This is actually pretty scary. If something can happen to a diver as safety conscious as her, it can happen to anyone.
This is a great thing for all divers to remember.
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This is actually pretty scary. If something can happen to a diver as safety conscious as her, it can happen to anyone.
shocked, bewildered, and feeling empty....
persecute me as you will, but I am going to ask something... this is the A&I forum...
was this a true solo dive or a same ocean team? The team concept was always stressed by Lynn....
probably hundreds of dives by her in this area, so it was "just another day and another dive"...
we all get to a point where we let it slip a little... let us pause and give that some re-focus...
Thoughts and prayers to all in the close and distant circle..
shocked, bewildered, and feeling empty....
persecute me as you will, but I am going to ask something... this is the A&I forum...
was this a true solo dive or a same ocean team? The team concept was always stressed by Lynn....
probably hundreds of dives by her in this area, so it was "just another day and another dive"...
we all get to a point where we let it slip a little... let us pause and give that some re-focus...
Thoughts and prayers to all in the close and distant circle..
... yes, it can ... and if there is ever any one lesson that Lynne would want people to take away from this, that would be it ...
Lynne is the most safety-conscious diver I've ever met ... but the ocean is bigger and more powerful than any of us ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
It was neither a solo dive nor a same ocean team ... Lynne would not participate in either, particularly at a site like that.
It's a remote site ... one that's known for strong and unpredictable currents. My information is that Lynne and Peter hit a downcurrent that pulled them apart. They lost track of each other. Peter surfaced, Lynne did not.
Duncan Rock is a bucket-list site ... the crème de la crème of Pacific Northwest diving. But it can also be dangerous and unpredictable, due to its exposed location ... I've attempted diving it several times and the closest I ever got was making it to the rock, taking one look and saying "I ain't going into THAT!" They hit it on a good day in terms of tidal exchanges and weather. It should have been quite diveable ... but the ocean is a temperamental bitch sometimes.
No ... I believe this was Lynne's first trip to Neah Bay, which is over 150 miles from our usual and more protected sites in Puget Sound. It's quite wild and different out there, being at the confluence to the Straits of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific Ocean. This is a site I know she's always dreamed of diving. And I'm certain she was meticulously prepared for it. Lynne never, ever, let herself slip ... she put the same emphasis on safety and preparation whether she was doing a 20-foot shore dive or a 150-foot tech dive. I do not know what happened ... I'm having a real hard time wrapping my head around Lynne having a diving accident at all ... but I can assure you that she did not "let it slip a little" ... that would be so out of her character as to be unbelievable.
All I can say is that my world is dark today ... I find myself reviewing all the chances I had to spend time with her and didn't ... and wishing I could have them back.
Still holding out for a miracle, and hoping she's found and gets the chance to tell us all herself what happened ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Two SMB's and a lifeline is what I was told. Lifeline was never activated.Do we know if Lynn had her Naulitus Lifeline with her yesterday?