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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 23:24:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: rfarb <rfarb@na*.ne*>
To: Jim Cobb <ir002538@po*.in*.co*>
cc: CDARBY@pa*.gs*.na*.go*, Tech Diver <techdiver@terra.net>
Subject: Re: Wreck Diver Lost
Ken Clayton- what a pro. The stories that come back after dives with him 
are- if you ever get your ass in a crack, he's the first to split. I'd be 
willing to bet there is more to this story than the paragraph below.

On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Jim Cobb wrote:

> His name was Doug Summerhill. He was diving with Ken Clayton and two 
> others off of the Miss Lindsey on the Jimmy Dolittle wrecks. The last 
> time his dive buddy saw him was at 400' while they were heading up the 
> anchor line, he was there one minute, then he was gone, reason unknown. 
> He was humping a large video camera in a strong current, CO2 buildup is a 
> possibility. They were diving Trimix, don't know the percentages, but Ken 
> is experimenting with Neon as a mix gas.
> 
> >I heard that a diver was lost last weekend on a deep wreck dive with
> > Ken Clayton.  I didn't hear a full name and the details are sketchy.
> >
> >His wife was supposed to have been on the boat acting as a support
> > diver.  He was supposed to have been diving dry, with argon, carrying
> > a big camera.  The depth was over 450.  I don't know what gas he was
> > breathing.  He was not recovered.  That is all I heard.
> >
> >Does anyone know anything about this?
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