Ok so the new issue of UWS finally arrived and I started looking at some of the Accidents in Florida. Where in the world is Zoo Hole?
I had a discussion with a NSS-CDS instructor who is of the opinion that the rise in Trained cave diver Fatalities is because 1. Instructors are out to make money so they train anyone with payment. 2. People are cheap so they will only take the minimum level of training that allows them access to systems. He will only take on a student that is willing to do full cave, and he is very discriminating on who he will train. My contention is that just like motorcycles when the number grows exponentially the number of "Trained diver fatalities" is going to rise. It's the Odds of probability working against the group. It seems to me the trained folks that has died had some type of other health issue (heart attack, stroke, aneurism) while diving. The contention that they might have lived if they were not in a cave, so this is a Cave diving Fatality might be a stretch.
Anyway, plan your dive, dive your plan, stay within your EXPERIENCE and training, be as safe as possible.

Curt