Down to a sunless sea
Not much on fiction books but a good read about cavediving in Florida. It mentions alot of the springs and cave systems as the plot unfolds. Havent finished it yet and was given to me by a friend.
Great book. I read it in 1994. There were a few by that name but I mean the David Poyer book with parallels to Sheck.
Thats the one, I think Sheck is called something else similar though. I was wondering if Tarter springs near Perry exists or is it made up. Still reading it slowly, 4 pages and I need a nap with any book.
Okay, here's my analogy: What if you read a book where the main character goes to San Francisco and while he's there he visits the Statue of Liberty? That's the way I felt while reading this book. He refers to real places, but the descriptions are completely wrong.
The worst example was the guys told the main character it didn't matter how much Navy SEALS training he had, he wasn't qualified to dive in caves. So they took him into Orange Grove so he could prove himself, and someone had a gear malfunction, and he handled himself so well on a 200' penetration that they took him on a triple-stage scooter dive to what was effectively Wakulla Spring.
Of course, I don't generally care for fiction.
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The good old "awe I'm a seal ill be fine" you know those guys don't get dangerous till there. Ex navy seals
Don't get me started on my "love" for Seals *trying* to be cavedivers!Originally Posted by adam0321
I am a combat dive instructor and have a ton of military dive training. But in my 7 years o can't say. We ever touched on caves. I try to stress to my students nothing but cave training can prepare you for. Cave diving.
Sounds like there's a story there...
Mike
Any one who has ever met a seal has a story....and its not always a good. one. They probaly also knew the indavidual they were talking to was a seal in about half a second. The conversation usualy starts with "hi my names bob I'm better then you cause I'm a navy seal" its mostly professional hatred cause they get better gear then we. Do
I had no "professional hatred". I had never even heard of Seals, before I met the first one. They do seem to let you know very quickly what they are.
I have had a few in my classes, and they ALL were convinced they already knew everything. However, not A SINGLE ONE, could do any of the required tasks the first try. I have had fairly new OW divers do better, because they LISTENED.
One guy wanted to go on a sump trip. He had already been "cavediving in FL", and was a Seal. He had never even been in a "dry" cave. The sump was beyond a 135' drop, so I asked if he knew how to rappel, and he said yes, that was part of their training. I guess it was my mistake for not asking if they knew how to climb. To cut this story a little shorter, his FL dive experience consisted of going ALL the way back to the Lips in Devil's Eye, and Seals don't learn to rappel long free-fall drops, and he had never even heard of a rappel rack.
Don't get me wrong, I am sure most Seals can learn to cavedive well, but many of them let their egos get in the way, at least at the beginning of the class.
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