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"learn to swim and dive right down there or die." It's quite common to see non-drivers saying this kind of non-sense. I have more than 150 dives and even with
by danilocesar 8y ago
"learn to swim and dive right down there or die."
It's quite common to see non-drivers saying this kind of non-sense.
I have more than 150 dives and even with wreck training and experience I would never, never, never do cave diving. It's ridiculous dangerous, even for experienced cave divers.
Without visibility and training, people die. Experienced cave divers get panic attacks and die. It's hard to control someone during a panic attack in open waters, in confined environment it might be even impossible. Divers in panic are also a hazard for other divers.
That said, consider taking an untrained kid in an environment they have no experience with for three hours.
My bet is that they will not make them dive. I wouldn't be surprised if they are talking about diving lessons only to buy time and keep them occupied and give them hope;
Unless plan A (pump the water out) and plan B (wait until September ends) becomes a non-option (due to emergencies), they won't swim/dive they way out.
- SagelyGuru 8y agoYou are right of course and that is why I said they will still be very lucky to get out alive. They don't even know how to swim and must be quite weak already. Somehow I do not see keeping them there till September, with water levels possibly rising further, as much of an option either.
- Filligree 8y agoThe water levels might not rise further, and there's also the drilling option. There's even a chance that the water will recede enough to walk out; the weather report for the next week or two has ~no rain. It's far too early to assume that only the most dangerous option is an option at all.