YOUTUBER ALMOST DROWNS SEARCHING FOR GOLD
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2021
- We all know that the biggest "dive related" channels on TH-cam are those that focus on scavenging on shallow waters for valuable things such as cellphones, jewelry, and in this particular TH-camr's case, pure Gold.
There is a huge advantage to the fact that in order to conduct these shallow dives all you need is an Open Water certification, which is the entry level scuba diving certification, and very basic gear, this means that after a few days and a couple hundred dollars you can be certified and ready to emulate your favorite TH-camrs and scavenge on your local river, lake, or beach.
The problem is, if you ever run into an issue - even a simple one - you can be quickly overwhelmed and panic. And as you've learned on this channel, Panic can be deadly!
This video is a good example of what happens when you panic.
Original Video: • The Moment I Almost Died.
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The end was comedy gold. Cracked us up as Woody went to planning their gold expedition and Gus was volunteered. This is how all the best buddy adventures start. Can't wait for the vid.
Gus will be there and love it. He doesn’t know that yet but he will!!! :)
More like voluntold! :) That was hilarious!
Comedy gold I get it
@@savethechicken “voluntold” I love it 🤣
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Woody is always like "I like and I want to try! 1200 feet dive? No biggie! Searching for Gold? Absolutly! Dry caving? Hell yeah! Finding Atlantis? OF COURSE!" and Gus is always just like " *No...* "
I love this channel.
I loved your review thank you so much! I have answers to some of the questions and critiques but I think it would be cool to record it together haha.
And YES I'd love to take you both out I think you both would have a blast 😎
Don’t give Woody any ideas!!! We already tried this and failed miserably.
16:27 "He looks like a vampire a little bit." "Somebody was thinking this."
I am that somebody. I also noticed he's got some serious canines son. Also he looks drained after almost dying, so being part dead technically makes him a vampire! Glad he survived.
I’ve got canines like that too but not *quite* as extreme (close though!) glad I’m not alone 😂 also glad other people see it as “vampire” like rather than just f’d up teeth 😂 vampire sounds a lot cooler!
Next up on Dive Talk: "Woody & Gus become gold diggers" 😂 You guys are awesome!
I just don't get why they're saying it's wrong for him to do an uncontrolled ascent..? He's in a river like 4-5 feet deep right haha? What's the problem? Don't get the bends from that
I feel like someone is regretting showing Woody this video...
Love his childlike excitement. I would definitely watch it.
Woody and Gus turned me into a scuba critic 😂 Anytime I watch a movie or show or video I feel like I have to stop it and say “I bet Woody would ask to stop it here.”
To Woody's questions, this is called "placer gold". It comes off host rock veins higher up in the mountains and goes down into the rivers. Most people "pan for gold" on the banks, but Pauly is able to find it in the river as the gold will settle into cracks and is easy to spot. He is in Vancouver.
Just out of curiosity (because I live in Vancouver) where in Vancouver is he? Is he on the North Shore somewhere? I don't know as I've ever seen this location in the Lower Mainland, thank you anyway because it's interesting to know where he was.
@@isabellind1292 The Sooke area of Vancouver Island
@@GooseShitEatingWhiner Thank you Coley.
Why does Woody’s smile look like he’s up to mischief? Lol
Well perhaps I am. Bahahahaha
It took Woody 15 minutes to say what we were all thinking, this dude's a vampire lol
He was smiling because he's thinking about all the gold he's gonna find on that trip lol 😆
@@jstclair08 to the house ßa
Gotta love Woody’s childlike enthusiasm! ❤️
Gus, sounds like you’re going searching for gold!
Nooooo...he has the worst ideas!
@@DIVETALK But it's a great idea! The little sucky tube thing that sucks up the gold! Look how excited he is, you gotta take him.
@@scarletamazon3455 😂😂
I absolutely love how Woody is so embracing of others. Weather it's cave diving or diving for gold, he's ready to go diving with the people in the video safely, to learn something, and for a good time.
