While at the gun range, I met a guy who does one of the most interesting—and dangerous—jobs I've come across: saturation diving.

I'd never heard of it.

I mean, sure, once you think about what he does, it makes sense. It just never occurred to me before.

What is it?

Saturation diving is a high-risk, high-pay commercial diving method where divers live in pressurised chambers for weeks, working at extreme depths without decompressing after each dive — it's mainly used in oil, gas, and underwater construction, and operates on military-style shift rotations.

By 'military-style shift rotations', I mean hardcore shifts.

I think the reason they can sink to the seabed is down to their huge balls of steel.

The guy's name is Hugo du Preez, and while he lives about 20 minutes from me, he works in the Middle East. At least, for now. It depends on where his contracts are.

For security reasons, he can't disclose specifics.

His casual chat with me

I was absolutely fascinated by all of this, so I invited Hugo onto my live stream, where he told me how he got into the job, shared some mind-blowing stories, and opened up about how his wife feels about his dangerous work.

🧐 Speaking of fascinating jobs, do listen to my live stream conversation with a guy who makes films in Antarctica.

He’s often in the Antarctic and his stories are incredible

Joshua Snyman is a South African filmmaker who has travelled to the Antarctic numerous times. I wanted to hear about his experience and what it’s like.

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Live stream

My live stream is for paid subscribers, airs every Friday at 09:00 South African time, and focuses on all things South Africa—since I'm South African.

It's also available as an audio podcast via Jerm Warfare (Premium), the new ad-free, exclusive version of my podcast.

Video episode

Here's my unbelievably interesting conversation with Hugo.