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Even in Cayman you can get kiled on deep air, and that place has a bottom
and a gentle slope below 300 feet. In Abaco, for instance, it is a grand to the
ledge before the drop to a mile. We fish that stuff and I jumped down one day
to
look, and there is nothing even to hold on to . -g
On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, philip-u@ix*.ne*.co* (Philip Underhill) wrote:
>George:
>
>I just came across this report. Thought you might want to
>hear about it (another piece of evidence in favor of doing
>it right!)
>
>Philip
>
>> an332816@an*.pe*.fi* wrote:
>> >
>> > I would like information on a diving accident in the Caymans Sunday
>> > July 21. He was a member of the dive club I belong to and was working
>> > on the Islands at a dive resort.
>> >
>> > Any information on this mishap would be helpful.
>
>> Scott Noyes went down for a deep dive yesterday and never came back.
>
>> He was attempting a 300 footer on pure air - no trimix. No stranger to the
>> depths, Scott had made many trips to the 250' range. In fact, XXXXXXX
accompanied
>> him on one occation to 225'-230'. A silly thing to have done in retrospect.
>
>> Strong currents (15-20 knots) were visible at 50 feet (coral sea fans on the
>> bottom were pressed down with the force of the current). His buddy turned
>> back at 50' and said no-way-Jose...Scott kept going down. Police divers and
>> volunteer rescuers are trying to find the body right now.
>
>> Scott was from Tweed Ontario - and will be very sadly missed by the friends
that he made
>> and dove with in Cayman.
>
>
>
George M. Irvine III
DIR WKPP
1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316
954-493-6655 FAX 6698
Email gmiiii@in*.co*
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