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By: Two years later | Liz Rogers Photography

Two years later | Liz Rogers Photography — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:56:47 +0000

[…] I don’t know that it matters as much as the fact that two years on, she’s still dead. Last year I felt very strongly that sometimes divers take risks for themselves without considering that their […]

By: Ian Taylor

Ian Taylor — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 20:22:50 +0000

Liz,
Thank you for your courage to share those words and your emotions regarding Ag’s passing. It is sad that you ever had to write this, however I am so thankful, as are others, that you did

By: Trent

Trent — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:59:58 +0000

A few months back in the nullarbor I was in a squeezy spot a long way from home and the next room never seemed to ‘open’ up into easy passage, I’m sure better divers than me would have kept going, but for some reason everytime I breathed out and slid through I kept thinking of my daughter and how she would grow up without me. Needless to say I turned around vowing to come back with even more gas.
I only thought of that time again when I read your article and I quote “But the inherent responsibility you have to your family, and the friends whom you’ve chosen to share your life and adventures with can’t be ignored or forgotten.” actually stop me in my tracks as before she was born I guess I would have just kept going until I ran out of cookies/line/air….. whatever came first.
thank you Liz
The first time I met Ag we talked about wrecks (wet rocks where never mentioned, she neither knew or cared if I was a cave diver) and she openly invited me and others to join her on her ocean diving trip she was going on, I was impressed on how friendly and bubbly she was and I was blown away from the fact she treated all the divers equal from the newbie open water to the pen divers of the group, that is unheard of in the cave diving community as we cave divers have a reputation of superiority and arrogance for which Ag displayed none.
Her friends and dive buddy’s of which truthfully I’m neither, must miss her dearly, but I feel it is cave diving for which will be the poorer as we have lost are greatest ambassador with the greatest attitude.
RIP AG

Trent

By: Aggie Malkowska

Aggie Malkowska — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:32:57 +0000

Beautiful post Liz.

I often wondered how you were coping with it all, both the immediate aftermath and as time went on..

The gravity of the situation really sunk in for me when my family, friends and colleagues mistakenly thought it was my body being recovered. Detectives at work would come to my desk teary eyed saying – we thought it was you…

All I could think was how surreal it was for me to see such a similar name to my own in the papers and how everyone is being so emotionally affected, even after they knew I was safe.

As you eluded to in your post, no matter what ventures we undertake, we are not isolated in the choices we make. We cannot allow ourselves to so drawn in by the allure of the cave that we forget our loved ones above water… who are awaiting our safe return.

For me that’s where my buddy comes in. He is my link to the world beyond the cave and serves as a constant reminder that tomorrow is another day when we can come back and keep exploring further.

Thank you for your insight Liz.

RIP Agnes Milowka