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Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: 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.
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: john9001 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.
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: GtoRA2 on October 16, 2005, 11:52:15 PM: Quote
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
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: Gh0stFT 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.
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: GtoRA2 on October 17, 2005, 01:21:08 AM: Yep
That was him, thanks for the name Ghost!
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: deSelys on October 17, 2005, 04:23:08 AM: Quote
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!!!!
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: deSelys 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 (http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200508/dave-shaw-1.html)
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: gofaster 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.
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: GtoRA2 on October 17, 2005, 10:10:50 AM: Quote
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 (http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200508/dave-shaw-1.html)

Thats the story I was looking for. Very interesting read.
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: FiLtH on October 17, 2005, 10:35:55 AM: Great read thanks.
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: fartwinkle 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 .
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: Curval 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.
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: lasersailor184 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.
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: deSelys 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 (http://www.deepcave.com). 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.
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: fartwinkle 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:(
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: DREDIOCK on October 17, 2005, 09:17:22 PM: Quote
Originally posted by lasersailor184
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.

When I was 14 I went spelunking with my cousins just outside of Gainsville Fla. who lived in the area
Along with us also went my mother and sister (then 7)

Nothing but a hole in the ground from the durface. then went down and crawled through the mud like a snake through a tube like tunnel about the size of a main sewer line for I'd say about 20 yards untill we entered a room of about 30 yards wide in each direction with about a 10 foot ceiling and had what best can be discribed as a small pond at one end.
There were several other tunnels leading in various directions. most of thm leading to a dead end or collapsed section wut others leading to other smaller rooms.

I still have the fossels I dug out of the walls that day.
Fascinating trip. But a pretty dumb move now that I look back at it ranking right up there with Climbing the back face of Seneca Rock West Va without use of any ropes or gear other then a stick with a hooked end I found to help me up.
Or canoeing the upper Delaware in pitch black darkness (Amazing trip overall though and getting to within 10 feet of a Bald Eagle in the wild made it all worth it)

But its one of those things I can say I did it.

The only real fear I have is jumping from a high place.
I have problems jumping into the water from even 10 feet.
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: DREDIOCK on October 17, 2005, 09:17:54 PM: Oh BTW
great read!
Title: Post about the cave diver who died recovering a body in africa?
Post by: Hawklore on October 17, 2005, 10:26:24 PM: Good read..

Jeez.. almost an hour read..

:O