Day 4
We start early 7 am from German's casa. We are off to the fill station then Cenote C1. We have to dive with Jay again. Three of us ride in German's truck. Jay gets to follow in his Jeep.
We arrive somewhere between Km 9 and 10 and park along side the road. We gear up and hike about 200M through narrow jungle trying not to snag equipment or fall. We get to a tannic little pool after a few minutes. This is our hole. We get into the water for a quick dive briefing. No primary line to run!
Kirk leads off then me followed by Jay. Everything is silted over. We try not to mess up the vis as we enter. The first run we are running more jumps hitting T's, Y's and tracking time depth and air. I think our max depth was 17'. Judging by the ceilings and size of the rooms there cannot be more than a couple meters between us and the surface. Jay keeps running into me. We get to a very low overhead and I am using the Spiderman technique to stay out the silt. Jay, well...you can probably fill in the blank, but not really bad. As we progress I notice we hit over 30 minutes as if it were 5. Some of the rooms are huge. The shelves extending from the walls are covered with a layer of dark silt. We return as Kirk pulls the lines. Dive goes very well. 500 psi in and 300 out.
Next dive is unconscious diver. Kirk goes first as I play dead. I switch to my backup reg and let the primary hang. I also let my light fall, but not so much it bangs on the floor or silt. My turn and I must drag Kirk back in against a very minor flow. It's akward and difficult. I burn some air but get to my destination.
Third dive is lights out drill with a team of 3. All goes well and we are out quickly considering we pass a couple of Y's. Steve and his wife Judy are there to greet us. They are laying some new line in the cave.
We return to German's as Layne and Gordon arrive. It's off to El Sazon de Cammaron just around the corner for some great shrimp tacos and an amazing Habanero sauce.
We start early 7 am from German's casa. We are off to the fill station then Cenote C1. We have to dive with Jay again. Three of us ride in German's truck. Jay gets to follow in his Jeep.
We arrive somewhere between Km 9 and 10 and park along side the road. We gear up and hike about 200M through narrow jungle trying not to snag equipment or fall. We get to a tannic little pool after a few minutes. This is our hole. We get into the water for a quick dive briefing. No primary line to run!
Kirk leads off then me followed by Jay. Everything is silted over. We try not to mess up the vis as we enter. The first run we are running more jumps hitting T's, Y's and tracking time depth and air. I think our max depth was 17'. Judging by the ceilings and size of the rooms there cannot be more than a couple meters between us and the surface. Jay keeps running into me. We get to a very low overhead and I am using the Spiderman technique to stay out the silt. Jay, well...you can probably fill in the blank, but not really bad. As we progress I notice we hit over 30 minutes as if it were 5. Some of the rooms are huge. The shelves extending from the walls are covered with a layer of dark silt. We return as Kirk pulls the lines. Dive goes very well. 500 psi in and 300 out.
Next dive is unconscious diver. Kirk goes first as I play dead. I switch to my backup reg and let the primary hang. I also let my light fall, but not so much it bangs on the floor or silt. My turn and I must drag Kirk back in against a very minor flow. It's akward and difficult. I burn some air but get to my destination.
Third dive is lights out drill with a team of 3. All goes well and we are out quickly considering we pass a couple of Y's. Steve and his wife Judy are there to greet us. They are laying some new line in the cave.
We return to German's as Layne and Gordon arrive. It's off to El Sazon de Cammaron just around the corner for some great shrimp tacos and an amazing Habanero sauce.