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Originally Posted by freebeard
Somewhere down that rabbit hole someone said if you're 700 meters down not having watch isn't your first problem. Au contraire, if you don't want the bends you time the ascent.
[didn't watch the video, don't know if he got the bends]
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Nitrogen narcosis. Don't know precisely how one dies as a result of that. Do you die from the narcosis, or do you simply pass out until you run out of air?
I wonder if they make helium rebreathers, which might have resulted in a better outcome?
Dave succeeded in his mission to recover the body he went down there for, ironically. What work he did eventually caused the body to float up to a place that it could be recovered, but he left his own corpse in the place.
Highly recommend the documentary on Netflix called Last Breath. Makes me think I choose the wrong occupation. It still boggles my mind that there's no depth of water on earth the human body couldn't survive so long as they use oxygenated liquid to breath. Surprised nobody has attempted such a stunt.