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Red_Fred
Oct 21, 2010


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LostCosmonaut posted:

If we're talking about cave diving, I might as well link this article about Bushman's Hole; https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/africa/south-africa/Raising-the-Dead.html?page=all

In which one of the most experienced divers in the world dies trying to retrieve another diver's body.

This is a great read. Harrowing story really though.

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Red_Fred
Oct 21, 2010


Fallen Rib

Josef K. Sourdust posted:

Came to post a link here to the story of Donald Crowhurst. If you don't know it, you should. An amateur sailor decides to take part in an internationally covered round-the-world race. He wants to back out but faces financial ruin if he does. Unable to face the stormy Antarctic seas he decides to dupe people by sending fake positional readings while he circles in the South Atlantic. Then things get out of hand....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Crowhurst

The book about this race, A Voyage for Madmen, is excellent. Highly recommended read.

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