Love you both!
all credit to this guy to be honest about what happened and how fast it all can go wrong... never ever go under water alone.
I've never been diving in my life but I still can't get enough Dive Talk. Keep it up guys this channel is going to hit 1 million subs in no time.
Thank you!
I had never been till I watched Dive Talk, who then motivated me to start learning!
My husband is a diver and although I surf and grew up on the coast and spent a huge amount of time in the water but never interesting in diving. I love these dudes, so interesting, I love watching it even though I'm never going to do it but it's so interesting.
Gus and Woody - you should do a poll - who dives caves ;who doesn't and who might because of you! 🤣
Same here, never dived and to be honest never going to, but loving learning about it!
Woody, this seems like a really good time to use the whole "Gus spent the first YT check to meet my idol" card.
That's a horrible suggestion, I thought we were friends. Gus.
@@DIVETALK lmao
re: 45lb, although i expect he is talking about the entire weight of his kit, surely the only reason to be so heavy is that he isn't trying to be neutrally buoyant, he is trying to be pinned to the floor.
Agreed about trying to be pinned to the bottom.
Yeah I'm a commercial diver and if your working on bottom in shallow water it's much easier to be heavy than light
yeah with the water ripping I imagine he needs to be pinned on the floor to go after the gold
Ability to stay on target in swift water, additional weight or hand hold cobble and boulders. Neutrally buoyant and he'd be blown down river.
@@sd410MM I was gonna say this. This type of diving is dangerous for that reason, plus, it's often ice-water high-altitude mountain diving + the distraction of working / sifting.
Not to mention the dangers of reaching under and unseating boulders and large rocks that can roll and pin both your hands to the creek bed. What do you do then?
Woody is the type of old man I’d buy a beer for just to hear his perspective on stuff
I’d enjoy that beer with you!
Woody is the best lol
Thank you. But honestly I feel insecure sometimes and jus glad I have Gus as my partner on this. Together I really feel there is a cool chemistry. But thanks so much for this compliment. I take to heart all the comments, good and bad.
Ikr! I want woody to be my diving instructor.
@@DIVETALK I love you guys duo reaction, but woody your reaction are definitely the best I think even Gus loves seeing the way you react. Your point of view and way of describing stuff is awesome and informative!
@@StevenShadowEdition agreed, definitely the highlight of the videos ! :D
@@DIVETALK You make a great point that I want to acknowledge. Even if the channel was featuring 2 other people and had the same informative and precise discussions about diving I would most likely still be a fan, possibly a subscriber but your chemistry is very unique and i personally think special. I think you both could make a talk show about anything else, including gold digging, and I think you both would deliver a product that would stand out. Its uncommon to find such complimentary personalities and rare to have them represent a Hobby/Profession/Culture that honestly lacked positive role models and accessible voice. I do not say this lightly and my opinions come from experience in this area (producing entertainment and recognizing talent) and carry weight.
I found this channel thanks to MrBallen and I've watched so many of the Dive Talk videos at this point, I'm not a diver but this content is very interesting to watch! I love it!
Same youtubes algorithm mustve linked them to mr ballens cave diving vids
They have done reaction videos to some of his videos that's how I found them
Same story here
Haha. I've wondered how many of us there are.
Same here, now am addicted, this guy's are awesome
The main take-aways are 1 Never dive alone, 2 Never overweight yourself, 3 Don't panic, 4 Don't assume every dive on a whim without planning ahead and 5 Never show a new kind of diving to Woody if you're not up for a fun trip lol
Great video guys!
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He's weighted that heavy because of the insane current
That's what I was thinking! He wants to sit and crawl on the bottom to work.
