Dave Shaw
David Shaw was an Australian SCUBA diver, an elite technical diver and an airline pilot.[1] He is one of only eight people who have dived below a depth of 240 meters / 800 feet on self contained underwater breathing apparatus.[1] Shaw's dive also set a world record that still stands today for the deepest dive on a rebreather.
Last dive
David Shaw died on 8 January 2005 whilst seeking to recover the body of Deon Dreyer, a South African diver who had himself died 10 years previously, and whose body Shaw had discovered at a depth of 888 feet of (270 meters) fresh water in Bushman's Hole, South Africa in October 2004.[1][2]
Shaw recorded his dive with an underwater camera and this recording relayed valuable information that allowed researchers to determine that he suffered from an effort-independent expiratory flow which resulted in an inability to match ventilation to the demands of physical work at that great depth.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b c Zimmermann, T (2005). "Raising the Dead". Outside Magazine. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ Shaw, D. "Deepcave.com". Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ Mitchell SJ, Cronjé FJ, Meintjes WA, Britz HC (2007). "Fatal respiratory failure during a "technical" rebreather dive at extreme pressure". Aviat Space Environ Med. 78 (2): 81–6. PMID 17310877. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ David Shaw. "The Last Dive of David Shaw". Retrieved 2008-06-15.
Sources
- Finch, Phillip. Diving Into Darkness: A True Story of Death and Survival. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2008
External links
Outside Magazine August 2005 Raising the dead
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