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Art, this was a real disaster. He was not allowed to bring anyone but Marry Ellen as support. Then he tried to go the first 400 feet on air. The whole thing was ridiculous, a real waste. Paltz, Art wrote: > > Hi All, > > Just finished reading Sheck's book, "Caverns Measureless to Man". All in > all a really good read and gives a good account as far as I can tell as a > non cave diver of the beginnings of cave diving. It's really scary reading > all that stuff! No disrespect but the stuff he was doing was really nuts! > It should not be viewed as a book to be read for what to do when cave > diving. In many respects it's a book that should be read on what NOT to do. > Anyway, it mentions that he died while trying to break a world record (deep > helium, open scuba I assume). Does anyone have a link to an account of his > death? I've heard many stories about what happened but not seen anything in > writing. Anyone got a link to a factual report? > > Thanks, > Art. > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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