Hahaha Woody is the best! GET THIS MAN A SUCTION-THINGY TO COLLECT GOLD 😂😂😂
You guys might only get 2g of gold but the video will make more ;P
I gotta say I'm with Woody on this one and kept thinking... yeah, mistakes were made, but I want to try this and add it to my list of things I've done in scuba. Seems like a good time. 👍
I have now watched 4 of y'all's videos, and I adore how Woody is always like, "I want to do that. I want to dive there. Someone take me." He genuinely gets so excited and wants to try all the things. Reach out, do collabs. I would be all in to watch you guys scuba for gold, scuba for broken phones, dive in caves that people have died in. I know you guys react, but I absolutely want to see you guys walk the walk and not just talk the talk. Even commentary on your own gold digging dives would be incredible!!
We have three travel vlogs here on the channel, also a reaction to my own cave dive. You can find them here on the channel. Gus.
@@DIVETALK I shall be bingeing the whole channel, so I will find them. I am also with Woody on this on, dive for gold! Lol
I live in British Columbia, in our streams there is gold everywhere so long as it runs off a mountain, much respect for you guys reacting from a neutral POV
Gus and I BOTH can’t wait to do this. I’ll even let Gus squeeze the squeezey thingamagigy when we find our Gold!
"Looks like a vampire. Somebody was thinking this."
Me, I confess. Practically my first thought was 'I want to see a dentist react to this guy.'"
Seriously, though. The thing he said toward the end about the perils of assuming you're immortal ... preach, brother.
Funny thing is that Pauly occasionally talks about being a vampire.
Same. I was just about to make a comment that vampires usually do not need to breathe.
It’s ok if he gets more gold he can be defanged but he may like his fang teeth it’s kinda cool. He’s a gold vampire lol.
His teeth are the coolest fr lol
Those teeth have to be cosmetic aftermarket additions. Probably cost him several grand.
Woody why don’t you contact this guy to go with him? I think you both could learn a lot from each other.
A Pioneer Paulie and Dive talk collab would break the internet. And you guys can exchange knowledge with each other educating us along the way!
That would be really fun.
The part of him
Describing losing bis reg and panicking was so obnoxiously dramatic lol
The takeaway? "Where are we gonna get that scale?"lol
He kind of missed the whole point of the video
@@DIVETALK tell him he can buy one on a canabis growshop
Gus I’m gonna let you even try my squeezy thinga magigy!!!! Your gonna love it.
Woody
@@DIVETALK The squeezy thinga magigy looks as though it functions in the exact same way as a turkey baster. You can practice with one of those until you get your hands on the real deal ;-)
"Alright whatever... just subscribe" lmao
Ha yes
Been watching Pauly for over a year now, great guy, down to Earth, his videos are amazing. I never seen this video where he near drown, this was dramatic and my Dad while watching Pauly's videos said to me, that guy is crazy for diving alone; never dive alone. Love the ending though, Woody has the right idea! Got to try it out, even for a weekend ;-)
This one is for you Woody, I've been a Subscriber of PioneerPauly for quite some time. Most of the Gold Sniping he does is in British Columbia, Canada. There are loads of great spots the look for Gold in BC, main spots to check out would be Vancouver Island or in the interior. Fraser River carries lots of gold but has an insane current. I've gone Panning a few times in the area of Hope and have never been disappointed. The landscape is also awe inspiring so it's never a bad time. Equipment - Snuffler bottle and a screwdriver are really all you need to get started but a Pan and Classifier never hurts to have either. Total like $40 CAD
Very cool.
Keep up the great work! This channel is going to reach crazy heights and I’m glad I’m here from the beginning!
I appreciate that!
Do it! Would be fun to watch.
No! Don't encourage Woody like that!
This video is hilarous. Two months after, Woody and Gus goes searching for gold. Woody already prepping and planning and I can just imagine Gus deeply sighing before the process LOL
I want to do this so desperately! I am totally with Woody! I would do nearly anything to do this. It brings me so much joy the idea of just finding the treasures; however valuable, it's about the hunt!
I’ll tell Woody to give you a call, I’m not going, I’ll be relaxing in a warm beach somewhere 😂
Strangely to me this feels wrong, like stealing from the nature and that the nature will eventually take it's revenge on you.
