Missing NJ man’s body recovered from record 1,500 feet underwater in Lake Tahoe

New York Post ^ | September 29, 2020 | Jackie Salo

[Political Junkie Too]

People don't realize how cold that lake is, even in the summertime.

It's filled by snowmelt.

-PJ

[Inyo-Mono]

I had no idea Lake Tahoe was that deep.

The deepest part of the lake is 1,645 feet, so he was nearly at that depth. Only Crater Lake in Oregon at 1,949 feet is deeper. I have swam, fished, and boated on Lake Tahoe for many years and I can't believe they found his body, the lake is huge, and cold. Swim more than 20 yards from shore and it gets very cold fast. It is snow melt fed lake.

[ZinGirl]

“Here.....Hold my cannoli”

[dfwgator]

[Zhang Fei]

[Probably recovered by a submersible. This depth is past the current record dive.]

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Thanks. You’re right. Turns out they did it with the equivalent of a giant claw machine. Only they weren’t prospecting for arcade prizes.

http://www.bruceslegacy.com/search-update-for-ryan-normoyle/

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Another selfie death.

[jerod]

"Normoyle drowned last month after he recorded himself jumping off his rented boat then was unable to swim fast enough to catch up with the vessel, which he left in gear."

Darwin Award winner of the week.

[aft_lizard]

Tahoe has a very low temperature. It also has low buoyancy compared to many lakes.

[headstamp 2]

He blowed up real good.

[The people have spoken]

I’ve rented a boat at Lake Mead. You are required to wear a life preserver. Of course, nothing prevents you from removing it after leaving dock.

[neverevergiveup]

..the lake is huge, and cold. Swim more than 20 yards from shore and it gets very cold fast.

Yes. Most definitely. I almost died in that lake, truly, and I'm an experienced swimmer. It has an average depth of 989 feet, and gets deep quickly off shore. And, as you said, it can be VERY cold. The kind of cold that causes bronchial constriction and prevents you from breathing. Respect the power of nature! Tahoe is absolutely beautiful, but also dangerous.

[fr_freak]

I jumped into the water to cool off, at which point the wind came up. I had to swim about a half mile to shore and then walk barefoot at least a mile to where the canoe had blown ashore. Not the smartest thing I ever did, but at least I knew better than to exhaust myself trying to catch the canoe.

Yeah, the thing about Lake Tahoe is that the water is ice-cold, literally, year round. In the summer, you might get the top few feet that are up to 40 degrees or so, but that will still preclude you from swimming more than a couple dozen yards before your muscles start to lock up. The guy was boned the moment he lost his boat.

[fr_freak]

To be honest, being it’s New Jersey, at first I wondered if they found him with his shoes on.

Lake Tahoe is in the mountains on the border of California and Nevada.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

I have swum in Lake Tahoe, near shore and not for long, I can tell you. COLD! Where I was the other time, the water was not very cold. I’m pretty sure I would not have survived a swim like that in Lake Tahoe.

[nickcarraway]

Of course, nothing prevents you from removing it after leaving dock.

Except a due caution towards your own well being?

[CrazyIvan]

“the deepest known recovery in US history, authorities said.”

Project Azorian recovered several bodies from the K-129 at ten times that depth.

[Who is John Galt?]

(I should try to find that, and watch it! ;^)

[Ben Hecks]

In 1981, an Army helicopter with an unauthorized (female) passenger aboard crashed into Lake Tahoe. To my knowledge, the AC and 2 aboard were never found.

[Getready]

In warm water. In cold water bacteria doesn’t produce enough gas to cause flotation. Basis of the line...Superior never gives up her dead...in the song Wreck of the Edmumd Fitzgerald..

[Getready]

Ancient Caldera.