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Diver's remains found
29/10/2004 19:39 - (SA)
Johannesburg - An Australian deep-water diver has discovered the 10-year-old remains of a fellow diver while setting a new world record, SABC news reported on Friday.
Australian David Shaw found the skeletal remains of Deon Dreyer, who died in 1994 inside Boesmansgat near Danielskuil in the Northern Cape, at a depth of 271m.
Shaw broke the former world record of 242m for diving with rebreather equipment instead of the normal scuba-diving equipment, set by three German divers.
He said he wanted to go further, but had to stop when he discovered Dreyer's remains.
It took Shaw 9½ hours to complete the dive, most of this time taken up by decompression.
Verna van Schaik broke the world record for women on Monday, when she reached a depth of 221m at Boesmansgat.
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