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View Full Version : Wes Skiles, Pioneering Adventure Photographer, Dies At 52



acelockco
07-23-2010, 07:26 PM
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/07/22/128704761/skiles

The Publisher
07-23-2010, 10:03 PM
I heard about that 2 days ago....don't know the dive details, but he did some majorly technical dives.

acelockco
07-24-2010, 01:25 AM
I know and dive the area where he was diving that day. It is actually really easy diving in that area. It is all reef that avg 50-80 feet depending on which reef you are on (there are three reef lines there). There are deeper wreck sites, but from what I have been told is that they were on one of the reefs.

Considering his extensive experience with very technical diving, I am thinking that maybe it was a non dive related incident that caused his passing. I am sure we will find out and I will post an update as soon as I hear something.

greenturtle
07-24-2010, 01:51 AM
http://www.ocala.com/article/20100722/ARTICLES/100729924/1001/news01?Title=Deputies-Underwater-photographer-Wes-Skiles-dies&tc=ar

Some more info....