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>This was in the Greenville News this am. A 26 year old diver (David >Shaw) fell off an underwater cliff in Lake Jocassee yesterday. >Apparently he was at a depth of 180 feet when he tumbled from the cliff. >He is reported to have been adjusting a 40 lb wt belt when he fell to a >depth of 365 feet...............The deceased diver apparently >had just been certified and this was one of his first dives. Just been certified for what? If this guy was really a new diver then how can the people who took him diving live with themselves after that? With that much weight he must have been new to diving, or he was a fat guy (politically correct: larged boned). >I know that on one of my early dives I had difficulty trying to make a swimming ascent. >In retrospect I was overweighted and not putting adequate air in my BC. (sensation of >descending while strongly swimming upward, confirmed on depth gauge as acurate) >We call this being sucked into a black hole. We call this Northwest Diving (like flying with instruments). Not a place for a new diver - too many other things for them to worry about besides making free ascents and decents in mudd. What would these people do if they were skydiving - make a freefall on their first jump with no auto deploy device? I hate hearing stories like this. It's like accidently shooting yourself in the head while cleaning your gun. -Jon -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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