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Divers recover two bodies from Boesmansgat cave
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The bodies of divers David Shaw and Deon Dreyer have been successfully recovered from Boesmansgat cave, North Cape, South Africa. Shaw was lost in an earlier attempt to recover Dreyer's body.
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The international team of divers who assembled to recover Dreyer's body at the beginning of January were taking out their lines and equipment from the cave when the two bodies came to the surface.
Shaw, who was lost on the initial attempt to recover Dreyer's body, appears to have become entangled in the line that he was attaching to the body. Under normal circumstances, an experienced diver would have no trouble in cutting themself free, but the effort required to do so is likely to have proved excessive at 270m.
Shaw had earlier told the team not to attempt any dive to recover his body if he did not return.
The bodies were spotted at a depth of 25m, entangled in line, having been brought to the surface as lines and diving equipment were being retrieved from the cave. A post-mortem will now be carried out on both by the South African authorities.
Dreyer was originally lost in 1990, and his remains lay undiscovered until October 2004, when Shaw came across the body while diving Boesmansgat to break the world depth record for a rebreather dive. He agreed to attempt the recovery after talking to Dreyer's parents.
Related links
David Shaw lost on cave dive to recover body
Rebreather diver finds body at 271m
David Shaw's cave diving web pages
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