Posted by Lost Yooper on July 03, 19101 at 16:30:00:
In Reply to: Re: Whitefish Bay Diving Fatality posted by His wife again on July 02, 19101 at 19:43:34:
on his diving philosophy, training, and experience so people could get a better understanding. Some questions I have been wondering about are:
Was he, in fact, diving a single tank? Did it have an H-valve?
Was he on air or trimix?
What was his highest cert.? How many dives had he done to similar depths?
Some background like this can be invaluable for other divers who may wish to visit that wreck someday. I certainly wish your family the best.
Mike
: : So what ARE the real facts?
: Fact is, I am his wife, and I still don't know the real facts. I'm not sure anyone ever will. To date, Scott never really had any "problem" dives, so this was a shock. All I can say, is that the press talks a lot of blah, blah horsesh*t, so be careful of what you believe. There is a reason they say that Superior never gives up her dead, and unfortunately, Scott had to learn that the hard way. I hope that the one lesson other divers take away from this is to never forget that you ARE mortal. Dive now, like you did before, but never forget that it can all be taken from you in an instant. Those wrecks are down there for a reason. Whether it be because the seas were too rough, or that God was trying to teach somebody something, we, as divers (yes, I am a diver also), need to remember how very dangerous those waters can be. Scott never would have wanted anyone to stop diving because of him because that was his one TRUE passion in life, but he would have wanted you to learn from his mistakes. I think his mistake was not in diving carelessly, or even in making this sport his passion, but rather in overlooking the fact that he too, was not invincible. Maybe that's what made him such a good diver. He never feared the unknown. But think about this before you don your gear the next time, and say a prayer for those who have lost their lives doing the one thing they loved. Scott did love diving, and that fact alone brings me some comfort at such a tragic time. The facts here are not so important to me because I do not think anyone will ever know what Scott's final moments were like, what is important is knowing that he died doing what he loved.