dive profile. But it takes refined skill and equipment, and since I just hold a basic open water dive cert, that's the extent of my knowledge. My grandpa did research dives in excess of 250ft, but he has passed so I can't ask him about it
@@pohlec89 I've always been interested in how deep it's possible to go, given cavedivong can go 500+ feet. I don't know what's most dangerous, but I'm aware humans would do better if we didn't have compressible gasses in our system, but rather a breathable liquid so we can't be crushed at depths, kinda like how sperm whales do it, keeping most oxygen directly in the blood, instead of the lungs!
Divers that work at extreme depths uses an air mix containing Helium. I don't know the real science behind it but I think it counters the nitrogen in the body.@@pohlec89
@@NaomiJacko Hi! At least he went there and documented everything he saw without telling any fairytales. And he did mention that It's according to Google at 3:20. Although I don't recall him mentioning that the Badjao people originate from Indonesia, he did mention that there is a group of people locally known as Badjao. Nevertheless, he tried to be as honest as possible throughout the video and it was delightful to watch.
Love your content! As a car painter, I can tell that using such piston air compressor often sends a lot of fine oil particles along with the air, leaving us painters with a fisheye paint problem afterwards, or ruined paint job, and those poor compressor divers with lungs full of oil. You need a series of really good and expensive air filters and water/oil separators to battle that problem, or you just use screw type compressor. Love your content and the way you tell your stories! Keep up the good work! Also I am very pleased to see how those natives of the small island were very friendly! Just sad about the island condition, they are a bit dirty, not caring a lot for plastics floating around...
I've been an avid fan of the channel for some time now. I must admit that I find it very easy to listen to you as you explain the video. Your content intrigued me from the start and now this video 👍👍. Absolutely awesome and amazing content for everyone. This group of people are incredible and actually scientifically amazing. Thanks for the video and as always I am looking forward to seeing the next one.
The closing statement is powerful. People struggling for survival will act out of desperation. People that have some sort of stability have the ability to think ahead and the luxury of making decisions.
yep americans will pay someone to put car parts on their car till they caint afford the service and learn to do it them selves... thats kinda where hotrod started from...
This is one of my favorite videos you've done so far, I loved seeing you interact with the locals and telling the story of their lives. Hope to see more like this!
Years ago I worked in a small dive shop on an island in the Pacific, the small compressor we used was essentially the same as used for tires, except that a system of filters (charcoal I believe) was used to clean the air that I pumped into 80 cf tanks. That's what I recall. I wonder if anyone has made the effort to introduce filters on the compressors they use to these divers. Or does it make a difference, I don't know. The shop also had a bunch of those frogman double hose regulators like Mike Nelson used on the TV show which looked pretty cool at the time. I don't remember seeing any PADI or NAUI cards or schools. The shop only rented to divers they schooled or divers affiliated with the US Navy. It wasn't unusual to see divers spearfish 300-400 lb grouper, or even larger bottom fish back then. The owner of the shop was one of the first divers approached by J Cousteau to test the SCUBA as invented by Cousteau.
@@ryany4326 I never said a 120 psi compressor, where'd you get that. Maybe I was wrong about it being used for tires. It was more like a volkswagen engine, only 2 cylinders on it and the tank wasn't much bigger. It could pump more than 3000 psi, cause that's where I had to cut off the pressure. but I don't know how much more cause Past this the covers of the filters would blow out a gasket or whatever every once in a while. This same shop the owner was very well-known in the diving world at the time circa 1960-1962. I recall a shipment of regulators and hoses came in that looked just different from everything else. The word was it was something a french guy named Cousteau wanted the owner to test out. Who knew? Looking back, the shop was probably the only one between Hawaii and Australia other than the Navy bases in the Pacific. It had a real island vibe and fun to work, on a reg weekend, the reg divers would bring in groupers and snappers the size of small cows, way before there was any sense of environmental damage or protection. The big fish are long gone. The same dive on the reef walls today would see lots of schools of reef fish but not at that size, that would be all,out of the ordinary. Diving is now big business and with it comes the hoi polloi and all the trash and problems that come with it.
Modern diveing rules are more savety driven than anything else. You can go up and down in the collumn, higher pressure is the actual treatment for compression sickness. if he goes up to drop off a fish and then goes back down the nitrogen bubbles get compressed back down and hes fine. While he hops between surface and depth the actual pressure hes under is not as high as if he was constantly under water.
My grandfather used to spearfish whenever he could, he grew up during the Japanese colonization of the Philippines so he couldn’t really go to school, he decided he’d make a living off the sea, whether he was day fishing or night fishing he could dive up to 80-100 feet barefoot, no gear at all and could hold his breath for 2 minutes, said it was a lot slower though since he didn’t have a flipper when he first used to dive, notice how I singularly said “flipper” the man only had one flipper made out of a flat piece of plastic which he’d use to dive, my uncle now uses that same flipper whenever he goes fishing, he too can dive up to 20 meters or more, I also just use one flipper I made from a plastic barrel lying around in my dad’s construction yard but I can only dive 25 feet though :P I only get to see the sea every summer, can’t reach a depth of 20 meters just yet, hopefully one day. Great video by the way, love the Jordan Peterson bit at the end.
