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Can we talk about that one guy who nearly drowned from a bad lift bag setup?
At a job off the coast of San Diego about 2 years ago, an old timer named Jerry told me he once saw a diver get dragged to the surface because his buddy tied off to the bag wrong, and it stuck with me because he said the guy's ears blew out so bad he lost hearing in one side, has anyone else heard a horror story like that?
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iris_mason881mo ago
That story about the ears blowing out gave me chills because I used to think lift bags were just "easy money" for ascent control. Honestly changed my mind about how fast things can go wrong when you forget the basics.
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susan_ward1mo agoMost Upvoted
You nailed it, @iris_mason88. Lift bags seem so simple until you watch someone get blown up like a balloon. The ears popping is just the start, that pressure differential can turn a slow ascent into a rocket ride real quick. Forgetting basics is how people end up bent or worse. Easy money turns into a hospital bill fast underwater.
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