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Richard William Stanton, MBE, GM (born 1961) [1] is a British civilian cave diver who specialises in rescues through the Cave Rescue Organisation and the British Cave Rescue Council. He has been called "one of the world's most accomplished cave-divers", "the face of British cave diving," and "the best cave diver in Europe".
Also: spring or resurgence. Cave where water flows out of the entrance used for diving. The flow will generally help divers on the way out. sink See: sink A cave where water flows into the entrance used for diving, which can hinder divers from getting out. sump See: sump A locally low-lying water filled passage of a cave. A cave may have several sumps separated by unflooded or partially ...
Jill Yager is an American zoologist and cave diver. Yager's research is centered on the conservation of inland caves. She discovered a venomous crustacean species, and she also named its class. Yager was named Cave Scientist of the Year in 2000 and was inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame in 2000.
David Shaw (1954–2005), Australian cave diver; Jack Sheppard (31 March 1909 – 14 July 2001), pioneer of cave diving in the United Kingdom and a founder of the Cave Diving Group; Wesley C. Skiles (March 6, 1958 – July 21, 2010), documentary filmmaker; E. Lee Spence (born 1947), pioneer underwater archaeologist and treasure hunter; Rick ...
Jill Heinerth (born 1965) is a Canadian cave diver, underwater explorer, writer, photographer and film-maker. [3] She has made TV series for PBS, National Geographic Channel and the BBC, consulted on movies for directors including James Cameron, and written several books and produced documentaries, including We Are Water [4] and Ben's Vortex, about the disappearance of Ben McDaniel.
A cave diver known for his record-breaking dives and contributions to scientific research has died during an underwater expedition.. Divers recovered the body of Brett Hemphill, the 56-year-old ...
A cave diver running a reel with guide line into the overhead environment. Cave diving is underwater diving in water-filled caves.The equipment used varies depending on the circumstances, and ranges from breath hold to surface supplied, but almost all cave diving is done using scuba equipment, often in specialised configurations with redundancies such as sidemount or backmounted twinset.
Edd Sorenson (born October 17, 1959) is a technical cave diver known for numerous rescues of lost or trapped divers in underwater caves all over the United States, particularly in Florida's Vortex Spring and Blue Spring State Park.