The auto tire compressor is fine if the right oil is used. As a commercial Diver when I came in from oilfield diving to inshore diving we used tool compressors from home Depot with extra volume tanks and LP oil for dive compressors. We where diving normal commercial helmets to a max deep of around 25 meters
you ran your compressor on an electric motor no doubt? A gas motor spewing carbon monoxide right next to a compressor intake is a good way to get CO poisoning.
Amazing video, I really appreciate the fact you kept it real. I can't imagine how much work went into this video. Also the final statement from Peterson is very true!
So refreshing to see your insanely entertaining, informative and maybe most importantly no bs videos. Keep it up i look forward to every video you upload!!
It is amazing to see how your channel has grown! I remember when you where just getting started, this is a true blessing that you have worked so hard to create. Enjoy it, keep sharing!
I love you for your honesty makes the video more real and enjoyable. I wish our media houses shared nothing but the truth and this world would be a better place 😊
Just found your channel today, and I must say I'm a fan. I grew up on a sailboat in Mexico & the South Pacific islands, and spearfishing was the most reliable way of stocking the freezer. Was particularly epic in Tuamotu, French Polynesia, which is also where I learned how to scuba dive courtesy of the French Foreign Legion. That said, 75ft is my personal freediving record, which was quite deep enough thank you. Those guys who fish using pony bottles or air compressors... yikes. When I was 9 we came across a drifting panga in Baja California with a dead fisherman and air compressor in it. He made it back into his boat, but presumably succumbed to decompression sickness after. From the way he looked, it must have been an extremely painful way to go
I binged watched every one of your videos like it was the newest season of GOT. Love your take on the lifestyle of freediving and I really enjoy seeing big tuna, real culture and delicious food. Maybe I’ll see you in Bali this fall! 😎 🤿 🐟
I just want to say what a hook. Your first 3min did a great job of captivating, putting questions and rebuttals out. I'm exited to see you go meet them.
compressor diving is illegal in the Philippines. but this is the best real talk documentary about spear fishing... thanks for sharing. watching from the Philippines.
I did a liveaboard dive trip around Sumba and Sawu a few years back, and the one thing I couldn't believe was the sheer amount of trash that was absolutely everywhere! Really really sad to see...
@@joras7457 just not within their nature to do so, I guess...pretty common sight in many developing nations. Poor people aren't as a concerned by their surroundings as people in more affluent countries. Guess they have bigger problems to worry about. Maybe its an education thing, I don't know.
@@joras7457 Man, tell me you don't spend time in the ocean without telling me you don't spend time in the ocean. The entire thing is covered in plastic waste. We do a beach clean on my island and one storm later the whole beach is calf-deep in plastic again. The real question is why don't you stop using all plastic products? If half of all people did that the ocean would be a lot less nasty. But just to be honest, micro plastic doesn't go away. The ocean is 100% dying, and your thoughtless use of plastic is causing it. Nothing you do now can change that.
@@toknowwhyuneed3593 I agree about the plastic bottles they should stop using them . Maybe go with cardboard instead .I spend a lot of time cleaning beaches and the ocean, and can’t pick up some of the plastic that has broken down to the micro plastic level ..
Divers do this in Jamaica it's like the normal for some divers. There are those who do free lungs diving I'm almost gonna assume a lot of the free lung divers are diving longer than the records whilst shooting fish
Brilliant video!!! I learned so much from this. Love your content and the fact that you're now making proper lengthy vids and not shorts. Don't get me wrong the yt shorts are great too.
I've never related more to a youtuber. The on camera talking is always so awkward for me I loathe it. But the voiceovers are astounding. I love how genuine this is. Keep it up brother
I used to do this type of COmpressor spear-diving at night in the Philippines. Indeed it's very unsafe and dangerous. I have watch few of my buddies died or crippled (due to bends). Looking back, our compressor did not even have a regulator/dryer.
Interesting to see another island like this. Pulau Mesa i thought it was the most densly populated island in the world. not far from Labuan Bajo. thanks for sharing
The sea nomads makes me wonder if in a few centuries jobs we take throughout our lives will make our bodies adapt to it. So like if we used our computers for many hours a day, everyday, would our eyes be more accustomed to our screens?
I think a key ingredient is the danger involved. Having a small spleen makes you more likely to drown, but having irritable eyes... not a trait that will be quickly selected out.
@@matthewworkman201 yep, you gotta get killed for your deficiencies in order to weed them out. In many ways modern technology which protects the weak slows evolution or allows less desirable traits to continue (to be clear, I don’t think this is a bad thing, it’s just an observation)
the sea nomad stories pop up alot. they are good divers but the claimed times have never been close to replicated ever. it essentially boils down to "trust me bro "that guy dives for 13 minutes"
I'm wondering if you head up to the boat after you've free dived and head back down almost immediately if the decompression state you should do doesnt affects your body differently and doesn't do as much and on your last surface, you decompress for longer than normal.
I was wondering why your channel was relatively quiet for a while. Thanks for making great content, as always. Any place with a lot of people in one spot seems to decimate the wildlife around the area. Its the same in the Caribbean too. Not that I blame them for trying to survive. I agree with you. While it is sad that old lifestyles die, I think its better for the people as well as the natural environment to help folks modernize. Its inevitable anyways, so all we can do is to help the smooth transition.
