Record-breaking U.S. cave diver Brett Hemphill died at the age of 56 after failing to resurface during a dive on Oct. 4 in Texas' Phantom Springs Cave.
"Please allow us some time to come to terms with his loss, as up until now we have been focused on the recovery,” his co-diver, Andy Pitkin, wrote in a statementKimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in Forbes and she has also worked in broadcast television as a reporter for Hawaii-based news station KHON2 News.
KUR said he was last seen on video tying off a guideline at approximately 570 feet before the team became separated. Hemphill never resurfaced.Following the dive, the team’s focus was on recovering him safely “from a depth of over 450 feet and over a mile into the underwater cave.” The statement noted that “cave diver recoveries are logistically difficult,” and recovering Hemphill would take “a number of recovery divers” traveling to the caves to assist in finding him.
American Caver Rescued in Turkey Says It's 'Amazing to Be Above Ground': 'I Was Very Close to the Edge' Hemphill had a passion for discovery at a young age, having explored an undiscovered section of a cave during a youth dry cave excursion, according to his biography on the. From there, he went on to lead several exploration groups and broke a number of underwater diving records. to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
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