Rick Murchison:Originally this thread was part of a larger thread ostensibly about an accident in Peacock Springs. It has gone off in several directions, and this thread is one of them. Since it is a split, the posts may not flow smoothly; feel free to ask for clarification. Some posts are deleted - if you find one of yours missing from all four threads and you *really* feel it's important, and you don't want to try to reconstruct your thoughts - PM me and I'll see what I can do.
The four threads are
Peacock Springs Fatality - Accidents & Incidents
Peacock Springs - Cave Diving
Possible lessons from Peacock - Cave diving
Accountability in accidents - Basic Scuba Discussions
Rick
simbrooks:3. May not have been following the line all that well, although there is a line in P3 (or at least i have seen one), however i havent dove that part yet, if anything like the lines out of P1 they are marked at least every 100ft with arrows pointing out.
The permenant line in P3 starts fairly far in (campared to what you normally see these days) and it's kind of hard to find if you don't know where it is...it's a ways further in than the stop sign.
I have no idea of course but if they didn't run a line in or if for, whatever reason, he was trying to exit without one I could see him not finding the exit.
Peacock Springs SP is set up to only allow certified divers to dive (the rangers are pretty quick on checking cards), so something is amiss here about them being in the water unless they were diving beyond their cavern cert (assuming they had one).
It's kind of an honor system though. The park staff comes through periodically checking for cards on dashes but by then an uncertified diver might allready be in the water.
Also cavern divers are allowed to dive and once in there isn't anything from keeping them from going too far except for their own common sense...which isn't so common of course.