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This is a classic: "equipment failure". He borrows equipment, already stupid, and then does a planned deep air dive , more stupid. In other works, years of great work, and he dies stupid, the quintessential "stroke", complete with proof . The dive industry and instructor groups, all too stupid to get the message, continue to propagate this kind of behavior. HELLO! Graeme Davison wrote: > > Subject:Latest UK "news" re Rob Sent on: 8/5/1997 10:06 pm > > This was the last comment I have seen re the tragic news and Rob Palmer - I > can not coment re its accuracy etc - > > PROMINENT technical and cave diver Rob Palmer has been lost, presumed > dead, during a technical dive on a dayboat out of Hurghada, writes John > Bantin from Egypt. The incident occurred at a site near the Giftun > Isles, on Monday, 5 May. > Rob's group of four were to dive a deep wall in bluewater conditions. > All were equipped with twinsets and sling-tanks of Nitrox 50 for the > planned decompression stop. However, instead of swimming to the wall, > Rob Palmer made a descent from the diveboat. > His companions chased after him but were unable to catch him. One turned > back at 70m and the other two last saw Rob, still descending rapidly, > when they were at 108m. > Rob Palmer's baggage had been lost in transit on his way to Egypt from > the Bahamas, where he is based. He was diving with borrowed equipment. > Theories on the cause of the incident include possible equipment failure > or disorientation. No body has yet been found. > Rob and his companions had been in Hurghada for the TDI Conference, > dedicated to technical diving. He was renowned for his exploration of > the Blue Holes of the Bahamas. An appreciation of his diving career > follows in next month's Diver. > > Mail Address : graeme_davison@ne*.co*... -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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