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Diving into Darkness: A True Story of Death and Survival

Diving into Darkness: A True Story of Death and Survival

On New Year's Day, 2005, David Shaw traveled halfway around the world on a journey that took him to a steep crater in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa, a site knownÂ as Bushman's Hole. His destination was nearly 900 feet below the surface.

On January 8th he descended into the water. About fifteen feet below the surface was a fissure in the bottom of the basin, barely wide enough to admit him. He slipped through the opening and disappeared from sight, leaving behind the world of light and life.

Then, a second diver descended through the same crack in the stone. This was Don Shirley, Shaw's friend, andÂ one of the few people in the world qualified to follow where Shaw was about to go. In the community of extreme scuba diving, Don Shirley was a master among masters.

Twenty-five minutes later, one of the men was dead. The other was in mortal peril, and would spend the next 10 hours struggling to survive, existing literally from breath to breath.

What happened that day is the stuff of nightmarish drama, butÂ Diving into Darkness isÂ also a compelling human story of friendship, heroism, ambition, and of coming to terms with loss and tragedy.
Country USA
Brand St. Martin's Press
Manufacturer St. Martin's Press
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2008-09-30
EANs 9780312383947

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