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Show DARING DIVER COMPLETES 14-MILE UNDERSEA HIKE i OCEAN VIEW. Vs.. Aug. 5 (UP) Deep-tea diver Roy Butler, aided by fast-runninc tide, completed a daring 14-mlle 14-mlle underwater hike across historic Hampton Roads Saturday Satur-day in less than half the 20 houra he had thought it would take. Tha 38-year-old veteran ef below-aurface expeditions was tick a he cam up nine and a half houra after submerging submerg-ing off tha pier at Old Point Comfort, Va at 15 minutes before midnight Friday night. "I've taken the worst beating of my experience," he said. Rough weather snd the constant jerking of hi lines had bruised the tough diver snd mad him ill. A favorable wind plus a fast-running tide practically swept him along the muddy, treacherous bottom of Hampton Roads. He came up here at 9:15 a.m. Heavy swells prevented him from walking up on the beach, but hit tender and float remained off Ocean View Park and Butler said he would go back down and try to walk up on tha beach late Saturday. a, |