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1989年3月，埃克斯利使用三混气在墨西哥曼特泉洞下潜到881英尺，当时的世界纪录深度。
原文引用 2 处
「In March of 1989, using Trimix, he descended to a world record depth of 881 feet」
IUCRR · 2023-02-01
「eclipsed Exley’s old 881 mark」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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据Undercurrent，1990年5月，Jim Bowden 与 Gary Walten 沿 Nacimiento 的洞穴顺水流潜行，在水下26英尺处浮出到 Zacatón。
原文引用 1 处
「The exuberant divers emerged into Zacaton at a depth of 26′ and surfaced」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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据Undercurrent，1993年4月，埃克斯利与 Bowden 在 Zacatón 做空气潜水，发现此前测得的250英尺深度是错误的。
原文引用 1 处
「The previously plumbed depth of 250 ft. was proven to be an error!」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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Zacatón 的测深结果说法不一：Undercurrent 称测绳放出约1080英尺后停住，LADbible 称实际深度为1112英尺。
1080英尺是测绳读数，1112英尺来源未说明测法
原文引用 2 处
「The weight finally stopped after some 1080′ had been measured.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
「its real depth was a terrifying 1,112 feet (339m) deep」
LADbible · 2024-10-24
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据Undercurrent，1993年4月，Bowden 使用混合气潜到504英尺，埃克斯利潜到721英尺。
原文引用 1 处
「In April 1993, Bowden dove to 504 ffw. and Exley to 721 ffw.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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据Undercurrent，两人当时约定一年内由 Bowden 和埃克斯利一起潜到 Zacatón 的底部。
原文引用 1 处
「The goal was thus declared, that within the calendar year, a dive to obtain the bottom of Zacaton would be made by Bowden and Exley.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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1993年8月，埃克斯利在南非 Bushmansgat 潜到863英尺，下潜时出现高压神经综合征（HPNS）的视觉、躯体和神经症状，上升到第一个减压站前症状消退。
原文引用 2 处
「During this dive, Sheck experienced visual, somatic, and neurological symptoms of high pressure nervous syndrome (HPNS).」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
「Sheck Exley experienced HPNS during his Bushmansgats dive to 863 ffvv/257 m.」
aquaCORPS · 2021-05-14
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据Undercurrent，1994年4月，团队在牧场集合，用两天把减压气瓶按位置布置在 Zacatón 和 El Nacimiento 的水下。
原文引用 1 处
「Two days were spent staging the required decompression bottles at their specified depths in Zacaton and El Nacimiento.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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两人计划各用一条独立的下降绳下潜，以避免快速下降时互相接触或干扰；每人都只能独自完成。
原文引用 2 处
「The dive would be accomplished on independent descent lines, a condition both divers favored to avoid contact and potential interference during the very rapid descent.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
「The two were diving on separate descent lines and out of sight of one another so as not to result in a double fatality.」
InDEPTH · 2021-03-31
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据Undercurrent，当地村民在 Zacatón 岸边立了一个简单的十字架并放上鲜花。
原文引用 1 处
「saw the simple cross and flowers put there by the people of el Nacimiento and Higeron」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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据Undercurrent，按 Gilliam 转述的 Bowden 说法，埃克斯利于4月4日（出事前两天）潜到420英尺，刷新了洞穴空气潜水深度纪录。
原文引用 1 处
「soon eclipsed by Sheck with his dive to 420 ffw on April 4th two days before our attempt for the bottom」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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据IUCRR，谢克·埃克斯利是来自佛罗里达州利夫奥克的45岁数学教师，1994年4月6日在墨西哥一处洞穴中尝试下潜超过1000英尺时遇难。
原文引用 1 处
「Exley, a 45 year old mathematics teacher from Live Oak, Florida, died on April 6, 1994 as he attempted to descend to a depth of over 1,000 feet in a cave in Mexico.」
IUCRR · 2023-02-01
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据Undercurrent，4月6日当天，现场包括埃克斯利、Bowden、Mary Ellen Eckhoff、Karen Hohle、Ann Kristovich 等人，另有《体育画报》的记者和摄影师等媒体人员。
