Deep water diver finds skeleton of fellow diver

[gfisher4792]

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11232252^1702,00.html

 

[lostinspace]

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11232252^1702,00.html

He took nine-and-half hours to resurface, spending most of the time decompressing.

:sofa:
------which to me is why tech-diving never appeals.......
9.5 hours at deco stops is just scary.....

 

[Saipanman]

I dive warm and shallow. 9.5 hours after my first dive, I've already done a few more, had something to eat and probably a few beers....

But hey, different stroke, I guess. More power to him.

 

[Rick Inman]

Diver finds skeleton?? Hey, it's a Halloween story! :11:
Seeing as the other stories at this link are suspect, I would guess that this is more creative than real. Funny, though...

 

[PRL]

Is this part two of the story?

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,6119,2-7-1442_1646487,00.html

 

[PRL]

just compared both articles, and looks like it is part two of the story.
how tragic. Looks like David Shaw who found the remains of Deon Dreyer died
this week trying to recover his body.

 

[Tamas]

the only thing I don't get, if it is a skeleton, then why and how did he get entagled in the gear? wouldn't it just be bones he went to recover?

 

[PRL]

Gear doesnt easilly decompose. Deon Dreyer had to have massive amount of gear to attempt a deep dive. If you read the first article, David Shaw was ascending for 9.5 hours. Cant do that on one AL 80 tank with a shorty on. And Deon Dreyer died while attempting a deep dive.

 

[PRL]

here is an earlier article from the same server.
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,6119,2-7-1442_1644811,00.html

 

[PRL]

Looks like Don Shirley, one of the other divers involved in the recovery also landed in a recompression chamber. Talking about a recovery gone wrong.