Was a great Documentary by A Toronto boy. Hope this ends well.
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Was a great Documentary by A Toronto boy. Hope this ends well.
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If he hasn't been found by now,it won't end well. SCUBA is a safe sport,but,stuff can happen real quick. Depending on his training level and those of his dive buddies,most underwater emergencies can be dealt with quickly,safely and effectively except,maybe, animal attacks. Condolences to friends and family.
I believe that they found his remains but no details...
Sad tragedy. RIP.
His co diver surfaced and was recovered and then fell unconscious after entering the boat.
R.S. surfaced gave the ok sign and slipped beneath the surface.
He body was found by a FD ROV and subsequently recovered from 220 ft.
Sounds eerily like a case of ascent blackout. When one ascends from depth the lungs expand, essentially pulling O2 from the brain causing unconsciousness.
They used re breathers instead of normal tanks = trouble often.
Could be CO2 build up instead. How unfortunate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharon
Shallow water blackout? Ascent embolism? Possibly,especially,if they were using re-breathers. Those damn things are dangerous. I learned all about them from OPP USRU divers enough to steer clear of them for sport diving. Apparently,after following his career,he was a very experienced diver. Very telling,too,is the fact his partner collapsed shortly after surfacing. I can understand using that type of equipment if stalking dangerous fish for filming because bubbles and the ensuing sound attract the attention of Sharks and Orcas. It's definitely a high risk pursuit. Tempt fate long enough and the Law of Averages will even things out. Too bad to lose such a talented person. Again,sincerest condolences to the family.Quote:
Originally Posted by skypilot
I can't speculate, it makes no sense. Just a sad situation.
CCR can be problematic if everything isn't done by the book and then some. You can end up breathing bad gas but no doubt they would have been well educated/experienced on proper use.
gofundme.com raised almost 200.000$ just in 4 days to support the search
God Bless
When I was growing up there were sharks everywhere along the Gulf Coast and during my College days the Oregon reaserch vessel was dragging an experimental turtle excluder device(TED) along the bottom and my Anatomy and Physiology professor got me a job on the ship baby-sitting the TED on the bottom. The amount of sharks were unbelievable.
Fast forward after the Vietnam war....The area Catholics sponsored 1000s of families from Vietnam, and most of those became commercial fisherman and shrimpers with 90 ft boats. From that point in time, the shark population in the area declined sharply or the sharks totally relocated elsewhere.
I don't believe it was a simple coincidence.
I'm not a big fan of sharks especially when they get between me and the boat however it is a shame to see their numbers decline so drastically.
Shark fin soup is quite a delicacy in Asia.Quote:
Originally Posted by skypilot
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Originally Posted by trimmer21
Rebreathers, cave diving.... both are like rolling a dice it seems. The one diver I know showed me a National Geographic from a couple years before of some cave diving, he was the only one that was still alive from the group that reached that cave he said.
Commercial fishing for shark meat is common too and it is a good meat. Shark fin soup is a giant waste of good meat and I think should only be allowed it they are processing the entire shark but disgustingly many don't and that should be stopped!Quote:
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http://allrecipes.com/recipe/157920/...-shark-steaks/
http://www.recipetips.com/recipe-car...mako-shark.asp
http://www.fabulousfoods.com/recipes...ark-to-die-for
A couple things trouble me about the about the obituary, the experience level sounds like he didn't have much on the rebreather and the dive profile of 3 deep dives in the same day. I only recommend Naui and CMAS/YMCA classes to anyone that asks me. I once had the diveshop stick my usual pair with a third for a three tank charter at Tobermory, not an unusual thing. However when we did our dive charts to plan the bottom and surface interval times boy did he come up with different times. He was PADI trained using a PADI card (which is different from DCIEM) and doing the intervals wrong. When we showed him how to properly do it he commented about having already been bent in the hands. The two points about 3 deepest dives in one day (too short a time) and being new to a rebreather seem problematic to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by TroutSlayer
Anyway.
My sincerest condolences to the family and friends.