Don Shirley (diver)

Don Shirley (born 1957) is a world renowned English cave diver and Instructor Trainer and who currently resides in South Africa. He holds the license to International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers (IANTD) Southern Africa Region. Shirley has been involved in diving since 1974, conducting recreational and technical training. He is an Instructor Trainer Trainer for IANTD and Divers Alert Network. He was an electronics engineer in the British Army for 22 years. Aside from his extraordinary experience level, Shirley is most known for his relationship with David Shaw leading up to Shaw's death in 2005.^[1] Shirley with his wife Andre Shirley currently own and operate Technical Diving Africa and the flooded mine system of Komati Springs in the Mpumalanga region of South Africa.

See also

• Cave diving
• Deep diving
• Technical diving
• David Shaw (diver)
• Nuno Gomes (diver)

References

1. ^ Finch, Phillip (2008). Diving into Darkness - a true story of death and survival. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 295. ISBN 0-312-38394-0. 

• [1] Tech Diving 2006
• [2] Ghosts of the abyss: The story of Don Shirley and Dave Shaw
• [3] Technical Diving Africa

External links

• The Last Dive of David Shaw on YouTube

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