Is diving into the unknown a true story?
Presented to us through interviews and live footage is the true tale of a group of Deep Sea Cave Divers and the harrowing journey they’ll undertake in the name of their lost friends. ‘Diving into the Unknown’ is their story.
How did Yuri Lipski drown?
In April 2000, Russian diver Yuri Lipski strapped on an air tank and a helmet camera, loaded his belt with weights, and plunged into the Blue Hole. He never resurfaced. Lipski died at just over 300 feet underwater. The doomed diver had recorded his own death.
Who was Yuri Lipski?
A notable death was that of Yuri Lipski, a 22-year-old Israeli diving instructor on 28 April 2000 at a depth of 115 metres after an uncontrolled descent. Yuri carried a video camera, which filmed his death. This has made it the best known death at the site and one of the best known diving deaths in the world.
What is depth decompression sickness?
Symptoms of decompression illness can occur within minutes and up to 24 hours or more after exposure to changes in ambient pressure associated with dives of 20 feet in depth or more. The severity of symptoms depends on the rate and the magnitude of the change of ambient pressure and can vary among individuals.
Are caves safe?
Caves can be dangerous places; hypothermia, falling, flooding, falling rocks and physical exhaustion are the main risks. Rescuing people from underground is difficult and time-consuming, and requires special skills, training, and equipment.
What’s at the bottom of the Belize Blue Hole?
The culprit was a thick layer of toxic hydrogen sulfide spanning the width of the entire sinkhole like a floating blanket. Erika Bergman: Underneath that there’s no oxygen, no life, and down there we found conchs and conch shells and hermit crabs that had fallen into the hole and suffocated, really.
Where did four divers die in a cave in Italy?
A few miles south of Naples, four divers drowned in the Grotto Rosso cave. The cave, famous for its dark red walls, a phenomenon caused by bacterial growth, is one of the most popular dive sites on the Italian west coast and sees hundreds of divers every year.
When did the cave divers in Norway die?
In February 2014 two divers died at a depth of more than 100m in a huge cave system in Norway. The authorities said it was too dangerous to retrieve their bodies, but four friends of the men decided to take the risk – and seven weeks later they descended into the dark and glacial waters.
Who was the first diver to go back to the caves?
As was the custom of the group, no-one was in overall command, but the first diver to set off was Patrik Gronqvist, one of a trio of Finns who had discovered the passage between the caves the year before. He was diving with his good friend Jari Huotarinen, who was attempting the traverse for the first time.
Where did people get stuck in caves in real life?
They’ve found themselves stuck in dark, claustrophobic spaces, making a desperate bid for survival in a real-life horror story. John Ogden and five of his friends were 3.2 kilometers (2 mi) deep into an unmapped part of England’s Mossdale Caverns in 1967 when the rain began to fall.