We also have badjao community (or sea jepseys) here in Philippine. There really good in diving probably because fishing is their number 1 source of income primarily spear fishing. Through the years of passing that kind of way of living they probably develop a very strong spleen.
24 minutes and 37 seconds Professional breath hold diver Budimir Šobat's world record of 24 minutes and 37 seconds holding his breath underwater. During a breath hold, the level of blood CO2 rises, and the O2 declines.Feb 5, 2023
Try the Philippine bajao. They are still doing free diving. Mindanao or dumagat in Isabela in Luzon .. BBC 9 years ago feature Badjao in the Philippines not Indonesia.
The two videos were made in different places, although they are still of the same tribe, the one on Sumbawa has been slightly contaminated with the progress of the times and the mixing of tribes that has occurred through marriage, the tribes in the Bajo tribe on Sumbawa have also begun to wane. It's different from what NetGeo documented, they are still very natural and the tribes that NetGOE recorded are tribes in Sulawesi, they are still original, and the difference is that NetGeo made videos for years ago while this video was only made or uploaded a few months ago, due to the times the Bajo tribe has also been slightly affected by progress and has begun to abandon their diving habits a little, therefore their abilities begin to decrease, and everyone has different abilities.
My dad used to practice same method of diving. Now one ear doesn’t work at all 😂 Also he had a lot of health issues . This video is f*^+ing awesome you killed it
the reason the guy could go up and then come down like he did was because he was using the water as a pressure chamber like is used to treat decompression sickness. it is a technique utilized by cave divers and tech divers often
I’m in Philippines and we have people here that free dive and catch the fish with their hands. Five minute breath holds are common with the divers here. Indonesians tend to chain smoke pretty heavily. Is there a chance that the divers don’t freedove anymore because their lungs have too much damage from cigarettes?
Don't forget about the Exhaust from the engine and how that can get sucked into where the intake is for the air as well, most of them Don't use any type of long extension moving the exhaust away or along extension that's for the air intake, so the 2 won't mix.
The comparison of 4 minutes dive of Molchanov to the mythical 13 minutes (in best case scenario done in static breathhold) is riddiculous. Do you have an idea of the oxigen you burn pushing with a monofin down and up from 400ft an beyond and the complexity involved with equalizing at those depths? At 1:44 mark of the video it's clear there is no real basic knowledge of freediving behind this video unfortunately.
The editing is hilarious lol; “you merry Christmas!!!”. But yeah, This is the kind of journalism that’s missing in the world. I feel like when I hear stories about other countries or see social media pictures I always take it with a grain of salt. Everywhere I’ve been has a darker side and at the end of the day tourism is about shaping narratives and less about what is actually happening. People hunt for experiences like sharks, especially influencer digital nomad types.
Use the metric system please its so frustrating for all non-americans watching your videos. At least put a label in the video with the meter equivalent.
Watching from Belize central america I'm from and thanks for the upload!! Divers in Belize don't use that method but our central american neighbors Nicaragua and Honduras fishermen do use compressor air!!✌🏽🙏🌎🇧🇿
I love your video and story. Thank you for all the time you spent going out there and putting them together. If I may, I have one constructive criticism: sometimes the music is louder than your voice and it's really hard to hear what you're saying (which is very interesting and I don't want to miss because I all about learning!) and find myself turning on subtitles to understand batter. As I said, I love your videos. Keep up the good work!
The Badjao are an indigenous group in the Philippines, known as sea nomads. According to a study[1], they have been in the country since 500AD; described as endemic fisherfolks who have been using sustainable fishing methods for over 1,500 years.
I love this guys videos been subbed for at least 4 years i always wanted to go scuba diving for fish seems like fun but I can’t hold my breath for that long 😂😂
If you want to see the traditional Sea Nomads you must go to the Philippines and find the tribe called "Badjao". Those person are the one's that National Geographic talk about, since it has so many documentaries support those statements.
RIP Fast Eddie. Born in Andros. Met him in Bimini. Excellent free-diver. He told me, I quote, "It's a mind ting, you hafta to trick yourself mon. Trick yourself by pushing until the da point you tink you are drowning. Soon come. Soon come." Also he taught me this: NEVER, EVER HYPERVENTILATE! Don't be like me YT, dive with a buddy. SWB. It's very real. But it wasn't long, I was in 40+ feet of the second clearest waters in the world. I got spoiled. Came home to Florida, and it's all murky and sharks. After about 20-30 feet you are not visible with the glass bucket when current. Remember! It's your job as a diver to maintain safely. The cap can only look back and forth for bubbles. Get on a fish, get lost in the abyss and bam. Memento Mori
Is there not a difference in the compressor air and the air from a SCUBA tank? The abiolity to avoid the bends on comptressor must6 be so9methying related? .
Thanks for the real doc! I'm a bit confused-do the Bajau really dive super deep for a long time like everyone says, or is that all a myth about sea nomads?
the free dive your talking about is with a rope connected below where they dive and hold onto it, but the BADJAO what we called are people that can last how many minutes under water and can even walk easily without a rope guide.
