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Exley died, aged 45, on April 6, 1994, while attempting to descend to a depth of over 1,000 feet (300 m) in a freshwater cenote, or sinkhole, called Zacatón in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 17 ] He made the dive as part of a dual dive with Jim Bowden , but Bowden aborted his descent early when his gas supply ran low.
This category is for deaths that occurred as a direct result of underwater diving, and those occurring from non-diving causes when the individual was involved in this activity.
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).
Jim Bowden is an American technical diver, known as a cave diver and as a deep diver.In 1994 he set a world record, since broken, by diving to 925 feet (282 m). [1] He is one of only thirty-five people who have dived below a depth of 800 feet (240 m) on self-contained breathing apparatus.
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The book is in ten chapters, each based on the analysis of an accident report. The pdf version of the 5th edition has 46 pages. [3]The foreword explains how Exley was inspired to write the book after viewing some state highway patrol accident report pictures, and realizing how effectively they brought him to understand the possible consequences of unsafe driving, and how he applied this ...
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Frederick Exley (1929–1992), American writer; Peter Exley (born 1964), British architect working in the United States; Sharon Exley, designer, architectural partner of Peter; Sheck Exley (1949–1994), American cave diver; Thea Exley (1923–2007), Australian archivist and art historian; Thomas Exley (1775–1855), English mathematician