Good Books for Cave Divers?

[karstdvr]

Surprised nobody mentioned "Down to a Sunless Sea" by David Poyer. A fictional work that uses some hyperbole,but will give you a warm and tingly when it mentions places like Luraville Country Store.

 

[daniel f aleman]

The classic: The Cave Divers - by Bob Burgess

The Cenotes of the Riviera Maya - by Steve Gerrard

The Art of Safe Cave Diving - by NACD

Diving Guide to Underwater Florida - by Ned DeLoach

Caverns Measureless to Man - by Sheck Exley

Beyond the Deep: The Deadly Descent Into the World's Most Treacherous Cave - by William Stone

Deep Into Blue Holes - by Rob Palmer

Darkness Beckons: The History and Development of Cave Diving - by Martyn Farr

Caving: Exploring Limestone Caves - by Larry Dane Brimner

The Springs of Florida - by Doug Stamm

 

[TSandM]

Ooooh, thanks, Daniel! More titles to buy!

 

[Johnny Richards]

The Darkness Beckons definitely....

Johnny Richards
www.cavediving.com

 

[BabyDuck]

thanks to all! i'll be burning up the lines between me & b&n.com...

 

[xiSkiGuy]

Good stuff, guys. Thanks!

 

[ArcticDiver]

Neutral Buoyancy
Fatal Depth

Not specifically cave. But good reads.

 

[karstdvr]

Here is a new publication just released http://www.upf.com/book.asp?id=COPELF06
This is a shameless plug for the author Sandra Poucher- a great cave diver and good friend

 

[BabyDuck]

resurrecting this old thread to 1) add the jill heinerth books to the above list and 2) tell everyone that i have an amazon wish list if you're wondering about my christmas present...

 

[laurin]

Another nice book with great photos:

Divers of the Dark

//LN