Trapped Alone at 45M. Fun, fun, fun.

[yellowduke]

Just glad you both made it out okay Garf.

Jim

[David]

5 am why am I still awake :-(

but anyway I just had a moment, Garf got lost in Wraysburys car park and On the mulbury off Selsey We had the longest surface swim ever.

so why is it a suprize to anyone following this Dive GOD to be lost at sea :-)

David

[Drmike]

OH FUCK NO. .

Heck I know that feeling well!
:-)


The good news is the next time something like this happens you will handle it even better as you have learnt that the biggest risk to your survival is panic.

As divers certain truths are laid on us when we are learning such as:

- inside a wreck with no line? YOUR GOING TO DIE
- entangled? YOUR GOING TO DIE
- in a silt out? YOUR GOING TO DIE
- no light? YOUR GOING TO DIE

when we find ourselves in these situtations our own fear is often our biggest threat. Often the reality of these situations are not as life threatening as our reaction to them might be.

The person who survives these events are those that have a degree of control over their minds. In my view thats the most essesntial attribute a tech diver needs.

Well done. The next time it you get an Oh Fuck No! moment you will find it easier to control the panic and think logically and react calmly and methodically.

I could well relate to your feelings as Ive had similar ones:-
SmugMug - Drmike's photo galleries


As an aside: If Im diving in viz that bad I often use a line tied off near the shot. As you learnt its so easy to stumble into an opening and get yourself into a heap of trouble.

[markymark]

Scarey stuff,I noticed a change in my breathing as I read this report,great reading with a happy ending.

[Hazel W]

very very glad you are both ok ....you will undoutably second guess yourselves for ages over this one ....but remember you both did good !

Hazel

[Diving Dude]

Garf.
l bet you're glad you let yourself get suckered into posting on another forum where they'd miss the point of the post and use it to tell you what a knob you'd been.

[milldog]

Garf.
l bet you're glad you let yourself get suckered into posting on another forum where they'd miss the point of the post and use it to tell you what a knob you'd been.

what a bunch off narrow minded F**K wits well above their heads and totally missed the point of the thread. i thought DIR was to take the best of all agencies and come up with the best, learn from mistakes etc

perhaps the next cave 1 can be done up there own arse's

if we all had hind sight at the time there would be no mistakes i hope that when they F**k up it goes half as well

just my 2p well done again both you and JW and of course JAG (med 1)

[DiveBuddy2]

One of those dives you will both remember forever, just glad you your both safe.

[Guy Wallis]

Garf

Great post. My advice would be do a cave course. Give Martyn Farr (look for "Farr World" on the web) a call back in UK and he will square you away. If you are not sure have a read of his book "Diving into Darkness" then decide. The most common cause of fatalities in cave diving is failure to tun a continuous line to surface. I promise you won't regret it.

Guy

[keith_henson]

fooking hell!

glad you both came out of it in one piece

keith