原文引用 1 处
「Present on the day of the dive was the team consisting of Exley, Bowden, Mary Ellen Eckhoff (Exley’s ex-wife), Karen Hohle (Bowden’s wife), Ann Kristovich, and Marcos Gary.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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据Undercurrent，两人先穿过约600英尺长的洞道游入 Zacatón，随后各自游向自己的下降绳。
原文引用 1 处
「Sheck and I geared up and swam through the 600 foot passage, El Pasaje de Tortuga Muerte.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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据Undercurrent，两人在上午约9点50分（中部标准时间）开始下降。
原文引用 1 处
「The men began their descent at approximately 9:50 a.m. central standard time.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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据Undercurrent，Bowden 说，他经过800英尺时只能远远看到埃克斯利的灯光，那是他最后一次见到埃克斯利。
当事人自述
原文引用 1 处
「I could just see Sheck’s light in the distance. It was the last I saw of him.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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Bowden 下降途中发现自己用气量远超计划，在925英尺处止住下潜并转入上升，这一深度是新的纪录。
原文引用 3 处
「I inflated my BCD wings and managed to stop my descent at 925 feet.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
「In 11 minutes, Bowden had reached a new record depth of 925 feet」
IUCRR · 2023-02-01
「realized that he was using more air than anticipated」
Valdosta Daily Times · 2019-01-21
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据Undercurrent，Bowden 上升时一个深减压瓶的调节器打开时剧烈自由流气。
当事人自述
原文引用 1 处
「To my horror, the regulator on my deep deco bottle free-flowed violently when I turned it on.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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Bowden 的减压时长各来源说法不一：约九小时多、八个半小时、超过十小时。
各来源起算与取整方式不同
原文引用 3 处
「Bowden dove to 925′ and would spend nine+ hours decompressing.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
「8 1/2 hours of decompression」
IUCRR · 2023-02-01
「more than 10 hours of decompression」
Valdosta Daily Times · 2019-01-21
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据Undercurrent，Bowden 出水后出现左肩减压病症状，在现场接受了水中再加压治疗。
原文引用 1 处
「suffered a left shoulder DCS hit that then was treated with in-water therapy on the site」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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据Undercurrent，水面上的 Kristovich 看到约15分钟后只有一组气泡重新出现，她无法确定是谁的。
原文引用 1 处
「Only one set of bubbles re-appeared after about 15 minutes and she couldn’t be sure if they were Bowden’s or Exley’s.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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据IUCRR，Ling 的文章称，下潜18分钟时，Kristovich 看到埃克斯利那边的气泡已经停止。
与15分钟的说法不完全一致
原文引用 1 处
「Eighteen minutes into the dive, she saw that the bubbles coming from Exley had stopped.」
IUCRR · 2023-02-01
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据Undercurrent，Kristovich 下潜接应 Bowden 时，看到埃克斯利的备用气瓶仍挂在绳上，不见他的人影。
原文引用 1 处
「chilled to see Sheck’s stage equipment still hanging with no sign of him」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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Mary Ellen Eckhoff 下潜到约280英尺处寻找气泡，没有发现埃克斯利的踪迹。
原文引用 2 处
「she could find no sign of Sheck or any bubbles coming from the depths」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
「Exley’s wife Mary Ellen descended to 279 feet, where a ledge might have blocked the flow of bubbles. There were none.」
IUCRR · 2023-02-01
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据Undercurrent，Bowden 上升到60英尺减压站时才被告知埃克斯利失踪。
原文引用 1 处
「Bowden was finally told that Sheck was lost as he reached his 60 foot stop.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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据Undercurrent，团队当时没有考虑组织遗体打捞，因为公认唯一有能力完成这种打捞的人已经在水下。
原文引用 1 处
