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Just finished Deep descent by kevin McMurray and found it a very good read.
basically its about the deep diving done on the Andrea Doria, more pertinantly the deaths and competition involved. These guys are interesting to say the least. The following summarises the book quite well....
"Ormsbys legs were wrapped in cable. His arms were fully extendedin the rogor mortis pose. Bielenda conferred with a diver who was a vetenarian, who told him the arms could be bent then tied to the torso. Blood was in Ormsbys mask, and a bloody froth was coming from his mouth. Once the body was stuffed in a sleeping bag and the deck washed of blood, everyone relaxed. All aboard made more dives on the wreck....."
I found this book to be addictive but wondered whether our UK deep divers have read it and want to comment on it.
My admiration goes to those folk who do this but I found it strange that so many died due to basic errors given the training level etc.
Also read Fatal Depth which covers the same territory but it was no where near as good as Deep descent
Merry Xmas all
Just finished Deep descent by kevin McMurray and found it a very good read.
basically its about the deep diving done on the Andrea Doria, more pertinantly the deaths and competition involved. These guys are interesting to say the least. The following summarises the book quite well....
"Ormsbys legs were wrapped in cable. His arms were fully extendedin the rogor mortis pose. Bielenda conferred with a diver who was a vetenarian, who told him the arms could be bent then tied to the torso. Blood was in Ormsbys mask, and a bloody froth was coming from his mouth. Once the body was stuffed in a sleeping bag and the deck washed of blood, everyone relaxed. All aboard made more dives on the wreck....."
I found this book to be addictive but wondered whether our UK deep divers have read it and want to comment on it.
My admiration goes to those folk who do this but I found it strange that so many died due to basic errors given the training level etc.
Also read Fatal Depth which covers the same territory but it was no where near as good as Deep descent
Merry Xmas all