That sounds closer to half a mile, unless Ken is taking 17in steps:yawinkle:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelly Jessop
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That sounds closer to half a mile, unless Ken is taking 17in steps:yawinkle:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelly Jessop
what's the depth in the cavern?
I have never been there but this may give you an idea:
http://www.floridacaves.com/jugspringprofile.JPG
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Originally Posted by LiteHedded
I make two trips.
I strap my [2] LP46's, sidemount harness, hood, mask and my fins to a hand cart and walk that down, leave the hand cart there, nobody will mess with it...I hope:roll:
Come back to my truck and don the wetsuit and booties, walk back down.
I just figured I would get way over heated pulling a dolly with a dry rubber suit on.
Make sure the hand cart has pneumatic tires, not solid rubber if you can, $20 from Tractor Supply [best twenty bucks I ever spent].
I make one trip after I'm done, the wet suit is wet and I'm much cooler.
It's a beautiful system, I think you will agree when you're finished the hike is worth diving it at least once a year :-)
That one's been on my list for a couple years now... Everything I've heard on it has been positive. Search enough and you'll find some excellent shots from within the cavern.
About a month ago it was 40-50 feet in the cavern.Quote:
Originally Posted by LiteHedded
I've been diving Jug now since 2004 but have been snorkeling down the Ichetucknee River since being a college student at UF in the 1980s. (I think my wife went there as early as the 70's since she grew up in Gainesville.)
I have always walked in (and enjoyed it) with my steel H valve 119 single tank as I can't fit with doubles.
Going through the bedding plane is one of my favorite places to dive and I simply turn at an angle to get through and turn upside down to get through the diamond restriction.
There is one jump in there which is either hard core sidemount or no mount and the end of the line comes quickly at just over 500 feet.
A great, beautiful fairly short dive and I always wonder why more people don't dive it.
I always go at least once a dive season and we went about a week and a half ago and found conditions to be their usual great with the flow actually down a bit.
I would add a word of caution when entering the bedding plane with a back mounted tank. It is very easy to roll off a valve,get keyholed,or off the line since the path needed requires you to deviate away from the line. I have seen a double valve roll off in the bedding plane with an H valve that lead to some very tense moments. Jug hole is a great dive,and becomes very popular during flooding of the other springs,but please consider going with someone that has been there before,and using sidemounts. Dive Safe.
My legs were longer then! There's a bench half way! DON'T SIT ON IT! Leave it open for some tired guy on the way back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelly Jessop
Sidemount is the way to go especially if you want to go beyond Diamond Sands restriction. If you see the white line going thru the restriction at the end of the off-shoot near the back you'll truly know the meaning of a practical joke.
/K
I have wondered if there is a spear at the end of that line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Hill