Not a diver, but heard this from watching lots of Dive Talk: If you go up, and down again quickly, not much nitrogen leaks out, so it's not nearly as bad as waiting on the surface as more and more escapes your muscle tissue. I'd heard of it done during a rescue of a cave diver, I don't think it's recommended just for holding your fish...
Badjao tribe on BBC Documentary was from the Philippines where until now practices free diving as fishing method and it's not just for the camera but for real.
I love the genuineness of this video, nothing is faked for content, it is just regular people doing their jobs and an awesome youtuber filming them!
Right! Solid content even is He doesn't like talking to the camera. 😁👍
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I've been watching his content for a while, every video is legit 💪🏽🤞🏽
nah yeah just mantis shrimp punching out dugeons haha
the best part about this video is his "wife"
As a war photographer for 3 decades, I can recognize true artists when I see them, and the kid who published this piece is definitely a pro! Great work, kid
No care about your war photography feed your ego somewhere else.
have some respect kid, your obv no more than 15@@RumblesBettr
Kid, kid, kid, kid. Maybe you’re full of shit, kid.
He is an adult man tho....
3 decades. Dang, you just missed the "British war" over Falkland then?
Hope you're okay man, I've thought about doing it, I definitely have the stupid to do it, but I'm not a groundbreaking photographer, and I doubt I'd be able to get going on my own. War photographers are incredibly important, and have been all the way since it started in 1840 / 1850! We're closing in on 200 years of war photographing tradition! ❤️🤍💙
For a 150 ft dive that lasts 1 hour at depth you would require an estimated 250minutes of decompression time assuming the only gas you were breathing is air. This rough estimate was calculated using a square profile with 10ft deco stops and a 40/85 Gradient Factor.
Added comment unrelated to diving: Peterson is right that when people are not struggling financially that they are more mindful of their surroundings and the environment (usually). But, I think a lot of Peterson's notions about what political practices create "wealth for all" are just hot air.
I came here to find that you'd beaten me to the answer. Interestingly he says in the video "they stay at this depth...hours [plural] at a time". Just thinking about how much deco they are skipping gives me a rash!
How are they not getting nitrogen narcosis staying that deep for that long on regular air?
This seems to be super long, for a dive at 150ft/46m that last 1 hour for an adult in good shape breathing normal air i think 135 min decompression stop is enough
@@NauticalWizard I imagine it's partly down to their unique physiology, maybe a bit of a trained response to bubble formation, and probably a big part of their dive is spent much shallower than the maximum depth they reported.
Love how the guy was ready to give you the fake big tv routine. Had his wooden goggles, tiny rowboat ready.
We have encountered that "decompression sickness" here in the Philippines due to air compressor fishing. Majority of those guys were paralyzed some were dead.
They csn just tsna mini tank as a safety xD
@@aliabouhadjar2699 Do you expect Bajao people to carry safety tanks, let alone afford one? Lol
You have to ascend slower than when u descend. To allow the nitrogen bubbles In ur blood to dissipate(lessen).
some of my relatives die while spear fishing using a compressor.
It just unfortunately isn't viable honestly... it's a sad state of affair!
I've been living within the Bajo tribe for around 3 months now just a few kilometers away from Bungin Island in an island called Kaung for an internship program. Coming from a populated city area (Jakarta) and a upper middle class family, I empathize with their living situation so much and I've learned a lot from them. I love this video cause it captures the reality that it isn't as "tribal" as it is and in fact, it's very much modernized. Job well done 👍🏻
As an indonesian i entirely shock and sad for them risking their life just for such a smallfish like that. Im definitely getting my freediving course first before i turn spearfishing into a hobby. Thanks a lot dude
So you need to be taught how to hold your breath.. good luck friend
@@chrisgarrison1503 yes please teach me master. I believe you already mastering your mammalian diving reflex when on mom's belly
This is the most amazing of his videos I've ever seen.. and one of the most amazing videos I've ever seen from anybody.
I love it.
I'll probably even rewatch it once or twice.. maybe even 3 times.
I really want to go here one day. Not going to be free diving though lol
riskit for a biscuit is the Indonesian way
kemane aje lu? hidup lu enak di perumahan elit,banyak main di pelosok lu bro kenali sosial ekonomi nya...jgn belagu!!!!
For a dive on air to 150 feet for 2 hours assuming the first dive of the night would require a minimum of about **7 hours** (423 minutes) of decompression, starting at 70ft and ending at 10 ft. For example:
Depth (ft) , Time (minutes)
70, 3
60, 14
50, 21
40, 32
30, 49
20, 89
10, 214
(Calculated on MultiDeco with ZHL-16C & GF 100/100).
is there also an issue because they re breathig straight compressed air? does that compound the problem?>
@@lowristocrat3824 It can, but with such an extreme dive profile I dunno how much of a difference it would make. Gas mixes such as nitrox, trimix, and heliox can be used to do things like reduce decompression time, extend time at depth, or increase the max operational depth. Nitrogen and oxygen are both narcotic and toxic above certain partial pressures. So with training, careful planning, and the right equipment, its possible to plan a dive that utilizes different mixtures at different depths to provide the desired dive profile. But it takes refined skill and equipment, and since I just hold a basic open water dive cert, that's the extent of my knowledge. My grandpa did research dives in excess of 250ft, but he has passed so I can't ask him about it
@@pohlec89 I've always been interested in how deep it's possible to go, given cavedivong can go 500+ feet. I don't know what's most dangerous, but I'm aware humans would do better if we didn't have compressible gasses in our system, but rather a breathable liquid so we can't be crushed at depths, kinda like how sperm whales do it, keeping most oxygen directly in the blood, instead of the lungs!
