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Some of you may recall a deep air tragedy some years ago when a team of naive young divers of very limited experience and ability, lead by a dickhead wanker stroke called Keiran McKay, attempted to set a cave diving depth record on air in the Pearse Resurgence in New Zealand and, in the process, managed to kill team member David Weaver. At the time, Keiran claimed the ill-fated expedition was inspired by the exploits of the USDCT in its initial bouncing- off-the-walls probe at Wakulla. In fact, a TV documentary shows Keiran and his buddies, prior to the terminal dive, poring over the Wakulla book that has provided so much amusement on these lists. Well, "trust me I know what I'm doing" Keiran has turned up again. This time in a TV news report about his rescue ((though he denies it was a rescue) from a deep dry cave where he'd seriously injured himself (though he denies that a broken arm, leg and jaw constitutes serious injury) following a 15 metre fall. It was almost funny watching him try to convince a bunch of reporters that, except for a few scratches, he was perfectly all right, all the while mumbling out of the side of his teeth, with a big bandage holding his busted jaw to his head so his mouth wouldn't flop wide open. I say 'almost funny' because there is a dark side to this: It is a close-up look at extreme strokery in action. And it is very strange stuff. All through the interview which followed his rescue, Keiran was in total denial, refusing to admit that ANYTHING untoward had happened to him. He told reporters that the slight fall and the minor injuries he sustained didn't inconvenience anyone. His performance was Pythonesque in its surreality. When one of the reporters suggested that the cave rescue team that had toiled and sweated for five days to hoist him out of his predicament may have been somewhat inconvenienced, Keiran refused to concede the point. He was in total denial. His belief in his own bullshit was congruent and absolute. His separation from reality was complete. So complete, in fact, that in the news report, he identified himself as holder of the World Record for 'Deep Cave Spring Diving'. Considering the greatest 'feat' this idiot ever achieved was to be dragged down to near 80 metres in the deep air cluster- fuck that killed David Weaver, he clearly didn't then and doesn't now qualify for any kind of record, anywhere, except perhaps, for the title of Southern Hemisphere Cave Diving's Most Deluded, Dangerous and Malignant Imbecile. Ever. The party which retrieved Weaver's remains from the Pearse Resurgence did some 105 metre dives and, rightfully, claimed nothing. The deep air moron who watched him fall to 80 metres and left him there claims a world record! This is serious unreality-land, where others are encouraged to take risks; accidents are re-labelled minor incidents; denial is the order of the day; self-delusion is practised with such intensity that commonplace journeys become great voyages of exploration and discovery; records are claimed where none are broken. Remind you of anything? It seems that extreme strokery begets extreme strokery. And those who are particularly devoid of clues and morals can even pick up the infection from a book. rgrds billyw
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