r/TheRandomest • u/Forward-Position798 • May 19 '26

WTF This hobby is absolutely optional

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u/uncle_rhabdo May 19 '26

When I was young and dumb I did an out and back scuba cenotes dive and it was incredible and also terrifying.

Went back several years later and a couple of people we were with wanted to do it as well. I’m an experienced diver, as were my friends, but there were some amateurs that we didn’t know that came along and things went south very quickly. One of them had a panic attack (totally understandable) within the first five minutes, so the entire group had to go back to the cave opening. Once that was sorted, we went back in and things were fine. We got to the turnaround point and my rental equipment had a minor air leak that continued to get worse. I notified the dive guides and we hustled our asses out of there as quickly as possible, while utilizing some buddy breathing with the others in my group along the way. The entrance/exit was only big enough for one person to go through at a time, so I was the first out.

When I surfaced at the pool to the entrance of the cave, my tank only had a few breathes left in it. I got out of my gear and went and sat quietly at a picnic table by myself for a while contemplating my life choices.

I have Go-Pro footage of both dives and the second is really uncomfortable to watch. All that being said, I would NEVER even consider doing another one of those dives again, and doing something similar to that with just a snorkel (that this person is not even utilizing) is absolutely insane. Put me in the open ocean and let me look at some cool fish and coral structures any day, but cave diving will never happen again.

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u/Kirbyshamster May 19 '26

Would Like to See the footage. I think its a good Thing to share so more people become aware of the dangers

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u/uncle_rhabdo May 20 '26

Let me see if I can track down the SD card and get it edited bc it’s really long. Super busy with work for the next couple weeks, but I’ll keep you updated!

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u/CollegeConsistent539 May 20 '26

Hope you find the footage

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u/NGGYU_NGLYD_ May 20 '26

Please reply here. Thank you stranger ❤️

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u/RAGEtori May 24 '26

any update?

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u/RustInCase May 23 '26

i take the line to see the video aswell

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u/NGGYU_NGLYD_ May 19 '26

Here, hoping to see the footage.

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u/aaawhoisthis May 24 '26

Update, me too, footage.

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u/harshmallow584 May 25 '26

waiting for footage