When is a cave a cave?
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ucfdiver
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Oh please Chad, you silt the whole cave out and blame it in the new guy....Yes there are, and I have got many!
I'm watching you at REACT this year. No blaming it on me.
Oh please Chad, you silt the whole cave out and blame it in the new guy....
I'm watching you at REACT this year. No blaming it on me.
You will learn how to dive then! I guess we need to get Stacey on here to speak up about who did the silting. Before the dive I said "It will be nice to see Telford again, it has been a long time" After the dive I said "bleep, bleep, bleep James, I did not see a bleep thing"
Hope you have got your ratio deco down to memory, cause we will not be able to see the bottom timers when you get done destroying the place.
ucfdiver
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Oh, it's on. We just need a camera, so you can't weasel outta the blame!You will learn how to dive then! I guess we need to get Stacey on here to speak up about who did the silting. Before the dive I said "It will be nice to see Telford again, it has been a long time" After the dive I said "bleep, bleep, bleep James, I did not see a bleep thing"
Hope you have got your ratio deco down to memory, cause we will not be able to see the bottom timers when you get done destroying the place.
We'll be there early, so you don't have another team to blame ur silt trail on...and ur leading, no rebreather to avoid peculation, either.
Kevin Carlisle
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I did my first ever cavern dive this weekend, and the first thing I said to the instructor when I got out was: "That wasn't a cavern, that was a f*$%&# cave!"
It had an exit at either end, so technically it was a swim through (although you cannot actually exit the far end because of the surf), and there was another shaft providing light in the middle, but there were two decent sized patches of no ambient line between them.
I still don't see what cave divers see in it. By coincidence there was a nice big jewfish living in the cave to look at, but other than that it seems like a lot of effort to look at rocks.
It had an exit at either end, so technically it was a swim through (although you cannot actually exit the far end because of the surf), and there was another shaft providing light in the middle, but there were two decent sized patches of no ambient line between them.
I still don't see what cave divers see in it. By coincidence there was a nice big jewfish living in the cave to look at, but other than that it seems like a lot of effort to look at rocks.
Very soon after I got OW certified, I went on a three week "dive myself to death" vacation on an island in the Mediterranean which is basically like a Gruyere cheese (full of swimthroughs, caverns and caves). I did my AOWD with a very conservative ex RN instructor and went on a stackload of dives with shore entry (euphemism for climbing over very sharp rocks fully kitted up under the harsh August sun) led by a very competent, experienced DM. Most of these dives included CAVERNS. I went into all of them and had a great time. On one of the last dives we reached the very small entrance (you could hardly wiggle in) of an UNKNOWN uncharted CAVE. Other people on the dive went in and SILTED UP THE ENTRANCE.
I chose not to go in.
I have never regretted that decision.
led by a very competent, experienced DM. Most of these dives included CAVERNS. I went into all of them and had a great time. On one of the last dives we reached the very small entrance (you could hardly wiggle in) of an UNKNOWN uncharted CAVE. Other people on the dive went in and SILTED UP THE ENTRANCE. I chose not to go in.
I have never regretted that decision.
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ucfdiver
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Same thing people see in going to the grand canyon, or the mountains....Geology and Nature.
To be honest, I love cave diving, but I don't like it any more than wreck diving, reef diving, kayaking some of the awesome landscape around our state parks, or hiking a national park. It's simply one more way to see nature for me. My cave buddies are some of the first I call to go hiking, reef diving, or kayaking.
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