PR: An account of Exley's accident is covered in Gilliam's book, _Deep Diving_, available through Watersport Press. Dave Pence On Thu, 1 Jun 1995, Prime Rat wrote: > > Because I have to ask, I am clearly a newbie and deserve to be flamed, but > here goes anyway. > > We are engaged in a heated discussion of the exact circumstances of the > death of Sheck Exley which includes speculation as to the cause of death. > > Has anyone got a copy of the incident (or coroner's) report which they can > post (if it exists). > > Specific questions include; > > Did he die at "the bottom"? > > How deep was the "bottom"? > > Was he tangled in his line or clipped to it? > > Was he carrying any breathing gas (ie; he didn't just run out)? > > What breathing gas was he using at the depth of death? > > What did the coroner state as the cause of death? > > Sorry if this bores the pants of anyone, just put me in your kill-file if > you can't stand it. > > Have a nice day. > > /rat > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > shelps@ac*.ma*.ad*.ed*.au*|Stephen Helps MSc,PhD Ack! ___/| > FAX (08)232-3283 |Anaesthesia & Intensive Care \O.o| > Voice (08)224-5495 |University of Adelaide =(___)= > |ADELAIDE, 5005, South Australia U > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Blast medicine anyway! We've learned to tie into every organ in the human > body but one. The brain! The brain is what life is all about. > McCoy, "The Menagerie," stardate 3012.4. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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