I understand the basic physics behind this (I'm a certified SCUBA diver) but damn.............ho-lee-fuk
Men amongst men
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Two things I don't do
1)Guys
2)Mess around with water I cant see the bottom of and or is deeper than my waist
I'm getting anxiety just watching this
1)Guys
2)Mess around with water I cant see the bottom of and or is deeper than my waist
I'm getting anxiety just watching this
Just think, 623 feet of water between you and the atmosphere..........
When people question the exceptionalism of man and why they should be on a pedestal above the other animals I would say this is but one example.
Show me a giraffe in a deep dive or space.
Think of the environments that have been conquered.
Show me a giraffe in a deep dive or space.
Think of the environments that have been conquered.
^^^1000%
The 1960-70’s defeatist attitude that has been taught in school is what is causing issues in society.
these people should be applauded, but they’ll be on the back page because some metrosexual or kardashian will get the cover story.
god forbid someone stands out because they are striving or just plain suoerior
off the soap box...that is INSANE
The 1960-70’s defeatist attitude that has been taught in school is what is causing issues in society.
these people should be applauded, but they’ll be on the back page because some metrosexual or kardashian will get the cover story.
god forbid someone stands out because they are striving or just plain suoerior
off the soap box...that is INSANE
Hi,
During the clearing of "debris" a couple miles of the coast of Israel several years ago; we had a diver get Narc'd (Narcosis--Nitrogen Poisoning) and stopped working because he seen bigfoot tracks...to the point we had to have 2 rescue divers get him because he was attempting to take his helmet off to see better.
Long story short....who knew Bigfoot was Jew.........
Saturation divers are MEN and men!!!
Sincerely,
Theis
During the clearing of "debris" a couple miles of the coast of Israel several years ago; we had a diver get Narc'd (Narcosis--Nitrogen Poisoning) and stopped working because he seen bigfoot tracks...to the point we had to have 2 rescue divers get him because he was attempting to take his helmet off to see better.
Long story short....who knew Bigfoot was Jew.........
Saturation divers are MEN and men!!!
Sincerely,
Theis
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Hi,
During the clearing of "debris" a couple miles of the coast of Israel several years ago; we had a diver get Narc'd (Narcosis--Nitrogen Poisoning) and stopped working because he seen bigfoot tracks...to the point we had to have 2 rescue divers get him because he was attempting to take his helmet off to see better.
Long story short....who new Bigfoot was Jew.........
Saturation divers are MEN and men!!!
Sincerely,
Theis
Oy vey!
Long story short....who new Bigfoot was Jew.........
And knew how to swim...…..
Agree that's crazy but their risks, both physiological and equipment related, are minuscule compared to what saturation divers (or any diver breathing pressurized gasses) endure.
A free diver doesn't breath pressurized gas, unlike divers breathing surface supplied or self contained gas through a regulator, so they are immune from decompression sickness, pulmonary embolism, and various neurological and toxicological effects that pressurized gasses in the wrong proportion can have on humans.
Sat diving pays extremely well, as it should considering the risks on the job and the long term effects on the body.
You mean MANY different atmospheres don't you?
They whole time I was watching that I was thinking how cold the water was.
I was wondering about cold too.
Sure they have wet suits on but the boots look like typical rubber slush boots and at one point one of the divers takes his gloves off. The gloves dont look super insulated and I guess to manipulate as they did there is only so much you can insulate and still have fine dexterity.
Perhaps they are those strange, weird souls that have an immunity to cold I dont share.
Their suits are flooded with warmed sea water delivered through one of the hoses in their umbilical cord. Some of that warm water gets directed into their gloves, so the gloves are thin for the required dexterity.
The rubber boots are there just to protect the wetsuit's neoprene feet which get hot water like the rest of the suit.
I noticed the guy who took his gloves off shortly before climbing back in the bell, I'm sure they've developed some resistance to cold water that many of us just don't have.
At that depth (189 meters) the body sees 20 atmospheres (294 psi) of pressure. Pressure increases by one atmosphere every 10 meters of depth, so you have one atmosphere at sea level plus 19 more from the water column (189/10).
The average human male has a body surface area of 2 sqr meters (3100 square inches). The force acting on your body at 189 meters is 3100 sq in X 294 lbf/sq in = 911,400 lbs. But since the body is breathing
ETA: breathing air at that depth would be fatal.
