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Where are the caves in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky ?
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MikeFerrara:Their are tons of caves in Kentucky. They aren't clear warm FLorida type caves though. There are also some in In
I know one in OH that a freind is working on getting permission to dive. I'm sure ther's more.
hoosier:Have you ever dived at Bluesprins cavern, IN? If not, do you know any recommendations in KY and IN?
MikeFerrara:I've never dived it but I know a bunch of divers who have (including one of the owners). They are still in the process of surveying it (last I heard). Sam (the owner) is the guy who made my sidemount harness BTW.
Kentucky is absolutely loaded with caves and many have underwater sections. As I said before this isn't like cave diving in Florida or mexico and none that I know of are commercial dive sites. You have to find them and secure access yourself as most are on private property.
If you're really interested in this kind of diving I'd suggest getting in touch with some of the dry cavers working in the area. They're always looking for some nut who can traverse a sump that has stopped their exploration. This is cold, low vis diving. Well...you can see ok, you just see with your hands instead of your eyes LOL.
Side mount is probably what you'll need and in many cases you'll need to traverse a bunch of dry cave to get to the sumps. In other cases you can see where a creek disappears right into the bottom of a cliff face. then you can enjoy the funny looks and coments as locals watch you don scuba gear and crawl into the rock in 2 feet of water. When I say dry, realize that dry, in this context just means that you don't need scuba. Not very much dry anything in there.
hoosier:Thanks for your info.
As you may check out the linked website, the cave has already been commercialized. So, I am not sure if he is taking any cavern/cave divers to his cavern at this moment. I am not qualified to dive in the dark environment yet. But, I am trying to collect some information whether or not there are some accessible sites to enjoy the cave diving instead of going to FL.
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Sam Frushour and Chris Parks recently laid a bunch of new guideline on a cave dive in BluespringCave.? They are up to about 1800 feet replaced and hope to soon reach the 2500 foot mark.? He went in three caves today, including CorncobCave near the Monroe County airport.? He and others have found about 20 previously-undocumented caves since the start of the IGS effort to provide an I-69 consultant with locations that may be suitable for the federally-endangered Indiana bat.? They have about 130 cave locations to try and find in order to examine. October 14, 2004 BIG Meeting Minutes
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jumper:Where are the caves in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky ?