Timeliner
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Did we find the bottom at Lake Broken Bow, Oklahoma today? No.. there is a 180 foot spot out there I hear but we did find a couple of spots that don’t show up on the topographic map of the bottom. So we almost did !:14:
Texdiveguy and his son Jeff stayed here in Paris last night and we got up to the lake around 10:00 a.m.
On the way it has become a tradition to stop off in front of Sealskin98’s place and raise Cain , honk our horns and wave the dive flag. This time was no different and we escaped without getting shot at .
We hit the water at the overlook on the South side of the lake between the spillway and the dam.
We have been there before and every time it’s a different story. Vis. was pretty good and by the time our lights came on it was real good. Alan says maybe 20 feet. We just dropped down the wall and then as the slope tapered off we kept going. 47 degree temp. and pitch black. It was a smooth drop and before we knew it we hit 100 feet… 125 feet… and shoot in no time at all we were still going down the slope at 166 feet.:11:
The topographic map doesn’t show that kind of depth there from what I can tell and the lake is down so we must have found a trench. ‘Really cool too !
Neither one of us got Narc’ed really that we know of and it was a smooth down and back breathing good ole' Paris Fire Dept. Air.
On the way up we went through some nice big old trees and past some pretty cliffs.
On our second dive we took a different direction at the same entry point and after hitting some stirred up conditions dropped down to about 85 feet and found some clear water. We followed an old ravine that was steep sided and had just enough width for both of us to fin along side by side. It was spooky and strange and quite a lot of fun. At 139 feet we were both in Deco and began our ascent. Being that we were in a ravine the way up and out was to follow a steep slope and through a thicket of trees . It was crazy. We were actually climbing the trees overhanging the ravine and squeezing through the branches. That slowed us down a heck of a lot but it was pretty fun. We're just a couple of old Coon Hounds. I love the trees !
We had at least 8 minutes of Deco to do and along the way we also made other stops to off gas a bit.
I was doing the math when we hit 100 feet and it looked like the gas supply was going to be a bit close.
We left the tree tops to the dark and deep water and ascended up without a reference line or the bottom as a guide. We had followed that ravine pretty far off shore it seemed . We pushed South towards the shore line on the way up but never caught sight of the bottom again.
We hit all of the stops and. We popped up as we went in… the only folks on the lake. My gauge read 150 psi. left so I guess I got all the good out of that tank I’m still cold as I write this story but it was a heck of a pretty day and some wild Christmas Time Diving
Texdiveguy and his son Jeff stayed here in Paris last night and we got up to the lake around 10:00 a.m.
On the way it has become a tradition to stop off in front of Sealskin98’s place and raise Cain , honk our horns and wave the dive flag. This time was no different and we escaped without getting shot at .
We hit the water at the overlook on the South side of the lake between the spillway and the dam.
We have been there before and every time it’s a different story. Vis. was pretty good and by the time our lights came on it was real good. Alan says maybe 20 feet. We just dropped down the wall and then as the slope tapered off we kept going. 47 degree temp. and pitch black. It was a smooth drop and before we knew it we hit 100 feet… 125 feet… and shoot in no time at all we were still going down the slope at 166 feet.:11:
The topographic map doesn’t show that kind of depth there from what I can tell and the lake is down so we must have found a trench. ‘Really cool too !
Neither one of us got Narc’ed really that we know of and it was a smooth down and back breathing good ole' Paris Fire Dept. Air.
On the way up we went through some nice big old trees and past some pretty cliffs.
On our second dive we took a different direction at the same entry point and after hitting some stirred up conditions dropped down to about 85 feet and found some clear water. We followed an old ravine that was steep sided and had just enough width for both of us to fin along side by side. It was spooky and strange and quite a lot of fun. At 139 feet we were both in Deco and began our ascent. Being that we were in a ravine the way up and out was to follow a steep slope and through a thicket of trees . It was crazy. We were actually climbing the trees overhanging the ravine and squeezing through the branches. That slowed us down a heck of a lot but it was pretty fun. We're just a couple of old Coon Hounds. I love the trees !
We had at least 8 minutes of Deco to do and along the way we also made other stops to off gas a bit.
I was doing the math when we hit 100 feet and it looked like the gas supply was going to be a bit close.
We left the tree tops to the dark and deep water and ascended up without a reference line or the bottom as a guide. We had followed that ravine pretty far off shore it seemed . We pushed South towards the shore line on the way up but never caught sight of the bottom again.
We hit all of the stops and. We popped up as we went in… the only folks on the lake. My gauge read 150 psi. left so I guess I got all the good out of that tank I’m still cold as I write this story but it was a heck of a pretty day and some wild Christmas Time Diving
