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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 ]
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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]
Sheck Exley died in 1994 at 268 m (879 ft) in an attempt to reach the bottom of Zacatón in a dive that would have extended his own world record (at the time) for deep diving. [44] Dave Shaw died in 2005 in an attempt at the deepest ever body recovery and deepest ever dive on a rebreather at 270 m (886 ft). [82] [83]
He previously worked at Silver Springs, where he worked with MGM during the production of Tarzan Finds a Son!. [citation needed] Perry shot a series of underwater short films at Wakulla. One notorious films is What a Picnic!, in which a picnic scene was designed underwater and teenagers would dive down and re-enact a lunch sequence. [15]
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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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; Zack Exley (born 1969), political and technology ...