@@DIVETALK how does one relax inside of a beach?
this looks like an awesome activity when you're trained for such diving of course. Selling the gold you find doesn't make sense as you probably spent a lot more finding them .
I guess people usually do it so they keep the gold in storage for a personal achievement or try to make them as accessories; not necessarily forming it into one but maybe putting them inside a transparent locket .
Also it seemed that the two eventually did the Gold dive .
@@jleif7736You know what he meant.
I can't wait to see you guys at the river lol. woodys gonna be stoked out of his mind while gus is dragging his feet.
My pulse start raising every time DIVE TALK upload new videos!
Love it
Yes… I thought he looked like a vampire. I didn’t know we had vampires in Canada. 😳😂
I found your channel out of nowhere a few days ago and have been binging ever since. Let me tell you I would LOVE TO SEE YOU LOOK FOR GOLD! I’m nowhere near getting scuba certified just because of time restraints and cost, but I would love to watch you both do it. Your personalities work very well on camera and I think it could be a fun way to test out new editing techniques as well. Even if it’s not soon maybe one day. Woody work your magic! Love ya both!
When you calculate the price of gold you can’t forget it’s only going to increase in value. The gold belt goes through the northern part of Georgia. Any streams around here you can get gold like this from cracks crevices and sand. You also don’t have to dive to do this. TH-cam Georgia gold prospecting for more info on where to look. Interesting fact the first gold rush was here is Roswell Georgia
Just found this channel after binging a lot of cave diving videos (it’s been an obsession lately) and so glad I did! You guys are knowledgeable and entertaining. Thanks for all the hard work! Can wait to see how this channel grows.
Lmao goes out in a storm for megaladon teeth. Doesn't wanna go in a river.
Please do this
That spell Woody was under at about 9 minutes in is what's affectionately known as Gold Fever.
If you're truly in on going looking for gold, you're diving career just took a REAL sharp turn. Welcome to the club and stay off my claim
Andrew just gotta try it. :)
Awesome video. I follow Pauly. He's got a great heart and has charisma. He's not trying to prove anything but is always authentic.
As a diver, when I saw this video I could I came up with the same results that you guys did.
BTW this gold is placer gold, and is considered 99% pure and gets full market value for trades.
The little bottle is called a snuffer bottle.
You should definitely go sniping for gold. Maybe even get in touch with Pauly and see if you could join him on a trip in BC.
I like him also.
I'm an Australian fan that subbed from watching your Mr ballens video. He is my fave and I found your content fascinating
Omgosh snap!!! I’m also Australian, stuck overseas somewhere in middle east north africa, totally addicted to Mr Ballen and subbed here from that react vid.
Aussie Aussie Aussie 🇦🇺
Found you guys from MrBallen, ended up getting just as addicted to watching you guys as I am him. Great content for divers and non divers alike. Thanks for all the accurate information.!
Isn't it something to think of folks 100 years ago hearing stories about finding gold in rivers and uprooting their entire lives to get in on the action?
Now here we are 100 years later sitting watching someone do it and it's "cool, now onto the next video"...fascinating
Andrew it seems like so much fun and to actually find Gold. Wow!
I have absolutely nothing to do with cavediving, nor will I ever...
But, I absolutely love these videos by Woody and Gus. You guys are just great at delivering information...so good, in fact, that you've captured a non-caver audience. I'm totally enthralled. I love it. It's such a fascinating alternative to the true crime, gardening, nursing student, and Mr. Ballen videos I usually watch. Us fans love this content...keep up the awesome work guys!
So ive said before how I wanted to try a scuba class now that ive been watching you guys. My wife is up for it and we are going next week to the coast (gulf of Mexico) for a try scuba class. Im excited for it because I feel like i already know the principles for a lot of skills, so i figure that picking them up and actually being able to do them will be easy enough. I would never assume I can do just cuz ive seen it but I feel like ive seen it and heard it enough to know the fundamentals of HOW to do it, from you guys, that its not scary and wont be hard to pick up. I appreciate you guys for this content and honestly, I might even video our try scuba and send you the video, for you guys to just see what you inspired.
