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cave dive gone wrong!!!

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:58 pm
by DiverDown
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

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:00 pm
by Dave
:partyman:
Boy that really is a read,,,good post!!!
:rr:

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:18 am
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
Diver down

Sparky

The deepest cave.

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:42 am
by Scubak
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.
Kirsten