Riaan UJoseph Dituri waqala usuku lwakhe njengazo zonke ezinye: ngezintambo, amashubhu okuhlola kanye nedatha – “isayensi eyisisekelo,” usho kanje. Wadonsa igazi, wenza ukuhlolwa kokusebenza kwamaphaphu futhi wathatha i-electrocardiogram.
Njengoba ehlezi elabhorethri ngoLwesithathu eduze kwesilwane esigxishiwe sase-Dory, inhlanzi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ekhohlwayo yodumo lwefilimu ye-Disney-Pixar, izivakashi ezimbalwa zabhukuda ukuze zizulise sawubona.
Ungalindela kanjani futhi ukubingelela indoda ezibiza ngokuthi “uDkt. Ulwandle Olujulile”?
UDituri, uprofesa ohlangene wobunjiniyela be-biomedical eNyuvesi yaseNingizimu Florida, usehlale kusukela ngoMashi 1 elabhorethri engamamitha-skwele ayi-100 ngaphakathi kweJules’ Undersea Lodge, ihhotela labatshuzi be-scuba elingaphansi kwe-30-foot-deep. Ichibi e-Key Largo, eFla.
I-porthole ivumela i-Dituri ukuthi ibone izinhlanzi eziningi kanye nomtshuzi we-scuba ngezikhathi ezithile.
(Joseph Dituri)
Abatshuzi abahlola amanzi asendaweni aluhlaza ngezikhathi ezithile balunguza ngefasitela lakhe lembobo elebhu, elingamafidi angu-8 ububanzi. Ebusuku, amathoshi abatshuzi kanye nabashushumbisi ngezinye izikhathi akhanya ngefasitela eliyindilinga.
Ngo-1:05 ntambama ngesikhathi saseMpumalanga ngoMgqibelo odlule, u-Dituri wephule irekhodi lomhlaba isikhathi eside kakhulu asichitha ehlala endaweni engaguquki ngaphansi kwamanzi. Umaki wangaphambilini – izinsuku ezingama-73, amahora amabili nemizuzu engama-34 – yasungulwa ngo-2014 kulebhu efanayo ngoprofesa ababili baseTennessee, UBruce Cantrell noJessica Fain.
(Isikhulumeli seGuinness World Records sithi inhlangano ibuyekeza umzamo kaDituri.)
Kodwa u-Dituri, 55, akekho ohambeni lwasemanzini ukuze nje aphule amarekhodi. Usemkhankasweni wezinsuku eziyi-100 ohlanganisa ukuhlolwa kwezokwelapha nocwaningo lwasolwandle. Umgomo uwukuqonda ukuthi ukuba ngaphansi kwamanzi kungaba nomthelela kanjani empilweni yomuntu kanye nokuhlola indima yolwandle ekwelapheni izifo.
I-Marine Resources Development Foundation, engabanikazi balebhu, ihlele umsebenzi ka-Dituri wokuthola amaqiniso, ebizwa nge-Project Neptune.
Le phrojekthi idinga ukuhlolwa kwansuku zonke kwe-physiology, nethimba lezokwelapha elivame ukutshuza endaweni yase-Dituri ukuze liqhube izivivinyo eziqapha ukusabela kwakhe komzimba ekuchayekeni isikhathi eside ekucindezelekeni okukhulu. Izivivinyo zihlanganisa ukuhambisa amasampula egazi, umchamo namathe, ukusebenzisa ama-electrocardiograms enhliziyweni yakhe kanye electroencephalograms ebuchosheni bakhe, nokuhlola ukusebenza kwamaphaphu. Uphinde ahlolwe ngokwengqondo nangokwengqondo ukuze ochwepheshe bakwazi ukufunda umthelela wokuba sendaweni engayodwa, evalelwe isikhathi eside.
U-Dituri, kwesokudla, ungumtshuzi we-US Navy saturation osuthathe umhlalaphansi.
(Ben Norton / Brock Communications)
“Sibheka impilo yomuntu, futhi kwenzekani uma ufaka umuntu eshubhuni isikhashana,” kusho uDituri ngesikhathi omunye umtshuzi ebhukuda ebheke emgodini.
U-Dituri uphinde wafundisa amakilasi ku-inthanethi kubafundi emhlabeni jikelele, kuhlanganise nezifundo zakhe zobunjiniyela be-biomedical eNyuvesi yaseNingizimu Florida, enethemba lokukhuthaza abafundi abaningi ukuba baphishekele imisebenzi yesayensi, ubuchwepheshe, ubunjiniyela kanye nezibalo.
“Sinezinkinga ezinkulu ngempela okufanele sizixazulule,” esho.
Ososayensi nabanye bamvakashela njalo elebhu ukuze bakhulume ngocwaningo nendlela yokulondoloza nokuvikela ulwandle.
Eceleni kokuhlolwa nokufinyelela, u-Dituri ufunde indlela yokupheka i-salmon “eqinile” ezingelwe ngokungemthetho ku-microwave – ukucindezela kwengxenye yendawo kusho ukuthi akakwazi ukusebenzisa ilangabi elivulekile – futhi wafunda ukuthi imilenze yenkalankala ingase ingabi inketho engcono kakhulu yokudla. “Kwanuka kule ndawo cishe izinsuku ezinhlanu,” esho. “Akukho ukushintshana kahle komoya.”
Ngenkathi ehlala ngaphansi kwamanzi, i-Dituri ibe nezivakashi – ngisho nenye okuthiwa i-mermaid.
(UJoseph Dituri / Brock Communications)
Uke wavakashelwa i-mermaid kuye, futhi wabona ihhashi lasolwandle ohambweni lwakamuva lwe-scuba diving.
“Ngangingakaze ngimbone ngaphambili, futhi sekuyiminyaka engu-40 ngisemanzini, angazi,” kusho uDituri, umtshuzi wasemanzini osewathatha umhlalaphansi wase-US. (Wayekhuluma, yebo, ngehhashi lasolwandle.)
Kungenzeka ukuthi waze waqopha elinye irekhodi engazi ngokuthenga imoto entsha ngesikhathi ehlala ngaphansi kwamanzi, okuvele kwaba yinkimbinkimbi kunalokho abekucabanga: Naphezu kwakho konke ukuhlela nokuhlela ayekwenzile, ukhohlwe ukuletha imininingwane yasebhange lakhe phansi.
“Bekungesinye salezo ezifana nama-crambles ngomzuzu wokugcina,” kusho uDituri. (Isikhulumeli seGuinness World Records uthe inhlangano ayiliqapheli igama elirekhodiwe ngokuba ngowokuqala ukuthenga imoto ngaphansi kwamanzi.)
Kulindeleke ukuthi iDituri iphinde ivele ngoJuni 9 bese ihlolwa kabanzi yithimba lodokotela.
Lapho esengaphezu komhlaba, uhlela ukukhuphukela phezulu kakhulu ngokutshuza emanzini. Kodwa lokho okokuzijabulisa nje.
“Kudingeka ngishaye amadolo kuheleza umoya,” kusho yena.