「There was no consideration given to mounting a body recovery for Sheck since it was accepted that the only man capable of effecting such a recovery was the man who was already down there.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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推测：埃克斯利可能遭遇了高压神经综合征（HPNS）；他在南非潜水时曾出现类似症状，剧烈震颤可能引发氧中毒惊厥，或使他无法完成换气。
原文引用 3 处
「The best educated guess would point to an HPNS incident.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
「One possible cause of death would be violent tremors resulting from the helium in his air mix.」
IUCRR · 2023-02-01
「Although the cause of his death could not be determined with certainty」
Valdosta Daily Times · 2019-01-21
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埃克斯利在最后时刻可能把自己固定在绳上，以便处理气体问题；这只是推测。
原文引用 1 处
「one of his last actions before he died had been to secure himself to the line, probably to sort out gas issues」
Valdosta Daily Times · 2019-01-21
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三天后，团队收起下降绳和剩余装备时找到了埃克斯利的遗体，遗体缠在绳上。
各来源均只写「三天后」，未给具体日期。
原文引用 4 处
「Three days later while hoisting up the remainder of the equipment, Exley’s body was found.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
「when the guideline was pulled from the cave three days later, his body was found wrapped in it」
IUCRR · 2023-02-01
「Three days later, assuming that Exley’s body would never be recovered」
Valdosta Daily Times · 2019-01-21
「three days later, the team pulled up the remaining line and found Exley's body attached to it」
LADbible · 2024-10-24
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据Undercurrent，遗体被找到时，埃克斯利的一个气瓶里还有气体。
原文引用 1 处
「One of his tanks still had gas」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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埃克斯利的潜水电脑显示最大深度的数字有出入：Gilliam 一处写904英尺，另一处和 Valdosta Daily Times 写906英尺。
同一来源前后也不一致
原文引用 2 处
「his computer read 904 feet」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
「Exley’s wrist-mounted dive computer showed that he had reached 906 feet.」
Valdosta Daily Times · 2019-01-21
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据InDEPTH，当年的 aquaCORPS 杂志刊登了由 Bill Hamilton、Ann Kristovich 和 Jim Bowden 撰写的事故分析报告《What happened to Sheck Exley?》。
本档案未能取得该报告全文
原文引用 1 处
「Accident Analysis Report from aquaCORPS #9 Wreckers (JAN95): What happened to Sheck Exley? by Bill Hamilton, Ann Kristovich And Jim Bowden」
InDEPTH · 2021-03-31
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据aquaCORPS，Bowden 事后认为，如果当时气量更充足，他本人本可以完成这次下潜。
当事人观点
原文引用 1 处
「I’m firmly convinced that if I had had the volumes [of gas] last time, then I would have done it, because my dive went very, very well.」
aquaCORPS · 2021-05-14
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据aquaCORPS，1995年的 aquaCORPS 报道称，一次意料之外的耗气增加差点让 Bowden 丧命，一个额外的80立方英尺备用气瓶救了他。
原文引用 1 处
「An unpredicted increase in gas consumption nearly cost Bowden his life on his this prior 94APR dive to 925 f/284 m. An extra 80cf stage cylinder saved it.」
aquaCORPS · 2021-05-14
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埃克斯利是世界上第一个洞穴潜水次数超过1000次的人。
原文引用 2 处
「He was the first in the world to log over 1,000 cave dives.」
IUCRR · 2023-02-01
「Exley became the first person to log a thousand cave dives」
InDEPTH · 2021-03-31
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据Undercurrent，Zacatón 是墨西哥东北部一处牧场上的五个天坑中最深的一个。
原文引用 1 处
「Zacaton is the deepest of five ceynotes located on a large ranch, El Rancho Asufrosa, in northeastern Mexico.」
Undercurrent · 2013-11-15
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据Valdosta Daily Times，美国国家洞穴学会洞潜部（NSS-CDS）至今仍向完成1000次安全洞潜的潜水员颁发「Sheck Exley Safe Cave Diving Award」。
原文引用 1 处
「presents the “Sheck Exley Safe Cave Diving Award” to divers who have completed 1,000 safe cave dives」
Valdosta Daily Times · 2019-01-21
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