The Redneck Sage. :
FOR THOSE OF YOU who don't understand how this could happen, here is the straight dope: for perspective understand that when you certify for SCUBA they give you a chart that shows you how much time you can spend at depth. at 35 ft you have about 205 minutes. the end of that chart is 130 ft. at that depth you have roughly 10 minutes max because of two things. first, at that depth the air you are breathing is very very compressed so you consume it faster which leaves much much less of it available in your tank. second, because nitrogen is the largest component of breathable air and because it is under pressure and condensed you will injest a large amount of it, and it by nature it builds up in your bloodstream, which further compounds your problems because now you will HAVE to institute STRICT decompression rules purposefully SLOWING your ascent to allow it to expell from your blood gradually, or, you will either burst your lungs or get the bends and die. you CANNOT rush to the surface. so more time with no air. at 140 there is NO SAFE time and is for emergency ONLY. but this is the kicker: if you are at 125ft for long you will start to experience nitrogen narcosis which is essentially a very powerful psychedelic drug that causes you to lose all touch with reality, lose fear, lose directive, and any sense of self preservation or danger. ALSO,This place is a very large cavern, the ENTIRE thing has a ceiling NOT a surface, except for two very small exit hole hard to find. ALSO there were currents in those caverns, so even if just simply floating and you are not immediately next to a wall you can see u will have no frame of reference for how far you have traveled because it's pitch black dark. and if you start to feel the narcosis you might not even be aware that the current is taking you deeper and you don't know how far away from the entrance you are and you don't even know where it is, except for the rope and for every second that passes, the nitrogen makes you LESS concerned about finding it. then you start running out of air and you DONT CARE. and that's all folks
2026-10-21 21:28:02