The Nest is at it's best

[rebreath]

Quit your day jobs and get to the Nest. The basin is clear and the cavern is crystal clear with 100' plus vis. Upstream is a delight with 100' plus vis. Even if you stay in the cavern you will not be disapointed.

[wingman]

Quit your day jobs and get to the Nest. The basin is clear and the cavern is crystal clear with 100' plus vis. Upstream is a delight with 100' plus vis. Even if you stay in the cavern you will not be disapointed.

How was the road going back? someone mentioned to me at ginnie a couple of days ago that it was 4wd again.

[Rich]

How was the road going back? someone mentioned to me at ginnie a couple of days ago that it was 4wd again.

Yeah, I heard that also.....just trying to figure out if I could get a 2WD 7500lb ambulance back there, as it would be a hell of a tow bill to get out ;-)

anyone....anyone.....

Safe diving,

Rich

[Gary]

Yeah, I heard that also.....just trying to figure out if I could get a 2WD 7500lb ambulance back there, as it would be a hell of a tow bill to get out ;-)
How about my AWD Forester? Soon. :)

[SLIM]

Yeah, I heard that also.....just trying to figure out if I could get a 2WD 7500lb ambulance back there, as it would be a hell of a tow bill to get out ;-)

anyone....anyone.....

Safe diving,

Rich

Rich, you would be suprised at were all thoses ole Van Amublance can go with the right tiers. I have taken them places that you would not belive me but then also I have had to be towed out a few times also, worst when you have to call another unit and wait for the tow truck to come get you.

SLIM

[Signal 20]

How was the road going back? someone mentioned to me at ginnie a couple of days ago that it was 4wd again.

Yeah, I heard that also.....just trying to figure out if I could get a 2WD 7500lb ambulance back there, as it would be a hell of a tow bill to get out ;-)

anyone....anyone.....

Safe diving,

Rich

I'll be going up there sometime soon, just come up when i go, I have a 4WD tundra...if you get stuck I'm sure I can yank that thing out of the mud :-D

[Tegg]

I'll be going up there sometime soon, just come up when i go, I have a 4WD tundra...if you get stuck I'm sure I can yank that thing out of the mud :-D

Jay, how the hell you gonna drive that thing in 4wd when you can't even drive on asphault halfway decent? :wink:

[DeepSea]

Rich,

The roads out there are honestly really good back there now. We were at the Nest a few weeks ago and a couple drove up in a new VW Bug...They weren't worrying.

[Bishop]

So a Honda Civic will be ok then? :)

[Rich]

Rich,

The roads out there are honestly really good back there now. We were at the Nest a few weeks ago and a couple drove up in a new VW Bug...They weren't worrying.

Thanks Walter and everyone else....I'll try and get down there later this week :-D

Safe diving,

Rich

Rich,

The roads out there are honestly really good back there now. We were at the Nest a few weeks ago and a couple drove up in a new VW Bug...They weren't worrying.

Thanks Walter and everyone else....I'll try and get down there later this week :-D

Safe diving,

Rich
Thanks Jeff and Walter! Maybe all the rain is a good thing. 8)

[Caver95]

So a Honda Civic will be ok then? :)
as long as it doesn't get all tangled up in cave line.

[Rich]

So a Honda Civic will be ok then? :)
as long as it doesn't get all tangled up in cave line.


:-D

Safe diving,

Rich

[Webmaster]

Honda Civic, Sentra, small VW models, they all make surprisingly decent off pavement vehicles with patience and some creative driving. At least until you get into something that really requires clearance. There's a lot to be said for a light, front wheel drive vehicle.

Or, as a couple of kids on a 4-wheeler told Joel as he was trying to nurse his truck through a particularly nasty mud/hidden boulder hole...


'Drive it like you stole it.'

I believe this follows in the same vein as 'speed and inertia can be a reasonable substitute for skill'.

[tomhauburn]

Honda Civic, Sentra, small VW models, they all make surprisingly decent off pavement vehicles with patience and some creative driving. At least until you get into something that really requires clearance. There's a lot to be said for a light, front wheel drive vehicle.

Or, as a couple of kids on a 4-wheeler told Joel as he was trying to nurse his truck through a particularly nasty mud/hidden boulder hole...


'Drive it like you stole it.'

I believe this follows in the same vein as 'speed and inertia can be a reasonable substitute for skill'.

I believe it. I was at Peacock one day after a long hard downpour and the potholes were completely full of water. On that day I was in my wife's car a Highlander. instead of my non existant ground clearance Eclipse. I though I was going to get water inside the Higlander it was so deep. I was diving with Andry/ARY that day and looked at him in his car. a Toyto Echo and offered to cary his gear from Orange down to P1. Andrey told me no problem that its a lot better road than the good roads in Russia and plowed straight head full stream. His idea process though was to hit the high side of the hole and miss the deeper spot sporting some speed. He later told me it almost did not want to turn until he almost hit the tree at the first pothole and that his alternator did not want to work for a while while it dryed out. While the front wheel drives will pull good sometimes you need the clearance. ARY a trip anyway the way he loads his car up. He got tanks everywhere and he straps them in like kids. When he got it full the headlight point up like he taking off. But I got the hand it to him he got it really organized!
Tom

[Bishop]

So a Honda Civic will be ok then? :)
as long as it doesn't get all tangled up in cave line.


:-D

Safe diving,

Rich

Or stuck inside by a zipper. 8)

[Stu]

If you drive fast enough, your suspension doesn't get time to drop your tyres into the potholes.

Admittedly, the corners on the way out of Peacock can be a ##### if you're driving like that. But what do I care? I've already lost my driving privelege in Florida :cry: . See you Saturday :-D

Your "not quite local" road user....

[Rich]

If you drive fast enough, your suspension doesn't get time to drop your tyres into the potholes.

Admittedly, the corners on the way out of Peacock can be a b^t^h if you're driving like that. But what do I care? I've already lost my driving privelege in Florida :cry: . See you Saturday :-D

Your "not quite local" road user....


There's always some out of country guy trying to use your doubles, your stages and your "extra" O2 bottle, but what the hell.... :-D

Safe diving,

Rich