You guys should do a combo video with him! He can teach you about searching for gold, and you can teach him about safe diving! Itd be a great crossover!
If you want more to add to your diving bucket list: PLEASE check out "mangroves," I've heard it's an underwater forest. It'd be amazing to see you guys explore there!
When you find gold, it is pure at 24k. At this point you would melt it down and it's pure gold. It turns to 18k /12k etc. when you mix metal alloys with it for making jewelry. So yes, this is pure
No... it is not.. I have been panning, sniping, sluicing for much of my life.. And I too dive for gold like Paully.. I have been diving now for .. oh 63 years.. started when I was11.. Gold is NEVER 24 k when it comes out of the ground or the river.. I have seen it as low as .713 and as high as .910 .. never higher than that where I have searched. .. To get 24 k, there has to be an incredible amount of refining done
But the buyers will pay you pure gold money for it.
Like many have said, I am not a diver. Hated the idea of spelunking let alone cave diving. Subscribed to your channel at 3k subs, have watched every video since and am considering getting open water certs. Never would have even considered it without these videos. You guys are awesome, the mix of your personalities has the magic needed for a successful channel. Keep it up!
Thank you! I hope you sign up and get certified!
I am hooked to your channel now and binge watching, you guys are hilarious and provide very interesting and educational content at the same time! This channel is going to blow up very soon!
I am so glad I found this channel. I don’t even dive and I LOOOVEEE hearing both of your guys insights in these videos, keep on producing the great videos guys, they make my day
Awesome! Thank you!
Woody, loved your excitement about wanting to go do that, because I’m right there with ya, wanting to go! Gold prospecting trip, anyone?!
Go for it! Take Woody with you! :D
@@DIVETALK haha that’d be awesome!
“Your just a piece of sand” 😂 hit different
The back and forth at 8:30 had me dying. Woody will not be dissuaded!!! LMAO
"Dude. You get excited so easily". I hear that a lot from friends. I think Woody is my spirit animal.
I think he was saying he had 45 pounds of gear (tank, BC, regs, lead), not that he was carrying 45 pounds of lead.
Awesome video! If you have gold-bearing rivers around, you can find gold in cracks of bedrock, especially where the currents are slower. Around Vancouver, there are some famous rivers along the goldrush trail. Keep up the great work guys!
Interesting!
That was rather insensitive when a man is explaining his near-death experience and in tears to talk about how his teeth (that are a permanent fixture) make him look like a vampire.
I just love you two. Found your channel last week and have been binge watching your videos since. Great channel!
Looks like there's a Canadian river gold trip coming. Woody says where do I get a scale and squeeze bottle at ? Gus says NOPE. Lol
My thoughts on what you said, if he was not even 10 feet deep and panicking, bolting (uncontrolled ascend) to the surface isn't that much dangerous as you said. Chances of barotrauma are little. Of course he shloudn't do that but it's not a big deal. Next thing, 45 pounds of weight, if you dive very shallow, in very thick wetsuit and doing what he is, wanna empty the tank, you need to be overweighted. For any activity that you need to stay very close to bottom - like his gold hunting you need to be overweighted. Pivot is not what you want in such a activities. When I dive 7mm +7mm open cell wetsuit (summer diving) I need 35 pounds of weight, when winter diving (drysuit + full electric heating, full face mask) you go to 45 pounds easy. Try sometime very cold water diving, very shallow and stay at the bottom without moving at all for about 2 hours 😁 That's what he's doing and it's totally different from standard diving.
18:45 Literally busted out laughing at the same time. "Well, turns out I didn't drown for 120 Bucks of gold.... But I also didn't drown for the 75 Bucks I ended up finding".
We were laughing also!
It’s funny because every time I watch one of your videos (once or twice a day) I love watching the sub count and seeing it get bigger every time. Love you guys!
