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It is particularly important to have a safety diver when doing certain sorts of activities.Ber Rabbit:Even with a good float plan it's always a good idea to enter the water in pairs no matter what you're doing, you just never know what might happen.
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Maui News:(Coast Guard Petty Officer Michael) De Nyse said Moore was a well-conditioned, althletic man who had taken up free diving and was trying to reach a depth of 100 fet at the dive site using a snorkel and regular swim fins during his Thursday evening dive.
If it's true that he was in fact trying to extend his freediving depth, then shallow water blackout is a definite possibility, although we will probably never know the true cause of death.
The full article is at http://www.mauinews.com/story.aspx?id=17269