Divers that work at extreme depths uses an air mix containing Helium. I don't know the real science behind it but I think it counters the nitrogen in the body.@@pohlec89
@@viktorbirkeland6520that would feel crazy
Now, this is how a true documentary should be made! One of the many best videos of yours for sure. Enjoyed every second of it. Genuinely amazing!
Lol but he got it wrong? Badjao(Bajau) people are from the Philippines. He didn’t even do proper research before discrediting a whole people,… lol
@@NaomiJacko Hi! At least he went there and documented everything he saw without telling any fairytales. And he did mention that It's according to Google at 3:20. Although I don't recall him mentioning that the Badjao people originate from Indonesia, he did mention that there is a group of people locally known as Badjao.
Nevertheless, he tried to be as honest as possible throughout the video and it was delightful to watch.
Love your content! As a car painter, I can tell that using such piston air compressor often sends a lot of fine oil particles along with the air, leaving us painters with a fisheye paint problem afterwards, or ruined paint job, and those poor compressor divers with lungs full of oil. You need a series of really good and expensive air filters and water/oil separators to battle that problem, or you just use screw type compressor.
Love your content and the way you tell your stories! Keep up the good work!
Also I am very pleased to see how those natives of the small island were very friendly! Just sad about the island condition, they are a bit dirty, not caring a lot for plastics floating around...
I've been an avid fan of the channel for some time now. I must admit that I find it very easy to listen to you as you explain the video. Your content intrigued me from the start and now this video 👍👍. Absolutely awesome and amazing content for everyone. This group of people are incredible and actually scientifically amazing. Thanks for the video and as always I am looking forward to seeing the next one.
15:10 I was so invested that I completely forgot compression diving was the focus of the video. You're amazing at this, great work.
The closing statement is powerful. People struggling for survival will act out of desperation. People that have some sort of stability have the ability to think ahead and the luxury of making decisions.
The worst person you know just made a great point
@@Firemon-fs9khJordan Peterson is a great person!
@Firemon-fs9kh man, how a utopia we live in if he is the worst.
yep americans will pay someone to put car parts on their car till they caint afford the service and learn to do it them selves... thats kinda where hotrod started from...
I love how he said “but those 2 guys are professionals” as if the sea nomads aren’t doing it since they’re born to literally SURVIVE.
This is one of my favorite videos you've done so far, I loved seeing you interact with the locals and telling the story of their lives. Hope to see more like this!
Years ago I worked in a small dive shop on an island in the Pacific, the small compressor we used was essentially the same as used for tires, except that a system of filters (charcoal I believe) was used to clean the air that I pumped into 80 cf tanks. That's what I recall. I wonder if anyone has made the effort to introduce filters on the compressors they use to these divers. Or does it make a difference, I don't know. The shop also had a bunch of those frogman double hose regulators like Mike Nelson used on the TV show which looked pretty cool at the time. I don't remember seeing any PADI or NAUI cards or schools. The shop only rented to divers they schooled or divers affiliated with the US Navy. It wasn't unusual to see divers spearfish 300-400 lb grouper, or even larger bottom fish back then. The owner of the shop was one of the first divers approached by J Cousteau to test the SCUBA as invented by Cousteau.
Sorry but a 120psi air compressor isn't going to pump up a 2200psi high pressure scuba tank. It takes specialized equipment to do this
@@ryany4326 I never said a 120 psi compressor, where'd you get that. Maybe I was wrong about it being used for tires. It was more like a volkswagen engine, only 2 cylinders on it and the tank wasn't much bigger. It could pump more than 3000 psi, cause that's where I had to cut off the pressure. but I don't know how much more cause Past this the covers of the filters would blow out a gasket or whatever every once in a while. This same shop the owner was very well-known in the diving world at the time circa 1960-1962. I recall a shipment of regulators and hoses came in that looked just different from everything else. The word was it was something a french guy named Cousteau wanted the owner to test out. Who knew? Looking back, the shop was probably the only one between Hawaii and Australia other than the Navy bases in the Pacific. It had a real island vibe and fun to work, on a reg weekend, the reg divers would bring in groupers and snappers the size of small cows, way before there was any sense of environmental damage or protection. The big fish are long gone. The same dive on the reef walls today would see lots of schools of reef fish but not at that size, that would be all,out of the ordinary. Diving is now big business and with it comes the hoi polloi and all the trash and problems that come with it.
Modern diveing rules are more savety driven than anything else. You can go up and down in the collumn, higher pressure is the actual treatment for compression sickness. if he goes up to drop off a fish and then goes back down the nitrogen bubbles get compressed back down and hes fine. While he hops between surface and depth the actual pressure hes under is not as high as if he was constantly under water.