I didn’t know vampire can scuba dive..
Am getting addicted to these videos.. am not even remotely interested in cave diving..I just think cave divers are incredibly skilled and calm..
Do it guys! I've watched him and Dan Hurd for the longest. They have trips to Alaska where you keep all the gold you find by running dredgers(sp?) with scuba gear on. Look it up!
As a commercial diver and worked in many conditions that the normal diver would not dive in, I can say I wear a 7mm neoprene drysuit which requires about 32lbs of lead to be neutral in the water. PS I have torn a seal and was flood with cold water and still had to work, no issues with buoyancy. We often work in current which requires adding extra weight to be able to stay in place while working with both hands. I think that is why he had extra weight on for his river dive. Looks like Canada or Alaska. I have dove both places.
Was gonna say vampires can’t drown 😆 but in all seriousness very lucky.
Step one: plant gold nugget
Step two: record yourself finding the nugget
Step three: content
Nah, if you’re in the Northwest there’s a ton of gold. There’s still gold miners up here in Alaska.
Took my son Snuba diving today. We both knew the signs and impressed our instructors from watching your channel. We may pursue scuba now!
Wonderful
I love seeing you both together (Woody and Gus) you guys remind me of myself and my best friend who passed away, still can't recover from his death. Blessings to you both 🙏
I love Woody'a reaction. What guy wouldn't wanna go find some gold? Got me ready to check the creek out back lol.
My one opinion to Gus is it seems like this is more about the experience than all the gold. And he does seem like he needs more experience scuba diving. And I can tell Woody is going to do this. You can get a scale like that at any mom and pop convince store.
7:24 That scuba cylinder standing up on those jagged rocks with no one directly next to it had me having flashbacks to my instructor going: If we ever find your cylinder standing up with you not directly next to it, your buying everyone beer.
I’m not a diver, nor do I have the time to dive. Regardless, I like watching you guys. It’s so hard to find “mostly” clean content and blatant innuendo. Not sure how I found y’all, but I’m now a subscriber. Keep up the good work.
Woody is awesome, I love his sense of adventure and I'm glad he's lived through all the adventures his curious, excited mind has put him through. lol
I've got a river about 15 mins up the mountain from where I live me and my freinds used to go up there and pan gold for a little bit of money to buy ummmmmmm.......stuff lol
just found you guys and gotta say you truely put a smile on ones face on an otherwise grey day (: go get that gold!
Thank you so much ! You are doing a lot for our industry :)
i cant tell if you are skeptical that he is able to find gold "just sitting in the rocks" but it is sitting in a seem which is common because its a heavy metal like how the seams on a gold pan catch the gold. the seams in the bottom of the river are like natural gold pans which is why people do this form of diving EDIT you should totally go diving with this guy tho that would be awesome contentttt
Maybe he needed the 45 lbs to stay anchored to the ground in faster flowing areas of the river?
Woody says gold is gold...you've created a monster! 😂😂😂
this is a local guy from my island! cool video. i know this river, pretty sure if its the one, it has a 1mile long dive cave where the river goes completely underground in summer
Nice!
Gold is hold when found in nature. Pure gold that is. The only thing that changes gold in 14k 18k and 24k is the amount of alloy metal they smelt it together with to produce jewelry etc.. lol so Woody is kind of right and Gus was way off haha. Just fyi. 💛💛
no offense i know you guys are doing your best to react but i think you might be underestimating the power of the river in this situation. only 10 feet under but that water is insanely powerful! rivers r so dangerous! and that would also explain why he had that much weight on, hes trying to keep himself at the bottom without fighting it constantly. definitely some things he could have done better obviously but i think the picture u had in ur head vs the reality might be different. idk tho maybe u have spent more time in rivers than im thinking, if thats the case i take it all back lol. love the video but thats just the only thing i could think of during that last bit of reaction. keep at it!