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Good explanation,a lot of people don't realize the amount of work that goes into a dive.
Working in these conditions are unlike any thing on the planet, it's exhausting.
I remember reading an article back in the 80's where some of these guys stay on station for a month at a time.
+1
Deepest I've been was somewhere between 105 and 115 feet (can't recall exact depth) at the Tongue of the Ocean in Andros Island, Bahamas.
Lemme tell you staring down at that blackness was foreboding...………….
I don't know if this counts but when I was in high school they interviewed me for my senior profile and asked me what my favorite pastime was and I said muff diving she said oh what's that I replied you know it's when you dive for muffs. It did make it to print uncensored not sure if my girlfriend (later my wife) saw the humor.
I love the water... but always remind folks that as soon as you get into a sea or an ocean above your hips... you move from the top of the food chain... to the bottom! You can add some swamps and 'glades to that list, too.
Seriously serious folks right there. They can have it. I'll stick with shooting stuff.
Cheers,
Sirhr
Seriously serious folks right there. They can have it. I'll stick with shooting stuff.
Cheers,
Sirhr
189ft. was the deepest with scuba gear. DEEP enough for me! Guy's are crazy! Mac
I find SAT diving fascinating as hell. I strongly recommend the following documentary, free to stream on Netflix...
Hi,
First step in finish an accredited commercial diving program.
Second step be a dive tender for the next 2-3 years of your career (Barely getting in the water, if at all).
Third step is actually diving doing 40-110 foot jobs for the next 3-5 years.
Then and big MAYBE you progress to Sat diving.
FWIW: The money in Sat diving is from being a SLST (Saturation Life Support Tech).
Sincerely,
Theis
Good God, I just watched it and all I can say......................is I got nothing.
That was humbling and terrifying all at once.
3 weeks later the motherfucker went back to finish the job that virtually killed him.
The risk really isn’t worth the money, but I bet it would be a pretty exciting adventure. "Delta Force" of divers pretty much.
Tried looking up my salary info. They really need to update their database...
Wow, you mean to tell me they still have places where the kids don't start out at the top after a couple weeks of school?
I know when I came up it was almost 7 years before we got to touch anything.
Why does all this remind me about the monkey and the astronaut?
Hi,
In regards to pay....dont forget to factor in that they work about 6 months out of the year.
Typically a 28/28 rotation.
Sincerely,
Theis
In regards to pay....dont forget to factor in that they work about 6 months out of the year.
Typically a 28/28 rotation.
Sincerely,
Theis
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I thought it was a monkey and the engineer?
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This is true, i only work 14 days a month, and i know for a fact that i would go broke with a whole month off at a time as there is always some project going on that requires more $$ than goes in the bank it seems. I suppose a lot of them have secondary employment for the off time
Eddie, it was an astronaut.
Story goes on about the astronaut watching a panel of lights,when the red light flashed he was to read the instructions on the screen.
The light flashed, the instructions said it was time for the astronaut to feed the monkey.
Story goes on about the astronaut watching a panel of lights,when the red light flashed he was to read the instructions on the screen.
The light flashed, the instructions said it was time for the astronaut to feed the monkey.
They live in the saturation environment for the entire duration of their job (however long that takes). The saturation environment includes the bell and the saturation chambers on the ship. They transfer from the sat chambers to the bell (after the bell is pressurized and equalized with the sat chambers) and go down then come back up and transfer from the bell to the chambers to eat, rest, shower, etc).
I thought it was something like that because it would surely eat up a lot of time going from atmosphere to atmosphere?
That's the whole point of saturation diving: saving time.
You slowly compress to the pressure equal to working depth, this saturates the body with soluble gasses (mostly in the bloodstream) then you stay at that pressure inside some pressure vessel until you reach working depth. You get back into the pressure vessel (the bell) to go back to the surface and transfer to another pressurized vessel (the saturation chambers) to live until you dive again or your tour is up.
When the tour is up, the saturation chambers are slowly depressurized at a predetermined rate to release the gasses in solution inside the divers slowly enough that bubbles don't form (ie decompression sickness aka the bends) until the divers reach 1 atmosphere.
Without saturation and helium/oxygen and helium/oxygen/hydrogen breathing mixes dives like the ones we're talking about here are impossible or suicidal.
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