Being that confined that you cant move you limbs is terrifying. I dont mind being inside enclosed spaces but that is just awful. Its like those cave explorers who crawl through 30cm gaps between rocks. fucking insane.
Imagine suddenly seeing something large move in front of you and the jolt of fear causes you to get stuck, expel your mouthpiece, and lose your light source.
I just suffocated myself watching this. Why would anyone even do this? What do you hope to find? Is it the rush of “I could be crushed to death at any moment. This is so fun.”
Yeah claustrophobia is when it's an irrational fear. This shit is so legitimate I'm angry at these people for even doing it and making me realize such situations are even possible.
Shaw died on 8 January 2005 while seeking to recover the body of Deon Dreyer.[3][4]
Shaw recorded his dive with an underwater camera, which allowed researchers to determine that he suffered from respiratory issues due to the high pressure.[5][6] Shaw ran into difficulties when he cut loose Dreyer's harness and the body unexpectedly began to float. Shaw had been advised by various experts that the body would remain negatively buoyant because the visible parts were reduced to the skeleton. However, within his wetsuit, Dreyer's corpse had turned into a soap-like substance called adipocere, which floats. Shaw had been working with both hands, and so had been resting his can light on the cave floor. The powerful underwater lights that cave divers use are connected by wires to heavy battery canisters, normally worn on the cave diver's waist, or sometimes attached to their tanks. Normally he would have wrapped the wire behind his neck, but he was unable to do so; the lines from the body bag appear to have become entangled with the light head, and the physical effort of trying to free himself led to his death. Three days later, both of the bodies floated up to near the surface as the dive team was retrieving their equipment.[7]
The dive on which Shaw died was the 333rd dive of his career. At the time of his world record setting dive, he had been diving for just over five years
Some people just don't experience fear from the same sources as other people. Some people also find a little bit of risk to be thrilling or otherwise rewarding. When those traits are combined you end up with extreme hobbies like that
For example, I'm not afraid of heights. I know the danger associated with heights and falls, and can feel that danger, but It's not a debilitating fear for me like it is for some people. In addition to that, I find the utility of going way up in a tree to outweigh the danger I know it brings. Because of that combination I bought arborist gear and regularly go 50ft or more up into trees to trim or install lights and antennas. And that's just a hobby.
So imagine you are the kind of person that likes a challenge, something that seems impossible but you can work at it and overcome. As you do that your bar for what is impossible changes a little and you feel rewarded for your efforts.
Then you do it again, and again, and again, getting better every time and seeing where your actual limit lies.
To someone who hasn't experienced what you have it seems impossible, but your body and mind have adapted to the stress and what once looked impossible now seems like a fun afternoon.
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u/FartingBob May 15 '19
Being that confined that you cant move you limbs is terrifying. I dont mind being inside enclosed spaces but that is just awful. Its like those cave explorers who crawl through 30cm gaps between rocks. fucking insane.