i know that not every one is like that(stealing gear) but the rednecks one time when i was there were throwing beer bottles at me and my buddy while we were doing our s-drill. Its weird to hear plunk plunk while doing the s-drill.
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i know that not every one is like that(stealing gear) but the rednecks one time when i was there were throwing beer bottles at me and my buddy while we were doing our s-drill. Its weird to hear plunk plunk while doing the s-drill.
I think the run is deep enough but the locals have that little rock wall/dam built up to raise the water level in the basin. I would think the cyl/reg would have gotten hung up there.Quote:
Originally Posted by cavediver256
It may very well have walked off with someone, I was just wondering why it was left in o/w, not clipped to anything. That just seems like a bad idea on every level.
Leaving the stage bottle in OW was probably not the smartest thing to do.
Any other divers in the area??? Any locals??? (I ain't calling 'em rednecks cause I are one too ):-D
How did the cops feel about the fact that someone was diving Telford? Did they agree that it is ok to come in via the river and run?Quote:
Originally Posted by chimie007
If true, confirms my feelings toward taking the bottle(s) waaaay inside the cave. Leaving it close to the exit means there is little time for anyone to see them throw it in a vehicle. Having to carry it from several hundred feet leaves a lot of chance to get caught/seen. ;-)
From the Flat lands hillbilly Forum : "undentified supmerresd obsject found." Witness says,
"sawz one once but it'z waz near second sinks hole." Arliene McCoy Resident "Dem Cavediverz"
expert says, "dayz usually makes its from boat ramp to cave before hitting turds."
Mystery continues, at Eleven... aught 7..
O.K. I tried. I always keep a spare weight-belt on my stages just for this reason.
Yep, sometimez they miss good enuf and hit turds at Adnersen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Corbett
I've only ever hit turds in Terrapin, must fell out of the discarded diapers.Quote:
Originally Posted by ARY
Sad reality.
You think that they'd have some fundamental human twitch that the diver might require that cylinder to safely complete the dive.
Brings to mind an article that Roger Warner wrote for UWS in the 80s which provided detailed directions and sketches on how to attach your regs to the bottles such that they were difficult to remove, and then on how to chain and padlock them down to tree trunks in the OW deco area.
Back in the day when a lot of cave divers used aluminum doubles and used drop weights to descend, I saw an open water diver come up at Madison Blue with a handful of weights in his hand. "Look what I found! They were all clipped to a piece of string that was tied around a rock!"