Freediver Dies

[Steel Shootin']

Unfortunate story...

http://www.cdnn.info/industry/i021012a/i021012a.html

[johnhermes]

Death is very common in that sport. Many of the participants in that sport are prime candidates for the Darwin awards.

As far as that particular death, probably blacked out, then drowned. Thats what happens to most of them. They sometimes die in swimming pools when they black out doing breath holding excercises.

[richhermes]

I read where she was going to attempt to break her husband's record.

Do they have to deco from these high speed descents and ascents??
I see no use in this "sport", unless they kill something while they are down there!!:confused:

[f94gator]

This is one of those sports that I look at and think, "WHY?" Almost like climbing Everest, but at least you get a good view with that. This sports sounds painful and pointless

[dabulltrouble]

man i cant believe it.i just saw a show i think on the discovery channel not to long ago.it was these two doing there thing off of lauderdale.man whay a waist...dave

[GROUPER55]

I saw that same show Dabull, well, it is too bad, but you know what they say...."if you play with fire, your bound to get burned". They obviously knew the risks and decided it was worth the experience....

[inletsurf]

I saw the footage of the actual incident on the spanish channel. what surprised me is that with the husband looking into her open eyes, her limp body dragged onto the boat, no one started CPR. I don't know why and it confuses me, like as a last resort, why not?????

[blue gun]

Reminds me of Sheck Exley. If you ever get a chance to read his book, it helped me understand why people push the envelope. I hate to lose any diver at any regardless of technique.

This is on the back of the book CAVERNS MEASURELESS TO MAN by Sheck Exley.

"If you participate on the highest level, you know that some of your best friends are going to die. If you continue to push yourself and your equipment to the limits---if you persist in being a world class diver ---the chances are very high that you, too, will die".

[Steel Shootin']

Originally posted by inletsurf
I saw the footage of the actual incident on the spanish channel. what surprised me is that with the husband looking into her open eyes, her limp body dragged onto the boat, no one started CPR. I don't know why and it confuses me, like as a last resort, why not?????

I didn't see the footage, but that's a damn good question. They should have had an ambulance and rescue divers at the ready before she went in. Wasn't she down only 7 minutes. That's pushing it as far as brain damage, but with the water temp, etc. she may have been very viable. Just my .02.

------P.S.-----------------

Having read more accounts, it looks as though they had taken every precaution they could have for her. Rescue divers up and down the sled line, rescue personal, etc. This just makes me more and more depressed, but I guess she died doing what she loved.

[dive4food]

rich, I don't think there is a need for deco when free diving because you are not dealing with breathing compressed gases.

What a sad loss of life.

[Reef Raider]

Living will maybe?? If she blacks out at say 400fsw her sinus would have been crushed and lung damage too not much left .Since
they do all their equalizing with that one breath when its gone its over. Sorry if thats too much info . My sympathy goes out to the family

[Capt.Gene]

Breath hold diving depletes the body ,blood, and brain of O2. You are on the edge of brain death by the time you take a breath. There isn't a chance of bump starting someone beyond about 7 minutes unless there has been sudden immersion in real cold water, and the mamillian diving reflex saves the brain.

[201proguide]

im pretty sure that when she set her old world record, she heald her breath for 7:23. thats pretty darn good.

inlet, im pretty sure that they knew it wasnt worth even attempting cpr once they found her dead. they know what happens to a freediver if they push it too much. shallow water blackout, not much you can do once someone floats up from that.