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> From owner-techdiver@opal.com Fri May 20 18:51:20 1994 > From: <JOHNCREA@de*.co*> > Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 18:40:24 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: Re: Bill Mayne > To: geary%cfa3.DECNET@cf*.ha*.ed*, techdiver@opal.com > X-Vms-To: INTERNET"geary%cfa3.DECNET@cf*.ha*.ed*" > X-Vms-Cc: INTERNET"techdiver@opal.com" > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type> : > TEXT/PLAIN> ; > CHARSET=US-ASCII> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT > Content-Length: 3770 > > Divers found Bill's body approximately at the halfway point between ClearCut > and the next sink, lying on the guideline. His tanks (steel 104's) were > empty, and an empty aluminum 80 (stage bottle) was found about 50 -100ft > > > For whatever reason, Bill suffered some form of catastrophic medical > disaster at the halfway point in the cave (possibly CNS oxygen toxicity, > MI, water aspiration, etc.) Sinking to the bottom and stirring up entered the system. It is felt that Ariel exhausted his air supply trying > to find the way out, and in his stuggles as he drown he became entangled in > his line. > > As to what caused Bill's accident, we will never know. But, the sceanario > presented above does fit the facts as we know them. > > John Crea - Chairman, NSS-CDS and NACD Accident files > Submariner Research, Ltd. > (johncrea@de*.co*) John, Your scenario is plausible but it doesn't readily explain why Bill's tanks were empty. Is there some type of "catastrophic medical disaster" that would have prevented Bill from exiting the cave but leaving him able to breath his tanks dry? Philip Weissman
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