Geoffrey Douglas Belter (1981 - 2014)

Born 28 Apr 1981 in Flagstaff, Coconino, Arizona, United States

Died 20 Aug 2014 at age 33 in Lake Sibinacocha, Peru

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Biography

• s/o Willis Belter Jr. & Jo Ellen Harvey^[1]
  • gs/o Willis H. Belter Sr.^[1]
  • gs/o Milton Herbert Harvey^[2]
• September 2012 m. Sacha Greene^[1] in Boulder, CO
• 2003 BA (computer engineering), Clarkson University
• University of Colorado Boulder
  • MA Computer Science
  • PhD Electrical Engineering
• May 2009 Apple

• While diving at Lake Sibinacocha in the Peruvian Andes at 16,000 feet, two diving partners discovered that they had run out of air. Trying to help each other and fighting an unstable column of water, they got separated. Geoffrey never surfaced.^[3][4]
• His dive and death are referenced in the documentary Lost Temple of the Inca by the National Geographic channel.^[4]
  • The documentary ends with his photo and is dedicated to his memory^[4][5]
• 2016 A memorial was placed at 2200' into Jackson Blue Springs in Marianne, Florida by his friends and family.^[1]Among the divers was his diving partner from Lake Sibinacocha.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} "Salisbury News: Geoffrey Douglas Belter." TriCorner News. 4 Sept 2014. tricornernews.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
2. ↑ "Obituary: Milton Herbert Harvey." Chapel of the Chimes Mortuary. cDec 2018. dignitymemorial.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
3. ↑ Cockrell, Will. "A High Case of the Bends." Outside. 27 Dec 2018. outsideonline.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} "Lost Temple of the Inca." Nat Geo (USA). 6 Mar 2020.
5. ↑ IMDb: Geoffrey Belter at IMDb.com. Accessed 3 May 2021.
6. ↑ "Geoff Belter Tour 2016." James Williams (channel). 22 Mar 2016. YouTube.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

• GoFundMe Campaign: Memorial costs&related expense