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Althetes and Crew Pay Tribute to Nick Mevoli

Althetes and Crew Pay Tribute to Nick Mevoli 1
By Stephan Whelan

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The athletes and crew involved in the Suunto Vertical Blue gathered at the competition venue, Dean’s Blue Hole, to pay tribute to Nick Mevoli who tragically passed away during the competition on Sunday.  The assembled group cried, told stories, held hands, sang, and dived according to a post on the groups Facebook Page.

Nick Mevoli Tribute 1

Nick Mevoli Tribute 2Photos © Lia Barrett

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Stephan Whelanhttps://www.deeperblue.com
Stephan is the Founder of DeeperBlue.com. His passion for the underwater world started at 8 years-old with a try-dive in a hotel pool on holiday that soon formulated into a lifelong love affair with the oceans. In 1996 he set up DeeperBlue.com and helped grow the site to be one of the largest diving websites around today.

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  1. A moving and beautiful gesture and let us honour Nick by from this day honour them freedivers who pass away, with the same type if ceremony.

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