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On Mon, 20 Sep 1999 14:43:59 -0400 "Paltz, Art" <Art.Paltz@R2*.CO*> wrote concerning 'Account of Sheck Exleys Death?': > 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? There's an archived aquaCorps incident report at: http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/aquacorps/Incidentreps/IR5.htm#Sheck Exley: Preliminary Accide I used to have the copy of aquaCorps with the article about the Zacaton dive, but not any more. Ric -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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