My grandfather used to spearfish whenever he could, he grew up during the Japanese colonization of the Philippines so he couldn’t really go to school, he decided he’d make a living off the sea, whether he was day fishing or night fishing he could dive up to 80-100 feet barefoot, no gear at all and could hold his breath for 2 minutes, said it was a lot slower though since he didn’t have a flipper when he first used to dive, notice how I singularly said “flipper” the man only had one flipper made out of a flat piece of plastic which he’d use to dive, my uncle now uses that same flipper whenever he goes fishing, he too can dive up to 20 meters or more, I also just use one flipper I made from a plastic barrel lying around in my dad’s construction yard but I can only dive 25 feet though :P I only get to see the sea every summer, can’t reach a depth of 20 meters just yet, hopefully one day. Great video by the way, love the Jordan Peterson bit at the end.
The auto tire compressor is fine if the right oil is used.
As a commercial Diver when I came in from oilfield diving to inshore diving we used tool compressors from home Depot with extra volume tanks and LP oil for dive compressors. We where diving normal commercial helmets to a max deep of around 25 meters
You can use OILESS Compressor
you ran your compressor on an electric motor no doubt? A gas motor spewing carbon monoxide right next to a compressor intake is a good way to get CO poisoning.
Luv these LONG videos yet luv the shorts as well!.
Great content!.
Professional breath hold diver Budimir Šobat's world record of 24 minutes and 37 seconds holding his breath underwater.
yes but that is with inhaling oxygen before
In case you’re wondering what the most populated island on the world is, I think it’s Java, Indonesia with around 150 million people
true but that island was another level
He was talking about population density. So more so the amount of people per sq KM/mile
Amazing video, I really appreciate the fact you kept it real. I can't imagine how much work went into this video. Also the final statement from Peterson is very true!
So refreshing to see your insanely entertaining, informative and maybe most importantly no bs videos. Keep it up i look forward to every video you upload!!
This video was incredible I love how you accurately captures the real history of these people.
It is amazing to see how your channel has grown! I remember when you where just getting started, this is a true blessing that you have worked so hard to create. Enjoy it, keep sharing!
I love you for your honesty makes the video more real and enjoyable. I wish our media houses shared nothing but the truth and this world would be a better place 😊
Loved this longer form story! Don’t worry about being on camera talking, you come across great!!
Just found your channel today, and I must say I'm a fan. I grew up on a sailboat in Mexico & the South Pacific islands, and spearfishing was the most reliable way of stocking the freezer. Was particularly epic in Tuamotu, French Polynesia, which is also where I learned how to scuba dive courtesy of the French Foreign Legion. That said, 75ft is my personal freediving record, which was quite deep enough thank you. Those guys who fish using pony bottles or air compressors... yikes. When I was 9 we came across a drifting panga in Baja California with a dead fisherman and air compressor in it. He made it back into his boat, but presumably succumbed to decompression sickness after. From the way he looked, it must have been an extremely painful way to go
One of the best videos so far. A true documentary. Very nice.
Awesome content. Love your honesty. Love the choice of music! Well done!
I binged watched every one of your videos like it was the newest season of GOT. Love your take on the lifestyle of freediving and I really enjoy seeing big tuna, real culture and delicious food. Maybe I’ll see you in Bali this fall! 😎 🤿 🐟
The last 2 or 3 seasons of GoT were absolutely terrible.
There are a lot of bajau in sulu Philippines where they still practice free diving and spear fishing
I just want to say what a hook. Your first 3min did a great job of captivating, putting questions and rebuttals out. I'm exited to see you go meet them.
18:11, lmfao some kid put up middle fingers 💀
compressor diving is illegal in the Philippines. but this is the best real talk documentary about spear fishing... thanks for sharing. watching from the Philippines.
This was my new favorite video on the whole of youtube. Thank you for this!
I did a liveaboard dive trip around Sumba and Sawu a few years back, and the one thing I couldn't believe was the sheer amount of trash that was absolutely everywhere! Really really sad to see...
Why don’t they clean it up?
@@joras7457 just not within their nature to do so, I guess...pretty common sight in many developing nations. Poor people aren't as a concerned by their surroundings as people in more affluent countries. Guess they have bigger problems to worry about. Maybe its an education thing, I don't know.
@@joras7457 Man, tell me you don't spend time in the ocean without telling me you don't spend time in the ocean.
The entire thing is covered in plastic waste. We do a beach clean on my island and one storm later the whole beach is calf-deep in plastic again.
The real question is why don't you stop using all plastic products? If half of all people did that the ocean would be a lot less nasty.
But just to be honest, micro plastic doesn't go away. The ocean is 100% dying, and your thoughtless use of plastic is causing it. Nothing you do now can change that.
@@toknowwhyuneed3593 I agree about the plastic bottles they should stop using them . Maybe go with cardboard instead .I spend a lot of time cleaning beaches and the ocean, and can’t pick up some of the plastic that has broken down to the micro plastic level ..
Besides being unsightly and some aquatic life having problems digesting or wearing it What is the biggest threat from plastic in the ocean?
Divers do this in Jamaica it's like the normal for some divers. There are those who do free lungs diving I'm almost gonna assume a lot of the free lung divers are diving longer than the records whilst shooting fish
Loving the long video format. Great work
What a great video and the ending with Dr. Peterson was excellent!
Interested in seeing you explore other, more remote Bajou villages.
