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Dave Not Coming Back

It would have been an amazing thing to actually film underwater, tell people why we did...

It would have been an amazing thing to actually film underwater, tell people why we did what we did

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It would have been an amazing thing to actually film underwater,
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tell people why we did what we did.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:11
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary, action, adventure
Production
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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.
[Derek] Don spoke to me - Dave Not Coming Back 00:07
[Derek] Don spoke to me
That made the trip even more interesting for me, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:09
That made the trip even more interesting for me,
No one's ever recovered a body from that sort of depth. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
No one's ever recovered a body from that sort of depth.
And we dropped off some tanks on the way down, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
And we dropped off some tanks on the way down,
I've heard the legends behind Bushman's. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
I've heard the legends behind Bushman's.
I've heard of Deon Dreyer disappearing at Bushman's. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
I've heard of Deon Dreyer disappearing at...
I've seen hand-sketched drawins in training manuals of Bushman's. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:07
I've seen hand-sketched drawins in training manuals of...
Verna did a 220-meter women's world record dive there. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
Verna did a 220-meter women's world record dive there.
Now, we had a full-on body recovery process in action. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
Now, we had a full-on body recovery process in action.
Once all the divers were confirmed, we settled the date: 8th of January, 2005. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:07
Once all the divers were confirmed, we settled the date: 8th...
We booked a whole week prior to that day to set up the dive. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
We booked a whole week prior to that day to set up the dive.
[Peter] The contrast of sitting on the top, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:09
[Peter] The contrast of sitting on the top,
And you go under the water, and this thing goes, you know, just... - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
And you go under the water, and this thing goes, you know,...
[Don] Part of the danger, the absolue danger of Bushman's, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:07
[Don] Part of the danger, the absolue danger of...
And the only way that you've gt out is a very thin line. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
And the only way that you've gt out is a very thin...
Below you is at least 200 meters of water. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
Below you is at least 200 meters of water.
My dive plan: - Dave Not Coming Back 00:09
My dive plan:
I take the body, and hand it over to the next diver, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
I take the body, and hand it over to the next diver,
All of the divers had to be at a place at a time. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
All of the divers had to be at a place at a time.
The problem with so many divers doing, in their own right, very serious dives, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:10
The problem with so many divers doing, in their own right,...