Still a bit of a work in progress, still think I a couple more lights, but TBH I sort of like the darker feel of the video but I want to show more of the size of the gallery. So I am working on it.
Transiting the Gallery...
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Well said! My instructor gave us detailed tips for transiting the Gallery with the least effort, and I employ them, but it still feels like a lot of work. I admit that in my intro-level diving I have not really been enjoying Ginnie as much as the lower-flow caves. No wonder seemingly everyone gets a DPV at some point.Like any woman, Ginnie will only kick your butt if you attempt to approach her wrong.
When I was in FL in December and doing “intro to flow” with a FL instructor, I transited the Gallery on the bottom. I can get discombobulated being high above the bottom (I’m afraid of heights), so after discussion with instructor, we pulled and glided across the bottom. I was much happier that way. Just put my head down and headed into the flow. Instructor said it didn’t take much extra time at all.
Being high in the ceiling and feeling the flow pull you in to the cave is a crazy feeling. Also like cupping my light and watching people fly out on the bottom. Cool video, need to get back out to cave county soon!
When you guys traverse the top of the gallery, do you have a particular route you prefer, other than staying as high as you can. I have only dived Ginnie a handful of times (intro level), and I feel like it is a different experience every time. I have had a few dives where the effort was noticably less, but I can't pinpoint which route across the top was easiest!
Any advice would be much appreciated!
Any advice would be much appreciated!
OP
Strange thing to hear a diver to say that. Different strokes for different folks.
Stay high and keep something between the flow and yourself. TBH I can swim most of the gallery outside of the couple of times where you have to enter the flow, like when I duck under the camera/arch in each section of the video.
In my bloggish thread in the tech forum, I went over my process of learning the gallery.
So I just finished reading your whole (other) thread and it is awesome! So much great information from you and several other divers. (Especially on how to navigate the gallery....I think I will experiment with the right v left sides and the different chambers you mentioned. I think I will also do the gallery only dive you did where you just went back and forth learning the best routes).
I am doing Full Cave at the end of the year and I will definitely be learning from a lot of your experiences.
Thanks!
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