cave dive gone wrong!!!

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DiverDown
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cave dive gone wrong!!!

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This is a story that i had been reading about last year. In short its about a diver that found a body in the botom of a cave in south africa. A few years later this was his attempt to retrieve the body and set a world record rebreather,cave,deep dive. its kinda long but a good read...

http://outside.away.com/outside/feature ... haw-1.html
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Dave
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Post by Dave »

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Boy that really is a read,,,good post!!!
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Post by sparky »

that was so good
now we know what it is like to give it all for a fellow diver.

in my book this is a HERO story if ever I heard of one. thanks
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The deepest cave.

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I read that story on Dave Shaw and saw the video...not good.
I have a hard time believing that he went back that deep to retrieve a skeleton. Still....pretty ballsy stuff. Just too bad that he became a victim and nearly got his buddy (safety diver) killed as well.
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