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Hi Michael I do think you should reconsider your statement. I have read the story a couple of times and based on the 3 bystanders it says that he had GONE BACK in to the water, meaning he chose to start a new dive SOLO. The buddy did not fail him or leave him. The dead diver chose to go back in the water over a piece of gear (light). This is the same way that Rob Wolvo killed himself by going back to look for a lost mask with 750 psi in his tank, then ran OOA and drowned. NO PIECE OF GEAR IS WORTH RISKING YOUR LIFE OVER, nor is fish, lobsters, and artifacts! As in most deaths, if you look at the facts it is usely the dead divers own fault. Notice I said MOST! At 06:18 PM 3/24/00 +0000, Michael Maibaum wrote: > > > > > "Two of the men headed into deeper water while Bleijenberg stayed > back with Roth. About 8:10 p.m., he noticed Roth was lagging > behind him. After Bleijenberg twice asked if he was OK, Roth said > he was abandoning the dive. > > Bleijenberg followed Roth to the beach. After five minutes, he saw > a light on the beach moving back and forth, like someone was > looking for something. Three bystanders on the beach told him > they were looking for a diver who had gone back into the water to > look for a light he'd lost. > > It's unclear whether Roth made it onto the beach or whether he > stayed in the water to shout ashore before going back out to sea." > >.......found him basically dead. > > >great, the buddy abandons the dive cause he's feeling bad and he's left to >make it out of the water on his own while his so called buddy carries on >diving. Buddy then dies. > >remind me not to dive with assholes like this > >"Harry Bleijenberg, 53, a scuba instructor from Los Alamitos. " > >Mike >Michael Maibaum mike@ma*.or* >020 8 743 3668 (H) 020 8 383 2390 (W) >07803 070761 (M) >-- >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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