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man, that Thai rescue plan is nuts. cave + current + zero visibility is a crazy hard first dive to do.

Posted by mafic Jul 4 '18, 19:08

I mean they're making it as easy as possible, with fixed lines and full face masks, but that's still intense. cave divers are crazy people to begin with.

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This wasn't the first time those boys explored this cave. They knew what to do when the water began rising. They managed to stay together. They may - Covington Jul 5, 03:17
I can't watch or listen to these reports. It's like some of my worst fears all rolled into one. -- nm - . Jul 4, 21:22
Letting them try to wait it out 4 months is equally nuts. And it’d be a whole different movie too. -- nm - Qale Jul 4, 19:45 3
- hey, those Chilean miners did it for like 70 days, what's an extra 7 weeks? -- nm - mafic Jul 4, 20:15 1
  - Plan C is for them to evolve gills and eventually lose their eyesight - Reagen Jul 4, 20:20
- Daylight reboot -- nm - Beryllium Jul 4, 19:58
I’ve been reading up on this. Crazy. -- nm - Mop Jul 4, 19:44
Robert Zemeckis gonna make a movie out of this. -- nm - colin Jul 4, 19:23
I agree and if a kid freaks out in the middle -- nm - Bacon Jul 4, 19:13 10
- "Okay, now normally this is wrong, but we've connected a bong to each of your air supply units to help keep you calm." -- nm - Max Jul 4, 19:54
- I imagine a lot of them will, but in AGA masks there's no chance of them spitting a regulator out, plus you can talk to them. still: nuts. - mafic Jul 4, 19:26 8
  - I read there were going to be 2 adult divers per kid. Is it almost the beginning or end of the rainy season? I guess they're afraid the water will - jnine Jul 4, 19:38 7
    - yeah, straight up very beginning of the monsoons. I don't know if the cave ever floods completely, but I guess it's possible. - mafic Jul 4, 20:02 4
      - I have terrible claustrophobia. I can't imagine going out in those little passageways in the darkness. -- nm - jnine Jul 4, 20:29 3
        
        My brother went caving once and described a passage not much more roomy than a coffin, and he temporarily got stuck when his arm wedged. - Max Jul 4, 20:35 2
        
        I've been cave diving a couple times, in big caves with air pockets, and that makes me nervous. - mafic Jul 4, 20:46 1
        
        I had to deep breathe just reading these. -- nm - jnine Jul 5, 14:09
    - There are months to go before rainy season ends. If they wait it out it would be around October or so before the rain stopped and water - Krusty Jul 4, 19:53 1
      - It could go longer, like into November before the rain lets up. -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 19:54

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man, that Thai rescue plan is nuts. cave + current + zero visibility is a crazy hard first dive to do.

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