{"id":194785,"date":"2023-10-11T02:31:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T02:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=194785"},"modified":"2023-10-11T02:31:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T02:31:07","slug":"record-breaking-diver-dies-exploring-deepest-underwater-cave-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/record-breaking-diver-dies-exploring-deepest-underwater-cave-in-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-breaking diver dies exploring deepest underwater cave in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Record-breaking cave diver, 56, dies while exploring deepest underwater cave in America after he was last seen 570 FEET underground tying off a guide rope and got separated<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Brett Hemphill was last seen tying off a guide rope at a depth of about 570 feet on October 4<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>However, he was separated from his team, who began a desperate search to find him<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>His body was recovered four days later, and friends flooded his social media with heartbroken messages<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An accomplished diver drowned while exploring an underwater cave system in Texas, thought to be the deepest of its kind in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Brett Hemphill, 56, of Florida, began his dive into Phantom Springs Cave at 10.45am on October 4.<\/p>\n<p>He was last seen tying off a guide rope at a depth of about 570 feet, but the team he was with became separated, and Hemphill never returned from the dive.<\/p>\n<p>Other divers began a desperate search to locate him, venturing over 450 feet and a mile into the cave to find him. His body was recovered four days later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hemphill set a record in 2013 while exploring the same cave system, diving nearly 8,000 feet in at a depth of 465 feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/23\/76401215-12616205-image-a-2_1696975235036.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brett Hemphill, 56, of Florida , began his dive into Phantom Springs Cave at 10.45am on October 4<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/23\/76401193-12616205-image-a-1_1696975228465.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hemphill\u00a0drowned while exploring an underwater cave system in Texas , thought to be the deepest of its kind in the United States<\/p>\n<p>He explored and mapped aquatic caverns for over two decades.<\/p>\n<p>He also served as president of Karst Underwater Research, a nonprofit organization dedicated to researching and protecting underwater ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We finished recovering Brett from the cave this evening,&#8217; wrote cave explorer and anesthesiologist Andy Pitkin on the Karst Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Thank you to everyone who has contributed in any way. When we have got all the information and analyzed it, we will issue a statement about the incident that will answer everyone&#8217;s questions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Until then, please allow us some time to come to terms with his loss, as up until now we have been focused on the recovery.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Emmy Award-winning photographer Becky Kagan Schott, who worked with Hemphill since she was 18, posted a touching tribute to the later diver.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/23\/76401189-12616205-image-a-5_1696975265328.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hemphill also served as president of Karst Underwater Research, a nonprofit organization dedicated to researching and protecting underwater ecosystems<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Heartbroken. Today the dive community has lost yet another great cave explorer and friend,&#8217; Schott wrote.<\/p>\n<p>She described him as &#8216;a true explorer and a true friend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We won Emmys together, educated the public about safety in caves and what draws people to these places. I will always smile when I think of you but right now I\u2019m heartbroken as are all of your friends. You meant a lot to a lot of people,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Phantom Springs is believed to be the deepest underwater cave in the country, with a record pressure of\u00a0462 ffw \/ 140.8 m.<\/p>\n<p>Its actual depth is unknown, as no explorer has been able to venture that far.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/23\/76401203-12616205-image-a-4_1696975249390.jpg\" height=\"646\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In January of 2012, Hemphill and Pitkin joined an expedition to map the upstream and downstream sections of the cave for research purposes<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/23\/76401201-12616205-image-a-3_1696975246329.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Few are allowed to dive at Phantom Springs, with permission granted for research purposes<\/p>\n<p>It is also the longest underwater cave in the United States, outside of Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In January of 2012, Hemphill and Pitkin joined an expedition to map the upstream and downstream sections of the cave for research purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Few are allowed to dive at Phantom Springs, with permission granted for research purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of friends posted tributes to Hemphill on his Facebook page, where his\u00a0bio reads: &#8216;Keep breathing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12616205\/Record-breaking-cave-diver-56-dies-exploring-deepest-underwater-cave-America-seen-570-FEET-underground-tying-guide-rope-got-separated.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Record-breaking cave diver, 56, dies while exploring deepest underwater cave in America after he was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":194784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28134],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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