The Last Dive: a Father and Son's Fatal Descent into the Ocean's Depths

by Bernie Chowdhury (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2000

  $6.57

  Recreates the last dive of a father and son team who died from the bends.

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  Paperback
  2001

  $8.04

  In 1992 father-son diving duo - Chris and Chrissy Rouse - died tragically in an expedition to the recently discovered Second World War U-boat, the U-Who. Their deaths were the result of what divers dread most, decompression sickness, commonly called the bends . In this book the author recreates this terrible event in an effort to understand it and shed light on man's obsession with the unknown and the extreme. Through the story of the Rouses' lives and deaths, as well as through accounts of other expeditions, he aims to capture the ethos of the diving world, the impulse to explore and the constant spectre of death.

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  Hardcover
  2000

  $8.43

  This gripping narrative recounts the Rouses' growing lust for what many consider the worlds most dangerous sport - as well as the cowboy culture of the deep diving community. They sought to discover the secrets of a mysterious German U-Boat that lay in 230 feet of water. They paid the ultimate price in their quest for fame.