Thanks for posting this, Jerry. When reading stories like this, or reviewing the Accident Reports printed by the NSS every year, I try to relate the incidents to activities my family and I do or to talks I give to youth and beginning cavers. More than likely, you can point to something that occurred or didn't occur that can explain or, at least, would have helped minimize the risks. In the case below, I believe the key word is "ALONE". Unfortunately, as he and Floyd Collins can attest to, they both broke Rule #1 of caving: One should never ever go caving alone. Cave Safely (and with others!), Mark
________________________________ From: jerryat...@aol.com [mailto:jerryat...@aol.com] Sent: Fri 3/14/2008 12:15 AM To: Texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Florida cave diving fatality : Swiss man dies while cave-diving By LISE FISHER Sun staff writer ________________________________ A man visiting the United States from Switzerland died Monday while cave-diving in Gilchrist County. The body of Mark Fyvie, 35, was found about 3,800 feet into a cave system at Ginnie Springs, the Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office reported. Fyvie had been alone when he started his dive at about noon Monday into the cave system at an opening called the Devil's Eye. Another diver began searching for Fyvie after he had failed to return by about 9 p.m., according to the Sheriff's Office. An hour and a half later, Fyvie's body was discovered. Fyvie was alone at the park but had made arrangements to go to dinner, said Investigator Patrick Cordasco.
