Chipola River Caves

Sounds like that guy has a death wish...

Scott is correct. The cave immediately branches into two passages of 100 -150 feet in length that pinch off. The one on the right in silt and the left in an air pocket. The bottom of the cave is filled with dead bat bodies and the top with bat guano and floating bat bodies. When we were there, I noticed no flow.

Ward Beecher

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Originally Posted by cavedivingcentral

Sounds like that guy has a death wish...

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He was part of a group from MS that like to see how close, to death, they could come. He told me they have one guy that really gets into it and tells them all about his adventures when they meet. They take glow sticks and push them in the silt as they go and leave a small cannister light at the entrance. I am really surprised that I have not had to go and get others, yet anyway.

The only problem I have with Darwinian Selection is that it is too slow.
Scott

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Originally Posted by Scott Hunsucker

The only problem I have with Darwinian Selection is that it is too slow.
Scott

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lol...indeed so and puberty is too fast. Bill

With two garden trowels blackened w/age sitting at the exit side of a minor restriction leading into the big tunnel. Line is old and not the braided type.

Does anyone wanna tell me what I'll find on the next dive?

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Originally Posted by Scott Hunsucker

The only problem I have with Darwinian Selection is that it is too slow.
Scott

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I see a new signature line :)

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Originally Posted by Scott Hunsucker

Not worthy of the effort. Most others on the Chipola are no-mount, small, short, etc.
Scott Hunsucker

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BWAHAHAHAHA. Bat Colon Cave. It has another name, though that is appropriate. If you can get past the fact that the whole cave is warmer than the river due to the sewage plant discharging into it. Awesome. Very pleasant cave.

Jason

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Originally Posted by rchrds

BWAHAHAHAHA. Bat Colon Cave. It has another name, though that is appropriate. If you can get past the fact that the whole cave is warmer than the river due to the sewage plant discharging into it. Awesome. Very pleasant cave.

Jason

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Jason,

This is no longer the case. While the Marianna wastewater plant used to discharge into the run of Newts Well for many years; the city's new plant now has an irrigation reuse site for hay production about 15 miles south of town. All wastewater discharge to the Newts Well run was discontinued in April 2007.

Dive Safe,

Mark

Mark, glad to hear it- It was around 05 the last time I was there.

Thanks!

Jason

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Originally Posted by EEL

Jason,

This is no longer the case. While the Marianna wastewater plant used to discharge into the run of Newts Well for many years; the city's new plant now has an irrigation reuse site for hay production about 15 miles south of town. All wastewater discharge to the Newts Well run was discontinued in April 2007.

Dive Safe,

Mark

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