Posted by Lost Yooper on June 30, 19101 at 15:58:32:
In Reply to: Re: Whitefish Bay Diving Fatality posted by His wife on June 29, 19101 at 13:36:54:
or what, but posting reports on diving fatalities on these boards may save lives. I can't vouch for the correctness of the report nor will I attempt to. Even if the specifics of the artical are completely false, the fact remains that someone died up here and perhaps others can learn from it. If the newspaper has screwed up then please deal with them. If somebody has additional information to share about this accident, especially first hand information, they'd be doing a great service by posting it. This accident happened "in my back yard", and I felt compelled to let it be known so to bring about additional awareness.
Mike
PS. I've met Farnquest several times, and I have little doubt that the report accurately quoted his comments (this is classic Farnquest commentary). I personnally place little credance in anything he has to say. I don't want to attack anyone, but you get my drift here.
: : For those interested, here's a report on the death at Whitefish over the weekend.
: What pisses me off here, is not the fact that this article is on this site. It's the fact that the article is completely inaccurate of what actually occurred during Scott's final dive. Scott did NOT ascend too quickly. Scott was an experienced diver and what happened was a tragedy. I wish that the news/paper reports would learn to either get their facts straight or keep their damn mouths shut.
: And for you, Fahrnquist, if you said what this article said you did, should know better. Pretty funny, huh, that his dive buddy never saw him go up the line too quickly and he was in front of him. You've got a lot of nerve guy.