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FW
08-16-2006, 09:15 AM
Mike Wooding, a member of the Cave Diving Group of Great Britten died while caving this weekend. this is a link to a newspaper article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/4783331.stm

There is more information and tributes on the CDG website at: http://www.cavedivinggroup.org.uk/cgi-bin/CDG/BBS/threadall.html?Thread=1652

This was posted by Duncan on the sumpdivers forum. "I knew Mike Wooding only by reputation rather than in person. He pushed many of the caves that I have been interested in and I suppose was one of my "heroes" of the sport. Others can give a better eulogy than me. Suffice to say that we have suffered a great loss."

I haven't heard anything about the cause of death, but if I do, I will post it.

FW
08-16-2006, 12:48 PM
An autopsy shows Mike died of "natural causes". He was apparently on the way to a sump. He had been caving since the 60s, so age may have been a factor.