Why are experienced divers getting killed and injured lately?

[pilot fish]

I also don't think 49 and 55 are old but the risk of a heart attack or other problems at 49 and 55 are MUCH higher than at 25 or even 35. Diving the Andrea Doria is dangerous even for the well trained 25 yr old. Heck, Micheal Jordan, perhaps one of the best athletes in the world ever, retired much earlier than 49 and 55 because he simply couldn't compete at the same level anymore and he wasn't even doing anything as dangerous as diving. Lets face it, age plays a factor and older people are more active these days than they were even just 50 yrs ago.

Good point.

 

[ItsBruce]

As Doc Intrepid said: "You can do everything right and still die." Let me add: "You can stay and home and still die."

 

[H2Andy]

or die on the way to the dive

this "death" thing is a bit of a problem, isn't it?

 

[Kim]

Who want's to live for ever anyway?

Get too concerned about all the risks of life and you might as well stay in bed in the morning. Of course, you might not be safe there either!

 

[divinginn]

i could think of much worse ways to go,like laying in a hospital for 6 months with cancer eating its way through my body,in mucho pain wishing i was diving.

 

[Wayward Son]

The way I've been feeling the past few days, I have to say this whole living thing can be highly overrated.

 

[Cacia]

Sometimes is seems the fear of it is worse than the actuality.

There comes a point where you just have to let it go.

JB told me an interesting thing about guys that catch bullets or IED's in combat. The ones that live always seem to be cursing when they bite it. If it happened to you, and you knew this was it...would you be afraid, pray,..what? I think I would be also be one saying the F-word. I am not really an f-word person, but that would rate it. It would be like "oh, great THIS is it?" (Like if Andy had died in the puddle that day....)

The other day, I was yacking away as the boat took off and I was sorta tangled a bit in my long hose and weight belt and I almost fell off the back of the boat. I would have sunk like a rock. Not a glamorous way to go...

 

[pilot fish]

You might want to read Deep Descent. Here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/07...5789/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-1035054-1885555?ie=UTF8

Thanks a lot. Just ordered it on Amazon. How does this book compare with Shadow Divers, which I liked?

 

[offroaddiver]

wouldn't this fall in category of it's happened before just more easily reported on by sources?

 

[Wayward Son]

It's a bit different, but will give you an idea why the Doria -and other deep wrecks- keeps killing divers.