Listen "E102 Joseph Bicanic - Bent Out of Shape at Boesmansgat"
Episode Synopsis
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.
Big thanks to our sponsor XDEEP and the patrons of Speaking Sidemount for making this episode possible.
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.
Big thanks to our sponsor XDEEP and the patrons of Speaking Sidemount for making this episode possible.
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