R.I.P PacketSniffer

[Scubakevdm]

I am grateful to have met and dived with Richard, and I must agree that he was a pleasure to be around, and an excellent diver. I hope that he's in a better place, and my prayers go to his loved ones, that they might have strength to endure such a tremendous loss.

 

[texdiveguy]

Cave diver dies at Jackson Blue | Jackson County Floridan

 

[ScubaTexan]

I cannot find PacketSniffer's name in our Texas Swamp Diver listings. Since it is apparent that he had dived with some of our Swampers in the past, that made him eligible to be counted amongst us. I would like to add his name to the Houston listing (posthumously, unfortunately) as an honorary member. Does anyone object?

 

[Cave Diver]

No objection from me. Although I never met him in person, we had numerous PM conversations and we had mutual friends. Everyone seems to have thought highly of him.

 

[ReefHound]

I cannot find PacketSniffer's name in our Texas Swamp Diver listings. Since it is apparent that he had dived with some of our Swampers in the past, that made him eligible to be counted amongst us. I would like to add his name to the Houston listing (postumously, unfortunately) as an honorary member. Does anyone object?

Please do, I can verify him as a dive buddy a number of times. One of them that comes to mine was at Valhalla, I was freezing my hind off in a 5mm wetsuit and he was comfortably warm in a drysuit, smugly smiling at me as I tried to catch my breath before descending. I was on air and he was on nitrox, and I was one minute from deco waiting for him to photograph a dead rat on the bottom. In the photo below, I am on the far left and he is next to me.

 

[texdiveguy]

Ken....please add Richard to the Swampers.....he would like that.

 

[ScubaTexan]

It shall be done then.

 

[sapphire]

Unbelievably sad. Cruising around all the dive forums, I have been comforted by the words and photos posted by everyone. Richard was a great person, a careful diver, and will be missed greatly.

I am happy that I had the opportunity to meet and dive with him. He was fun!

Condolences to his parents, children and other family and close friends.

jennifer

 

[Dive-aholic]

Godspeed Richard...

 

[scubak]

Godspeed Richard,
My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends..
Kirsten