The pool, up to 300ft deep in places and with a network of flooded tunnels and sheer drops, is a favourite training location for amateur divers from across the UK despite its dangerous reputation. Mr Dean was an experienced diver who learned his skills at Malawi Lake in Africa. He had also climbed in some of the world's most dangerous mountain ranges. His friend, Tony Dermody, 32, had been planning to climb Culin Ridge in the Isle of Skye next weekend. He said: "Jay always thought of others above himself, but most of all he was incredibly funny and always active. He was an amazing man who loved adventure, but never recklessly." Mr Dean's taste for adventure started in the scouts and became a passion that took him round the world. In 1998, he scaled Kilimanjaro to raise money for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Appeal and he also climbed the Paledor Peak in The Himalayas. Mr Dean's mother, Jeanette, added: "Jason was my life. Everyone who knew him loved him and he was so greatly loved by his family and all the people he met on life's journey. "The friends he met he kept. He was respected and admired by everyone." The quarry is described by experienced divers as the best inland diving site in Britain. Divers who use the waters though have repeatedly called for proper facilities to be provided at the quarry, which has been used since it flooded after work stopped in the late 1960s. | 
