PfcAJ
Contributor
The two guys at Eagles Nest. None of the “rules” were broken.Thinking back over cave diving fatalities; I have long held that we learn very little that we did not already know when we look at individual cases.
Fatalities I can think of involved:
Lack of training for the dive--we already knew this was adding to the risk.
Not using a continuous guideline to the surface--we already knew this was adding to the risk.
Not using proper gas management procedures--we already knew this was adding to the risk.
Not breathing excessively high PO2 gas at depth--we already knew this was adding to the risk.
Failure to analyze gas for O2 and CO before we dive it--we already knew this was adding to the risk
Not diving when physically unfit--we already knew this was adding to the risk.
Pushing personal limits way beyond experience--we already knew this was adding to the risk
When these fatalities are analyzed we learn nothing new. We do confirm the need to abide by these rules/guidelines, but we really learn nothing new.
Can anyone tell me of any fatalities that occurred due to something other than the above "rules" being broken?
I cannot think of one fatality where there was a sudden and striking realization of a new cause of a cave diving fatality.
Mark Fyvie’s dive.
The one at ginnie where two folks decided to scooter to mainland and ??? happened and one of them drowned.
Still not really sure what happened to the two guys at Orange Grove. They were apparently beyond their training but that alone doesn’t make you drown.