It was a random video on my feed but it was a video of great quality that I enjoyed without feeling the need to skip at any part. Good job my friend 🤙
Brilliant video!!! I learned so much from this. Love your content and the fact that you're now making proper lengthy vids and not shorts. Don't get me wrong the yt shorts are great too.
I've never related more to a youtuber. The on camera talking is always so awkward for me I loathe it. But the voiceovers are astounding. I love how genuine this is. Keep it up brother
I used to do this type of COmpressor spear-diving at night in the Philippines. Indeed it's very unsafe and dangerous. I have watch few of my buddies died or crippled (due to bends). Looking back, our compressor did not even have a regulator/dryer.
You don't need a dryer. Contrary you need the moisture in the compressed air!
Amazing video the ending was perfect. This explains that.
thanks for this video, i really enjoyed it! crazy to think that those divers go up and down 20m without a pause!
Interesting to see another island like this. Pulau Mesa i thought it was the most densly populated island in the world. not far from Labuan Bajo.
thanks for sharing
The "should you drink tonight" written on the wall lol. You've got some amazing friends dude!
The sea nomads makes me wonder if in a few centuries jobs we take throughout our lives will make our bodies adapt to it. So like if we used our computers for many hours a day, everyday, would our eyes be more accustomed to our screens?
Apparently they spleens are special and act as a reservoir for oxygen rich 🩸 blood adding to their dive capacity
13:25 ah 😮yes. Thought so 😊
Dune builds on this concept. If you use your body for one purpose only, body evolves to meet the challenge
I think a key ingredient is the danger involved. Having a small spleen makes you more likely to drown, but having irritable eyes... not a trait that will be quickly selected out.
@@matthewworkman201 yep, you gotta get killed for your deficiencies in order to weed them out. In many ways modern technology which protects the weak slows evolution or allows less desirable traits to continue (to be clear, I don’t think this is a bad thing, it’s just an observation)
the sea nomad stories pop up alot. they are good divers but the claimed times have never been close to replicated ever. it essentially boils down to "trust me bro "that guy dives for 13 minutes"
I'm wondering if you head up to the boat after you've free dived and head back down almost immediately if the decompression state you should do doesnt affects your body differently and doesn't do as much and on your last surface, you decompress for longer than normal.
I was wondering why your channel was relatively quiet for a while. Thanks for making great content, as always.
Any place with a lot of people in one spot seems to decimate the wildlife around the area. Its the same in the Caribbean too. Not that I blame them for trying to survive.
I agree with you. While it is sad that old lifestyles die, I think its better for the people as well as the natural environment to help folks modernize. Its inevitable anyways, so all we can do is to help the smooth transition.
This is basically National Geographic water edition, and i am all here for it!
We also have badjao community (or sea jepseys) here in Philippine. There really good in diving probably because fishing is their number 1 source of income primarily spear fishing. Through the years of passing that kind of way of living they probably develop a very strong spleen.
Gypsies
@@asteforce ops sorry my bad I’m very bad in spelling..
24 minutes and 37 seconds
Professional breath hold diver Budimir Šobat's world record of 24 minutes and 37 seconds holding his breath underwater. During a breath hold, the level of blood CO2 rises, and the O2 declines.Feb 5, 2023
Try the Philippine bajao. They are still doing free diving. Mindanao or dumagat in Isabela in Luzon .. BBC 9 years ago feature Badjao in the Philippines not Indonesia.
such a fantastic episode. Thank you !!
The two videos were made in different places, although they are still of the same tribe, the one on Sumbawa has been slightly contaminated with the progress of the times and the mixing of tribes that has occurred through marriage, the tribes in the Bajo tribe on Sumbawa have also begun to wane. It's different from what NetGeo documented, they are still very natural and the tribes that NetGOE recorded are tribes in Sulawesi, they are still original, and the difference is that NetGeo made videos for years ago while this video was only made or uploaded a few months ago, due to the times the Bajo tribe has also been slightly affected by progress and has begun to abandon their diving habits a little, therefore their abilities begin to decrease, and everyone has different abilities.
this was phenomenal, great video
Love your content❤
Youre so sound dude. I love that ive seen you grow by millions of followers over what feels like such a short time!
My dad used to practice same method of diving. Now one ear doesn’t work at all 😂
Also he had a lot of health issues . This video is f*^+ing awesome you killed it
Thank you for your time and effort on this video
the reason the guy could go up and then come down like he did was because he was using the water as a pressure chamber like is used to treat decompression sickness. it is a technique utilized by cave divers and tech divers often
Would you add on this? I didn't understand how it works
18:33 That's a Manatee.
My wife and I would love to visit those countries one day.
I am from Saudi Arabia, and I can hold my breath up to 3 minutes, but my major problem is with deep pressure under 8 meters 😵💫😵
Born rich you don’t need to go attend school and you can do whatever you y want growing up 🤡🤡
@Axellzy I am not rich. Not all Saudis are rich , but thank God I am ok .
I’m in Philippines and we have people here that free dive and catch the fish with their hands. Five minute breath holds are common with the divers here.
Indonesians tend to chain smoke pretty heavily. Is there a chance that the divers don’t freedove anymore because their lungs have too much damage from cigarettes?
