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Verna did a 220-meter women's world record dive there
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Dave Not Coming Back

Verna did a 220-meter women's world record dive there

Verna did a 220-meter women's world record dive there

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Verna did a 220-meter women's world record dive there.
Duration
6 seconds
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27
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:37
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary, action, adventure
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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.
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,...
[machine whirring] - Dave Not Coming Back 00:12
[machine whirring]
We have to literally take everything, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
We have to literally take everything,
It's like moving a whole dive shop to the site. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
It's like moving a whole dive shop to the site.
Then, of course, all your divig gear has got to get to the bottom. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
Then, of course, all your divig gear has got to get to the...
[Don] I've got some 35 cylinders to get in the water. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
[Don] I've got some 35 cylinders to get in the water.
That's by no means the-- the total. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
That's by no means the-- the total.
There's a few more to come down here. That's quite a dive. [chuckles] - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
There's a few more to come down here. That's quite...
You know, Don with these solid, solid technical skills, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:14
You know, Don with these solid, solid technical skills,