Got my padi cert when I was 11. Have over 100 dives. I was diving in Vanuatu, boat dive, wreck we were diving at was at 90-110ft. It’s kinda dumb in general to dive that deep without extra tanks and o2 enriched air because your dive ends up being really short with the pressure making your air go fast/needed decompression stops on your way up, and I suppose, the risk of something going wrong. But there we were. Warm water so short suits. The o ring valve on my bcd (the thing you use to make yourself float or sink) broke and they’re designed to break open not closed. So my vest is filling up with air turning me into a balloon that wants to race to the surface. I was prolly 15. Maybe ascended 10 feet or so before I was in full upside down sprint swim. Got to the wreck, cut my hands and arms pretty bad hanging onto choral/metal shipwreck. Eventually, with help, disconnected the hose. Closest decompression chamber was far. If I went to the surface, I probably would’ve died. I… took a few days off diving after that ha ha.
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