E102 Joseph Bicanic - Bent Out of Shape at Boesmansgat
Speaking Sidemount · Steve Davis
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Show Notes
This is the amazing story of Joseph Bicanic's
decompression sickness (Bends) incident while cave diving at Boesmansgat or Bushman's Hole in South Africa. Joseph joined Richard "Harry" Harris and Craig Challen's "Dark Side of the Moon" expedition. While working on mapping the cave and also achieving a personal depth record of 210m, Joesph was "bent" and subsequently had to medevac to Johannesburg for hyperbaric treatment.
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