Funny, Stupid, Dangerous things done with Scuba

[idocsteve]

On a surface interval in Cozumel, I jumped in with my spare air in my mouth and dropped to a reef about 30 feet below the boat, and sucked the thing dry.

I hadn't put any weights on, and was wearing a 3/2 wetsuit so I was positively buoyant, and I was working up quite a sweat down there trying to stay down, when it suddenly went OOA with no warning.

I'm thirty feet down, breathing hard, and then..nothing.

I did a fast ascent exhaling whatever was left in my lungs from the last pull off the reg which wasn't much. It could have ended poorly.. plus I was adding to my residual Nitrogen, or at the very least not reducing it by maintaining a proper SI between dives.

 

[DevonDiver]

Funniest:

Repeatedly descending with a snorkel in my mouth, during the initial pool sessions of my IDC. It had been a long time since I had worn a snorkel

Stupidist:

The visiting (customer) DM who decided to temporarily abandon the group and solo bounce dive to 65m. The dive was on Sipidan, with high current and v.deep wall dive. The DM concerned actually stated afterwards "I am ok to do that, I am a DM". Single AL80, no redundant air, no buddy, no plan and no deep/deco training and in an unfamiliar and demanding site. The diver concerned was banned by the dive operation.

Most Dangerous:

Having taught a wreck course, my expensive reel and line were still in the wreck. I exited the water with the students with about 60 bar in my tank. Made a very stupid decision to re-descend with my existing tank to recover the reel and line from the wreck. 20m down in an overhead enviroment...recovering the line.... I suddenly realised how complacent I had become to make such a shocking judgement error and break every principle I believed in and taught. I was breathing fumes by the time I finished my safety stop...and essentially had to CESA from 6m.

 

[Aaron528]

True that.

The Copter is hardly a Soviet model.

Well, the game of Telephone seems alive and well at Dutch Springs. When I was given a tour there after first arrival I was told the helicopter was a Sikorsky model, and the guy referred to it as Soviet. Instead of checking it online and concluding for myself, I passed along the misinformation. I stand corrected :worship::worship:

Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[idocsteve]

I stand corrected :worship::worship:

You really mean to say "I dive corrected".

 

[Dr Wu]

Know a guy with a bungied long hose.

 

[The Chairman]

I always cringe anytime I hear DevonDiver say: "Hey NetDoc, watch this!!!"

In reality, here is the dumbest thing I have done concerning Scuba...

I missed the tailgate of my truck while loading my PST High Pressure 120, but I failed to miss my little toe. Yes, I called the toe truck. The blood filled my shoe before I got to the emergency room and squished out every time I took a step. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwe!

As for the most dangerous thing that I have done on Scuba: I don't share that.

 

[The Chairman]

Know a guy with a bungied long hose.

So? I dive with two of them.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Stupidest thing that ever happened to me ... a fellow instructor who thought it would be funny to sneak up behind me while I'm teaching a class and turn my air off ... then swim away quickly so I wouldn't see who did it.

Funniest thing that ever happened to me ... deciding one time to see what it would be like to do a giant stride off a boat in nothing but a fully-inflated drysuit ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[LakeCountyDiver]

Funniest thing that ever happened to me ... deciding one time to see what it would be like to do a giant stride off a boat in nothing but a fully-inflated drysuit ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

HAHA I bet you looked like the Michlin MAN jumping in. I am sure you had fun

 

[jepuskar]

Couldnt that knock you unconscious?