August 2015

Deep dive world record attempt ends in tragedy
Dr. Guy Garman, a St. Croix physician and scuba diver, was attempting a world record 1,200 feet deep dive off St. Croix on August 15, 2015. The dive was scheduled to be ten-hour and twenty five minutes total. Support divers were supposed to meet Garman at 360 feet after 38 minutes on his way up, but he never arrived at that first stop. Garmin, who had almost 600 dives to his name, but reportedly only had been diving for four years, had a previous personal deepest dive of 810 feet in April 2015. [See St. Croix Source] -- Posted Sunday, August 16, 2015 by chb

National Geographic short: The dangers and excitement of cave diving
Cave diving is one thing. Doing it in arctic climates in snow and ice is another. A short movie produced by Klattermusen, a team of outdoor enthusiasts in northern Sweden, shows the close camaraderie between them as the Expedition Bjuralven team explores the longest underwater cave in Sweden. [See video] -- Posted Monday, August 3, 2015 by chb