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claustrophobia
Posted on September 24, 2006 @ 4:57 pm by massimo | Filed under: blog, diving, people, philippines, wordpress
In clear water at 30 meters, everything is blue-grey; in murky water at the same depth, there maybe no light at all. Here divers consume air rapidly and usually experience nitrogen narcosis that tends to deteriorate mental processes and judgement. The lack of colour and light, may also cause the abnormal fear of confined paces called claustrophobia. Despite the demanding nature of deep dives, they have become a popular activity for a variety of reasons. Basically, the ability to dive deep broadens the realm in which divers enjoy… It happens that Andreas -a skilful German diver master- and I decided to go deep to the little cave located along the underwater cliff side that run nearly vertical in Boracay’s dive spot of Yapak. The cave, at a depth of about 35 meters, is supposed to be a good spot to stay while doing fish watching. Due to the strong currents along the cliff and the physical exertion I did, when I got the cave I find out that my air supply had gone almost completely and had not auxiliary air for decompression! I felt lost and showed quickly my air gauge to Andreas. The man was truly an exceptional diver: he invariably had such a low air consumption and his cylinder was always magically full. No wonder if he rescued me simply by let me breathing trough his regulator all the way back…and -according to his plan- we rested a while, side by side within that small and claustrophobic hole, enjoying the underwater realm…
Illustration Friday’s topic is : phobia
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must’ve been a horrible experiment, to lose air in deep water.. nice illustration!
Fantastic story and a wonderful and telling illustration~ I was once on a beach in Hawaii, Kuaui to be exact, and a lone diver came up fromt the sea…struggled to get her tank off..and approached me with this question…… “Do you have any idea where I am now?” Apparently she lost her partner who surfaced about a half mile away. Eventually they found each other and returned to the sea.
glad u where able to view ur fish but more importantly that u had air to decomprees cause the benz is no fun at all from wht i hear
I guess if I have a phobia it is this one. For this reason, I don’t think I’ll ever be a deep sea diver. Thanks for sharing your story. It’s an exciting, if scary one. And you really conveyed the darkness of the deep very well here.
Truly a wonderful post! I felt worried for you in this story but grateful to Andreas for helping you! Probably not smart for divers to dive alone? I love the skin tones you created here and the goggles are great, the bubbles, everything is wonderful, fascinating, exciting and a little scary!!!
illo maravilloso, amo siempre su estilo y su poste. Éste es uno de mis favoritos
awesome collage style
Yes, call that claustrophobia for reasons! That´s why I stick to snorkling only. An intense experience where you truly need to rely on your partner. Greatly captured in this illustration.
Gosh - I thought I commented on this one. Well it rocks! It is fantastic I love the faces. The bubbles are awesome. However, I am so sorry that happened!! Thank you Andreas!!