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[Don] It'd take Dave 17 minutes to reach the bottom
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Dave Not Coming Back

It'd take Dave 17 minutes to reach the bottom, but 12 hours to surface

[Don] It'd take Dave 17 minutes to reach the bottom, but 12 hours to surface

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[Don] It'd take Dave 17 minutes to reach the bottom,
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but 12 hours to surface.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:58
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary, action, adventure
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Two friends, Don and Dave were diving in the cave of Boesmansgat: 283 meters. Right before surfacing up, Dave - who'd just broken a world record - finds a body. They decide to dive back and retrieve it.
When I recall the dive, I recall mainly how smoothly the whole thing went. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
When I recall the dive, I recall mainly how smoothly the...
The preparation early on in the morning went smoothly, getting up. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
The preparation early on in the morning went smoothly,...
[Dave] I had no expectation of breakig the world record for depth. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
[Dave] I had no expectation of breakig the world record for...
But then again, as soon as I got to the bottom, I headed off deeper. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
But then again, as soon as I got to the bottom, I headed off...
When I looked across to the left, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
When I looked across to the left,
[Don] And when I met Dave, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
[Don] And when I met Dave,
Yeah, I'm all right. I got-- got started to get cold in the last hour, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:09
Yeah, I'm all right. I got-- got started to get cold in...
He says, "Dave went to 270, found body." - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
He says, "Dave went to 270, found body."
[Derek] The moment Dave said that he would come back, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:07
[Derek] The moment Dave said that he would come back,
It wasn't a decision of am I going to do it or not. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
It wasn't a decision of am I going to do it or not.
It was, as a team, when are we going to do it. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
It was, as a team, when are we going to do it.
I was excited by it because of the challenge of it, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
I was excited by it because of the challenge of it,
[cameraman] Something that extreme, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:13
[cameraman] Something that extreme,
In everyone's mind, it was goig to go ahead as it was intended. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
In everyone's mind, it was goig to go ahead as it was...
I don't think anyone anticipatd that it wouldn't end up like that. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:07
I don't think anyone anticipatd that it wouldn't...
[Don] Because we've been doing a lot of the filmin, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:21
[Don] Because we've been doing a lot of the filmin,
There's a few times where I've put my hood on, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:07
There's a few times where I've put my hood on,
So I put the hood over my head, and if you listen to it when I do that, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:13
So I put the hood over my head, and if you listen to it when...
[Don] Then the rebreather goes on, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
[Don] Then the rebreather goes on,
And when you get in the water, the final part is my mask. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
And when you get in the water, the final part is my mask.