Just read this and it gave me pause. Here is an excerpt, read it carefully.
Jan 23, 2003
An experienced California diver was found dead last week in a Gilchrist
County spring.
Two visitors to Ginnie Springs found Farhad Koloushani, 25, lying face down
in the main springs just after 9 a.m. Friday, Gilchrist County Sheriff's
Office Investigator Daniel Slaughter said.
Koloushani was free-diving with no air tanks and apparently had been
holding his breath underwater, Slaughter said.
"He was scheduled to take a class at that spring the next day," Slaughter
said. "We think he was testing the water."
The springs, located off County Road 340, have become a well-known diving
spot, Slaughter said.
Koloushani, who lived in San Diego, was an open-water scuba instructor who
worked at a diving shop. He had flown into Jacksonville the night before he
was found dead.
An autopsy might determine when Koloushani died, Slaughter said. Foul play
is not suspected, Slaughter said.
Here is a website that was put together as a memorial for him: http://www.sdue.org/far.html
It is always a tragic event when someone passes like this. I would venture a guess based on the description that he succumbed to a swb. It's interesting to note that he was not a rookie in the water, or unused to safety. In fact, he was a tech diver in a dir club in San Diego. He was also at least an OW instructor. And yet despite all of his knowledge, training, and skills he still decided to freedive alone, in a strange set of waters, and as such paid the ultimate price.
Anyone can fall victim to SWB
We should all be aware of this. I think that as freedivers we have a duty to our bubbleblowing friends and relatives to warn them of the dangers. Over and over, so the message is always fresh.
I am NOT saying that you should never dive alone, etc, etc (although, you know that you shouldn't
I feel it's our responsibility to make people aware of the dangers, even more so since you don't have to have any certification, gear, training, or common sense to jump in the water and hold your breath.
DSAO,
Jan 23, 2003
An experienced California diver was found dead last week in a Gilchrist
County spring.
Two visitors to Ginnie Springs found Farhad Koloushani, 25, lying face down
in the main springs just after 9 a.m. Friday, Gilchrist County Sheriff's
Office Investigator Daniel Slaughter said.
Koloushani was free-diving with no air tanks and apparently had been
holding his breath underwater, Slaughter said.
"He was scheduled to take a class at that spring the next day," Slaughter
said. "We think he was testing the water."
The springs, located off County Road 340, have become a well-known diving
spot, Slaughter said.
Koloushani, who lived in San Diego, was an open-water scuba instructor who
worked at a diving shop. He had flown into Jacksonville the night before he
was found dead.
An autopsy might determine when Koloushani died, Slaughter said. Foul play
is not suspected, Slaughter said.
Here is a website that was put together as a memorial for him: http://www.sdue.org/far.html
It is always a tragic event when someone passes like this. I would venture a guess based on the description that he succumbed to a swb. It's interesting to note that he was not a rookie in the water, or unused to safety. In fact, he was a tech diver in a dir club in San Diego. He was also at least an OW instructor. And yet despite all of his knowledge, training, and skills he still decided to freedive alone, in a strange set of waters, and as such paid the ultimate price.
Anyone can fall victim to SWB
We should all be aware of this. I think that as freedivers we have a duty to our bubbleblowing friends and relatives to warn them of the dangers. Over and over, so the message is always fresh.
I am NOT saying that you should never dive alone, etc, etc (although, you know that you shouldn't
I feel it's our responsibility to make people aware of the dangers, even more so since you don't have to have any certification, gear, training, or common sense to jump in the water and hold your breath.
DSAO,