Hi,
I was interested in these reports since another one (from a FreeDiving list)
came in yesterday:
At no point in any of the other reports did they mention Freediving AFTER
Scuba.
Could it be two different people?
When Scuba training, I _do_ tell trainees about the dangers of giving air to
snorkellers.
And I tell snorkellers about NOT taking air from Scoobies!
Far too many people think that freediving is just extreme swimming (I
suppose it is!!!)
Cheers
Carol
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i thought i'd tell you all about a story i read in the North Wales Daily
Post this morning. it was about an extreme sports fanatic (from North Wales)
who was doing some scuba diving out in Thailand. he had done some training
at around 10m for around 40mins (probably lots of ascents and descents). he
then did some 'free diving' with his friends down to 15-20m. from what i can
gather he wasn't an experienced freediver and obviously wasn't aware of the
risks of freediving after scuba. anyway, his friends said that he never
surfaced from one of his freedives. SWB was probably the most likely cause
of his drowning, but DCI may have been a contributing factor...
this is the first UK (pure) freediving death that i've heard of. no doubt
there have been quite a few spearing deaths.
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> A businessman from Wales died while scuba-diving in Thailand, it was
> revealed today.
>
> Robin Annison was on holiday with his wife on the island of Koh Tao,
> off the southern coast of Thailand, when the incident happened on
> January 21, the Foreign Office confirmed.
>
> The 57-year-old was operations director of the National Milk Bars in
> Welshpool, Powys, and lived in the nearby town of Llanfair
> Caereinion.
>
> John Frost, managing director of the family restaurant chain, said
> Mr Annison was a huge loss to the company and would be sadly missed
> by all.
>
> He said: "Robin Annison was a key member of the company and he will
> be sadly missed by all the staff, customers and business colleagues
> alike."
>
> Ivernia Watkin, clerk to Llanfair Caereinion Town Council, said: "We
> extend our sympathies to his family. It must have been an awful
> shock."
>
> Police in Welshpool said Mr Annison's body had been flown back to
> the UK, and the coroner was liaising with specialists to arrange a
> possible post-mortem and set a date for an inquest.
>
> Source: http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2471975
> Jan. 30 - 2004
>