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Sheck Exley (April 1, 1949 – April 6, 1994) was an American cave diver. He is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of cave diving, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and he wrote two major books on the subject: Basic Cave Diving: A Blueprint for Survival [ 3 ] and Caverns Measureless to Man . [ 4 ]
On April 6, 1994, explorer diver Jim Bowden and cave diving pioneer Sheck Exley entered El Zacatón with the intent of reaching bottom. Bowden dived to a men's world record depth of 282 m (925 ft), [7] but Exley died, probably from high-pressure nervous syndrome (HPNS) at a depth of 268 to 276 m (879 to 906 ft). [8] [9]
Dolly Parton’s brother David Wilburn has died.He was 82. The singer’s sister Stella Parton, 75, announced the passing of their brother in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, Nov. 15 ...
Lafayette native and guitarist Dege Legg, known professionally as Brother Dege, died at the age of 56 on March 8. Legg earned a Grammy Award nomination for his song on the Django Unchained ...
Stephen Colbert is sharing his experiences with grief on the new podcast All There Is With Anderson Cooper.. The late night host, 58, whose father and two brothers died in a plane crash in 1974 ...
Deon Dreyer (7 August 1974 – 17 December 1994) was a South African recreational scuba diver who died in Bushman's Hole in South Africa. Cave diver David Shaw died more than 10 years later while attempting to retrieve Dreyer's body.
Actor Donald Sutherland, who starred in "Hunger Games", "MASH" and more, has died. His family revealed his cause of death in a statement on June 20, 2024.
The Johnson Sea Link was the successor to Edwin Link's previous submersible, Deep Diver, the first small submersible designed for lockout diving.In 1968 the Bureau of Ships determined that Deep Diver was unsafe for use at great depths or in extremely cold temperatures because of the substitution of the wrong kind of steel, which became brittle in cold water, in some parts of the submersible. [6]