Very cool vid but the music was irritating
I disagree
Shush
It’s always unnecessarily disruptive. No more music ❤
@@RJFP67nah you sound like Abuelita from Coco saying that
Conplain about something else
Don't forget about the Exhaust from the engine and how that can get sucked into where the intake is for the air as well, most of them Don't use any type of long extension moving the exhaust away or along extension that's for the air intake, so the 2 won't mix.
The comparison of 4 minutes dive of Molchanov to the mythical 13 minutes (in best case scenario done in static breathhold) is riddiculous. Do you have an idea of the oxigen you burn pushing with a monofin down and up from 400ft an beyond and the complexity involved with equalizing at those depths? At 1:44 mark of the video it's clear there is no real basic knowledge of freediving behind this video unfortunately.
Well documented. I like the narrator. He nailed it. Keep it up.
Video was 100% fantastic ... Until Peterson had to ruin the ending by being on screen and saying words😔
i'm not particularly familiar with the guy, but can i ask what problem you found with the things he said in that clip at the end?
The editing is hilarious lol; “you merry Christmas!!!”. But yeah, This is the kind of journalism that’s missing in the world. I feel like when I hear stories about other countries or see social media pictures I always take it with a grain of salt. Everywhere I’ve been has a darker side and at the end of the day tourism is about shaping narratives and less about what is actually happening. People hunt for experiences like sharks, especially influencer digital nomad types.
Use the metric system please its so frustrating for all non-americans watching your videos. At least put a label in the video with the meter equivalent.
deal with it 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@Zoolipps you had a mass shooting yesterday
Watching from Belize central america I'm from and thanks for the upload!! Divers in Belize don't use that method but our central american neighbors Nicaragua and Honduras fishermen do use compressor air!!✌🏽🙏🌎🇧🇿
This is absolutely wild! To merge sea nomads with scuba diving techniques 😮
This is a great documentary, vlog and educational video and you're a great story teller!
I love your video and story. Thank you for all the time you spent going out there and putting them together. If I may, I have one constructive criticism: sometimes the music is louder than your voice and it's really hard to hear what you're saying (which is very interesting and I don't want to miss because I all about learning!) and find myself turning on subtitles to understand batter. As I said, I love your videos. Keep up the good work!
The Badjao are an indigenous group in the Philippines, known as sea nomads. According to a study[1], they have been in the country since 500AD; described as endemic fisherfolks who have been using sustainable fishing methods for over 1,500 years.
This is a great documentary. It explains the 13 mins diving.
Easily one of the best videos on RUclips.
Great video and thanks for your honesty.
I love this guys videos been subbed for at least 4 years i always wanted to go scuba diving for fish seems like fun but I can’t hold my breath for that long 😂😂
This was such an authentic video! Immediately subscribed 🤙
Also I’ve always been curious how people shoot videos who hate talking to cameras haha
If you want to see the traditional Sea Nomads you must go to the Philippines and find the tribe called "Badjao". Those person are the one's that National Geographic talk about, since it has so many documentaries support those statements.
RIP Fast Eddie. Born in Andros. Met him in Bimini. Excellent free-diver. He told me, I quote, "It's a mind ting, you hafta to trick yourself mon. Trick yourself by pushing until the da point you tink you are drowning. Soon come. Soon come." Also he taught me this: NEVER, EVER HYPERVENTILATE! Don't be like me YT, dive with a buddy. SWB. It's very real. But it wasn't long, I was in 40+ feet of the second clearest waters in the world. I got spoiled. Came home to Florida, and it's all murky and sharks. After about 20-30 feet you are not visible with the glass bucket when current. Remember! It's your job as a diver to maintain safely. The cap can only look back and forth for bubbles. Get on a fish, get lost in the abyss and bam. Memento Mori
Amazing Video , thank you for sharing your experience!
I love this guy. No bs, no tiktok, no filler, no lies. Reality people. Wake the fudge up lol 😊
Is there not a difference in the compressor air and the air from a SCUBA tank? The abiolity to avoid the bends on comptressor must6 be so9methying related?
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This was amazing. Thanks for the honesty 🙏🙏😊
Truly Outstanding, loved it.
Thanks for the real doc! I'm a bit confused-do the Bajau really dive super deep for a long time like everyone says, or is that all a myth about sea nomads?
As someone who scuba dive i really love your video,it an amazing place and some amazing people love from the Caribbean🇻🇨🇻🇨
I'm not a fisherman but this is one of the best channels and best videos thank you
the free dive your talking about is with a rope connected below where they dive and hold onto it, but the BADJAO what we called are people that can last how many minutes under water and can even walk easily without a rope guide.
Budimir Šobat
world record in freediving 24 minutes and 33 seconds
It's really not a problem to find this information before making a YT video
Brilliant video. And massive DT.
Not a diver, but heard this from watching lots of Dive Talk: If you go up, and down again quickly, not much nitrogen leaks out, so it's not nearly as bad as waiting on the surface as more and more escapes your muscle tissue. I'd heard of it done during a rescue of a cave diver, I don't think it's recommended just for holding your fish...
Badjao tribe on BBC Documentary was from the Philippines where until now practices free diving as fishing method and it's not just for the camera but for real.