Absolutely amazing diving story!

wow.....thanks for sharing. will read the rest when have time later. wonder out loud--how can a body last for 10yrs w/o decomposing or consumed by species?

 

low oxygen environment

 

thank you, dr. mark ...learn somethang new everyday.
btw, did finish the article....i'm depressed for the rest of today.

 

Holy crap.
Illustration of why I hate water.

 

Thats something you would see out of a Hollywood horror movie. Cool though. I will read the rest when I have time. Thanks for the story.

 

have dived for many years and been caught up in a similar situation where you need to decide whether to continue with the plan or abandon the whole episode, it's much easier at depths less than 100' but I can see why he would have been so stubborn to continue the retrieval.

It didn't take long to die at that depth and they seemed very prepared and organised which you would expect of airline pilots with their rigid safety procedures routines they are use to.

Seems like a lot of well intentioned people were affected by this , shame the story ends so tragically

 

Very sad story indeed.

 

Thank you for sharing

 

That's a damn long read. Good story though.

 

good read, thanks

 

noticed that he carried six cylinders always thought that 12 cylinders was better

 

Wow! What an amazing story.

 

Great read. Thanks.

 

ROFLMAO!

 

That is Frank Parker you are thinking about.

 

Thanks for the read, very interesting, but very sad

Here's a slideshow of that day I think, not sure if it was the first time they found Deon, but the URL says "Feb-05." http://www.gups.co.za/userfiles/gallery/Feb-05/4_DSCN1765.htm

 

Fantastic and tragic story. Thank you for sharing!