This is the first time I have ever commented on a TH-cam video in my life but I just had to say how much I loved this! I enjoy all your videos but this one made me laugh SO much. I will look forward to seeing you both in a cold river, looking for gold, very soon. Woody like an overexcited puppy, and Gus following on behind, rolling his eyes in despair. 🤣
Wow, thank you for commenting! I'm not sure if you'll ever see me near a river looking for gold but if that ever happens I'll know that you'll be happy watching it!
This is Woody. BOTH Gus and I are gonna love our river diving for Gold! I MAY let Gus try the squeeze thingy magigy one time. (Maybe), but for sure he is gonna love river diving for Gold. I’ll hold all the Gold though, just for safe keeping and all.
@@DIVETALK 🤣The squeezy thingy majiggy is the best bit! Only let him have a go once he’s accepted river diving for gold is his true destiny.
I am watching this a week after watching the video where y’all did this… 😂 you both are awesome!
Yay! Thank you!
I've been watching pioneer Pauley for a couple years now. I've wanted to dive for gold ever since. Can't get a dive buddy to go with me!
Take Woody!
Would be glad to!
There are FB groups for finding a dive buddy.
@@divemasterdavid595 Are you also on Vancouver Island? I'm a divemaster here, also a Paulie subscriber who want's to give it a try :)
@matt beckett I'm in Texas, but with some time to plan I can travel!
The two of you have probably swam past enough gold to pay for your equipment, all of it, many times over. Geology boys, geology! Watch some videos of the gold they find in Australia. Sometimes several pound nuggets. Some bigger. On land. Imagine what's waiting down below!
I love when you guys comment on different types of videos as well I would watch any video you comment on 😂 good job guys
Woody said it best, "45 lbs, I am not even going to be able to move at that weight." He has that much on him so he sinks like a stone and doesn't move with the current. No scuba science, he is doing it mafia style, two cylinder blocks.
Is he talking about weight in his pockets or the weight as a whole between lead, tank, bcd etc…?
Paulie is local to me, on Vancouver Island. We have very cold water here, almost exclusively dry suit diving. Generally we talk about weight as net negative lbs.
For instance I wear a DUI crushed neoprene dry suit, with 2 layers of thermal underwear. I usually dive steel 100 tanks which are 6lbs negative buoyancy compared to an AL80, I have 5lbs non-ditchable weight a left and right tank pocket. I have 10lbs in each ditchable weight pouch integrated in my BCD, and then another 3lbs ditchable on each side in a harness pouch.
So I dive with:
5 + 5 = 10 tank weights
10 + 10 = 20 primary ditchable weights
3 + 3 = 6 secondary ditchable weights
6 lbs (steel tank)
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42 lbs
We count the tank so it's easy to migrate. If I need to dive an AL80 I add 6 extra lbs.
Some people dive back plate + wing, and the back plate has an additional 6 (I think) negative lbs that would be added into that calculation.
Now I'm pretty sure I'm bigger than Paulie, and my 42lbs is for Pacific ocean water, not freshwater river, so he's probably overweighted but it's likely necessary to compensate for the current for the task he's doing - so it's probably not as dramatic as it sounds. The BCD lift capacity thing sounds relevant but it's likely that his BCD has plenty of lift for him even with 45lbs on. I believe my BCD has 38lbs of lift, so you might think that me having 42lbs of weight leaves me unable to lift with my BCD - but the majority of my buoyancy is me inside the dry suit surrounded by sweatpants and long sleeve t-shirt covered by a fuzzy onesie. That traps a lot of air and needs a lot of weight to sink. I'm perfectly weighted at 42lbs with my BCD completely empty. If I drop any of my ditchable weights I'm heading to the surface without needing my BCD at all.
Kid needs better training. Same as most of these guys who make a mockery of diving with their ridiculous click bait
Amazing videos keep up the great content you guys have grown so much and I hope that continues you guys deserve to be the face of divers on yt
Wow huge compliment. Thank you!
By far my favorite video from you guys! You two crack me up!