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Thursday, 22 July 2010

Cave explorer, springs advocate Wes Skiles dies while diving

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Florida's globally known cave explorer, photographer and Florida springs advocate Wes Skiles died Wednesday while filming off the coast of Palm Beach County, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said Thursday. (See statement attached as comments).Based in High Springs with Karst Productions, Skiles, 52, was a former member of the Florida Springs Task Force. His "Water's Journey: The Hidden
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