another cave diving vid - Eagle's Nest

[Knight]

I'm not sure what the point of posting a dive accident at Eagle's Nest here was....I have read the report and am familar with the details as I'm sure a couple of the others in this thread are.

Well, if anything since this in the basic scuba discussion thread, maybe it will warn the fool hardy.

Just real unbelievable to see expert sport divers mess up like that with all there training and experience but trust me I know even the best can slip. Some of the best knowledge in diving can be learned by the study of accidents like these, especially if expert divers foul up though it may be sad, but refreshing or going over accidents like these make you dive a whole lot safer. On another note the $$$ of this dive should include the cost of a instructor who dove the cave many of times before.

H2andy do you have all the certs to do this dive? I wouldn't mind seeing more video of the these amazing caves.

Scuba magazine did a article on the nest:
http://www.scubanews.com/feature1.htm

Always descending,
c.h.

 

[H2Andy]

Eagle's Nest is an expert cave dive for which I am not ready. I still need to get
Full cave, then Trimix, and then a bit of experience before tackling Eagle's Nest.
not sure if a scooter is essential or just useful; if essential, then i'd need
scooter training as well.

of the guys who died one was not scooter certified. he was found off the main
line, tangled up in his own line. he was still attached to his scooter.

the second guy dropped his scooter. there is no evidence he deployed a line
to do a "lost line search." he headed into the system looking for the line.
he eventually found it, and was heading out when he ran out of air.

it is possible that one or both divers had bouyancy problems and ended up
causing a silt-out in the area (one of them was not scooter certified).
after that, they became separated and lost contact with the main line. one
deployed a search line and became entangled (poor execution of the drill).
the other did not deploy the search line (failure to follow training).

so, as you can see... you need the right training and then you need to be
proficient at those skills, and then you need to follow training when you need to.

 

[D1V3R]

you gotta love eagles nest
its a beautiful system