Author Topic: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa? (Read 496 times)

GtoRA2 · « **on:** October 16, 2005, 05:31:07 PM »

There was a post linking an artical on this here a few weeks back, but I can't find it, anyone know what the title was or have a link?

The guy set a record and found a body of another diver missing for ten years and went back to recover it, it was over 800 feet down and he died trying to get the body back up. It was pretty interesting.

john9001 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 16, 2005, 11:26:01 PM »

cave divers are all crazy, i put them with people who jump out of good airplanes or try to ride on the backs of bulls.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 16, 2005, 11:52:15 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
cave divers are all crazy, i put them with people who jump out of good airplanes or try to ride on the backs of bulls.

Well yeah, but it makes for interesting reading!:D

Gh0stFT · « **Reply #3 on:** October 17, 2005, 01:01:44 AM »

GtoRA2 i dunno about a link here, but i'm sure you mean the diver Dave Shaw.
I friend of mine, a sportdiver, told me about a year ago or so.
Dave tried to recover a dead diver in south africa at aprox 270m.
Google for it.

PS: john9001 thats why others play chess.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 17, 2005, 01:21:08 AM »

Yep
That was him, thanks for the name Ghost!

deSelys · « **Reply #5 on:** October 17, 2005, 04:23:08 AM »

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Originally posted by john9001
cave divers are all crazy, i put them with people who jump out of good airplanes or try to ride on the backs of bulls.

Yeah those guys are plain crazy!!!!

deSelys · « **Reply #6 on:** October 17, 2005, 09:40:05 AM »

This thread got me curious, and I read some articles about the final dive of Dave Shaw.

This one was the best, and the most moving too: Raising the dead

gofaster · « **Reply #7 on:** October 17, 2005, 10:03:30 AM »

Holy crap!

Someone should do a movie about this.

In fact, this would make much better US tv than the "Surface" sci-fi crap that's on now.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 17, 2005, 10:10:50 AM »

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Originally posted by deSelys
This thread got me curious, and I read some articles about the final dive of Dave Shaw.

This one was the best, and the most moving too: Raising the dead

Thats the story I was looking for. Very interesting read.

FiLtH · « **Reply #9 on:** October 17, 2005, 10:35:55 AM »

Great read thanks.

fartwinkle · « **Reply #10 on:** October 17, 2005, 10:50:01 AM »

Check my spelling but you might wanna read up on the father of cave diving Sheck Exley .

Curval · « **Reply #11 on:** October 17, 2005, 12:24:32 PM »

My best man from my wedding used to do ALOT of cave diving. Scared the beezbus out of me everytime he went. I'd always call him that evening to say "hi"...but really to make sure he was alive.

Insane sport.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 17, 2005, 12:36:48 PM »

I don't fear animals, heights or sharp things.

However, I wouldn't go spelunking if you held a gun to my hide. It's not claustrophobia, it's the idea that I'd get stuck or lost.

deSelys · « **Reply #13 on:** October 17, 2005, 05:47:56 PM »

Same here. I can see myself doing some easy BASE jumps in a not too much distant future...but the idea scuba diving already makes me uneasy (although I love to swim or dive with just a mask, fins and a snorkel).

Cave diving is ABSOLUTELY out of the question. I have a lot of respect for those guys but I would never dare to do it myself.

BTW, I've found Dave Shaw's website here. There are a lot of interesting details about his gear (check the urinator

), but it is also kind of sad to see that the site has not been modified since his last update, a couple of days before his fatal attempt.

fartwinkle · « **Reply #14 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:00:28 PM »

One of the most hazardest things man can do.
There is no room for mistakes these dudes are top pro's in there field.
But all to often even the best die doing what they love:(