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Title: Caverns Measureless to Man by Sheck Exley ISBN: 0-939748-25-8 Publisher: Cave Books Pub. Date: March, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A fine book on cave diving by the world's premier cave diver
Comment: Sheck's book delves deep into what drives people to pursue an activity that most "sane" people shudder even to think about. Written by the one individual who was recognized as the finest cave diver in the world, he has both the experience and breadth of knowledge to write a truly superlative text on cave diving. Included in his narrative is a history of cave diving, related by one who helped set much of it. During his life, Sheck helped set the standards for safe cave diving, and was responsible for pushing many of the limits of the sport. In fact, many of those barriers he broke still stand as records or significant milestones. With the publication of this book, Sheck, even after his unfortuanate, untimely death, continues to contribute to an endeavor that epitomizes the nature of man... the curiosity, drive, and willingness to explore the environment in which he lives, even though the price of that knowledge may be death. If you are interested in caves, diving, or just man's willingness to explore, this book is a "must read."
Rating: 5
Summary: A compelling read for anyone
Comment: You probably found this page because you're interested in cave diving, but any diver would be hard pressed to dislike it. This book neither sells or discourages the idea of learning to cave dive, but it more than adequately describes the unbridled fear of a diver in deep and well-deserved trouble, and that same diver's survival and subsequent development of accepted safety techniques. Sheck Exley will probably never be challenged as the world's greatest cave diver. Read the work of others at the pinnacle of this sport, and you will become convinced that the world lost something when Exley died.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book from a talent taken too soon
Comment: I read this book from front to back in about 4 days. It was a very enjoyable read and very hard to put down. Exley did a very good job describing the early years of cave diving and how it evolved to it's present state circa 1993.
I didn't want the book to end, for I knew that one more turned page was one step closer to the end of Exley's life.
I have read many books on diving-The Last Dive, Submerged, The Cave Divers, Final Descent, etc.- and I have to say that Caverns... was one of the more descriptive,better moving books of all that I have read. It was fascinating to read about all of the research, preperation and logistics that went into Exley's record setting dives. I also found it interesting to read about Exley's incredible luck through 20 plus years of diving. Of all the envelope pushing that was a part of cave diving and deep diving's infancy it was very apparent that Exley was incredibly lucky to not die or get seriously bent in his record breaking pursuits. Others around him, even partners, seemed to succum to the deep while Exley remained unscathed. Incredible luck or Incredible talent? Probably a lot of both.
What needs to be written now is an addendum to the book that discusses Exleys fatal dive at Mante and how and why it happened.
One thing is for certain, had Exley not lived, many of the safety measures that are a part of everyday life for a scuba diver would not have been invented. We scuba divers, won't fully realise the contribution that Exley made until we read this book.
A Great book, a keeper to be re-read many times.
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Title: Basic Cave Diving: A Blueprint for Survival by S. Exley ISBN: 9994663372 Publisher: National Speleological Society Pub. Date: June, 1986 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: The Cave Divers by Robert F. Burgess ISBN: 1881652114 Publisher: Aqua Quest Pubn Pub. Date: 12 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Fatal Depth: Deep Sea Diving, China Fever, and the Wreck of the Andrea Doria by Joe Haberstroh ISBN: 1585744573 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Beyond the Deep: The Deadly Descent Into the World's Most Treacherous Cave by Monte Paulsen, William Stone, Barbara am Ende ISBN: 0446527092 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.96 |
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Title: Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria by Kevin F. McMurray ISBN: 0743400623 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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