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> Hello, Divers: > > Rumor has it a diver died while diving in Lake Superior (Michigan, USA) > recently (this past weekend). Any one have any details on the Diver's death? > You heard right, a woman died on the Viena at Whitefish point on Friday afternoon. I just got the info from our boat crew who provided some assistance. She apparently lost her Regulator at about 60', was unable to find her octopus, so her buddy attempted to give her his primary. He then began to panic because he couldn't find his octopus, and shot to the surface. Another diver recovered her body at about 147'. Upon surfaceing CPR was performed but she never recovered. From what I was told by the crew on our boat was they were both very inexperienced 10-20 dives total. This kind of accident should not be happening. Why are people with so little experience doing dives this deep, especially considering the water temp was only 45-50. I was not impressed with the Whitefish point presserve. They are catering to the so called "Tech" divers. The only wrecks that are bouyed are the wrecks deeper than 100'. This will help push people into making dives that they are not ready for. Couple this with the attitude that seems to be going around the dive industry that the deeper the dive the better. All we are going to do is get more people killed. The information about the accident is second hand so it may not be totally accurate but I got the same story from a couple of different sources. Bob Bob Wright e-mail: rwright@is*.ne* http://www.iserv.net:80/~rwright/
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