[driftdiver]

Of all the ways to die drowning in a cave knowing you killed your son through stupidity has to be one of the worst.

[yldstrk]

idiot “father”

[driftdiver]

[skeeter]

Diving lesson #1 - never ‘test’ new diving equipment in an underwater cave.

[ScaniaBoy]

Testing new equipment in cave diving - what stupidity!

[bramps]

Sometimes you jusr have to say ‘no’.

[BibChr]

Mercy, what a sweet lot you all aren’t.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I’ve been in there, back when I was young and very stupid.

[SgtHooper]

Yup, son not certified, Dad not experienced cave diver, etc.

[Ditter]

I have no idea how I will die...... but it won’t be by drowning in an underwater cave! That creeps me out just thinking about it!

[caver]

What stupidity! I’ve caved for over 30 years but have never cave dived. I don’t even do scuba. All I know, is I get the NSS accident reports every year and the thing is full of cave diving fatalities. Looks like this idiot father with no cave diving certification and his kid will make it in their this year.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I guess the new equipment didn't work.

[SES1066]

Cave diving like wreck diving is done with training and in small steps as the diver gains experience. Even spelunkers (dry cave explorers) get lost and disoriented, add a limited air supply and you increase the danger almost exponentially, especially for the inexperienced.

However, I will rise (gingerly) to the defense of the father! It is not beyond belief that he went in after an all too bold 15-yo! Yes, it was his fault to choose a place where such misadventure was possible, but do not assume he was the instigator. In tragedies like this, take away the lesson but do not speak unnecessary ill of the dead!

Like pilots, divers need to respect their limits and keep well away from them.
There are old divers,
there are bold divers,
there are passingly few (if any) old, bold divers!

[bandleader]

Incredible CARELESSNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wuli]

someone inexperienced in diving in underwater caves should never venture a dive into an underwater cave except with an experienced underwater diver and only when that diver has experience in that cave - you need an experienced guide, someone who has previously made it safely in and back out

otherwise, it’s like asking for trouble

[Cvengr]

‘Cave-diving’ is almost as exhilarating as hydroelectric dam inlet diving. What a rush, Man...../s

[al baby]

How come father and son have different sur names ?

[SamAdams76]

Two things I will never do in this life (and therefore never die of):

Skydiving
Diving

I have no idea why the above would appeal to anybody.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Sad. RIP.