Cave diving

[cdavis]

Thanks fflupo, good thoughts.

The point about conditions changing unexpectedly is very very on target and there are any number of reasons. Sometimes it is hard to treat a familiar dive as if you haven't been there before, but you need to, because different conditions can make it so different.

We do lights pretty much like you. Lights are for looking into dark corners and lighting the way out only if it is completely dark. If there is any natural light, that is much better for exiting.

The light stick idea is interesting, I'll think about that one.

We have found a place with a vertical drop and small entrance hole about half way down the line before it opens into a huge and very dark room. Next trip, I plan to attach a couple of strobes to the line so they will hang in the top of the room (about 80 ft) to give us a reference point and maybe light up the upper portions of the room.

Anybody know of a very powerful strobe that might fit our purposes??

Connor

[ChristianRedl]

YouTube - CAVE Intro

YouTube - CAVE 2007

greetings from austria,
chris

[Mafnet]

while on the subject of cave diving, perhaps some one here can enlighten me on a place in Northport Florida called "little salt spring". All i know about it, is its an archological project of USF. but i am unsure if it is open to the public for diving, as there is little information on the interweb.
i have a link to the place where i got what little information i have:
The Little Salt Spring Underwater Archaeology Project

One more question, anyone know the depth of warm mineral spring in northport

[cdavis]

Warm Mineral is at least 40 meters to the shallowest part of the bottom, way over that along the edges. Little Salt is owned by the U of Miami and is strictly off limits to all but University approved archeologists. Look in Florida Cave, Cavern, and Sinkhole Diving for detailed info on both.

Connor

[cdavis]

Dove Eagles Nest last Saturday and tried out the strobes and light sticks. Both worked well. The stobe at the bottom of the line was visible for much farther than our perception of vis and the light sticks on the line worked as a guide when in the big room returning to the line. Easy to see, but dim enough not to kill our night vision or block out light coming in the entrance hole. So far we haven't really needed the light sticks, there's enough light coming down the hole to see the line, but the entrance hole is so small and long that a silt out is possible if somebody gets careless. The sticks are a good safety feature. We haven't been in a place where light sticks on the diver would work, but may try it soon.

caveat: Anybody reading this that thinks they want freedive Eagles, research it thoroughly, be very very careful and bring the right gear. This is a dangerous dive. Don't screw it up for the rest of us by getting yourself killed.

Connor