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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 ]
The expedition team, which also included Sheck Exley and Wesley C. Skiles, penetrated the cave system to a distance of 4,160 feet (1,270 m) from the cave entrance. [6] Skiles filmed the expedition for a National Geographic special. [7]
In the United States, Sheck Exley was a pioneering cave diver who first explored many underwater cave systems in Florida, and many throughout the US and the world. On 6 February 1974, Exley became the first chairman of the Cave Diving Section of the National Speleological Society. [47]
Devils Hole is a geothermal pool within a limestone cavern in the Amargosa Desert in the Amargosa Valley of Nevada, east over the Amargosa Range and Funeral Mountains from Death Valley. It is at an elevation of 730 m (2,400 ft) above sea level [3] and the water is a constant temperature of 33 °C (91 °F). [4]
Entrance to cave system. The Peacock cave system is a karst environment in limestone. [4]The Peacock Springs Cave system was first explored by Vasco Murray in 1956. [5] The first map of the system was completed by the National Speleological Society team leader, Sheck Exley, in 1995. [6]
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Basic Cave Diving: A Blueprint for Survival, also commonly referred to by the subtitle alone, A Blueprint for Survival, is a short book on safe scuba diving procedures for cave diving by pioneer cave diver Sheck Exley, originally published in 1979, by the Cave Diving Section of the National Speleological Society. It is considered to have had a ...
A Blueprint for Survival – Book on cave diving safety by Sheck Exley; Blood shift – Set index article; Blood shift (diving) – Blood flow to the extremities redistributed to the head and torso during a breathhold dive; Blood–air barrier – Membrane separating alveolar air from blood in lung capillaries