Anyone familiar with this location?
http://visitwimberley.com/jacobswell/index.shtml Can it be dove, dived, diven, Damn, what IS the correct word here..
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Anyone familiar with this location?
http://visitwimberley.com/jacobswell/index.shtml Can it be dove, dived, diven, Damn, what IS the correct word here..
intresting story. looks like a great dive.
It was closed to diving when I was there in 2009. Besides the accidents, the water was low, as well as the visibility.
I used to be a property owner there. I haven't dove it in a long time. It's a small cave on Cypress Creek in Wimberley, Tx. It has 4 chambers and pinches out pretty quickly. Years ago I almost lost my kid brother there, to a gravel slide in the restriction to the 3rd chamber. I live 4 1/2 hours from there now, personally I would rather drive 14 hours to the springs in Florida. (1hr & 45min flight to Mexico ain't bad either) It's closed to divers but some people still dive it. You can contact S.M.A.R.T. (San Marcos Area Recovery Team) in Hays County, Tx. They dive it and can probably fill in the blanks for you.
The site has some good pictures and videos. I do wish that the video the team took when there was a silt out and the camera was left running on the bottom was posted.
I should have never read that stinkin' article. Now I wanna go dive Jacob's Well.
From my understanding it has been pushed past the 4th room and it opens up greatly from there. Just something I heard is all.
There's an environmental company in Buda that has done some dives in to monitor biology in JW. Last dive I heard they did, Jim told me he found a dope pipe on the bottom of the first drop that he took home as a souvenir.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skorpiov
The company is owned by a cave diver active in sump explorations, so it may be a pet project more than anything.
Last I heard about exploration is that the EOL is just beyond a simple stage dive, so there are a few folks considering taking in breathers to push the dive. But if I remember correctly, the EOL gets pretty low.
-Jon
Dived.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skorpiov
To further complicate matters, the past tense of going off a board is dove. The past tense of using scuba is dived. Don't ask me why.
I talked to SMART last year, and they no longer have any cavediving members, so they say it is closed.Quote:
Originally Posted by benjamin
Source...?Quote:
Originally Posted by Slüdge
From: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dive
"Dive, which was originally a weak verb, developed a past tense dove, probably by analogy with verbs like drive, drove. Dove exists in some British dialects and has become the standard past tense especially in speech in some parts of Canada. In the United States dived and dove are both widespread in speech as past tense and past participle, with dove less common than dived in the south Midland area, and dived less common than dove in the Northern and north Midland areas. In writing, the past tense dived is usual in British English and somewhat more common in American English. Dove seems relatively rare as a past participle in writing."
I tried to look it up on the online AP Style Book but they apparently wanted to sell me a copy instead.
I don't remember. I researched it when I proofed Cave Diving: A&O.Quote:
Originally Posted by WEPIV
Here in Appalachia, we use done doveQuote:
Originally Posted by Slüdge
As in: "..shore nuff I've heard of someone splorin' my pappy's cave, my cousin Larry went in there when we was kids and he done dove so deep, he done come up the other side the river. Tookem three days, I reckon."
I dove the site back in the 90s down to the 3rd restriction gravel trap. Past that is for experienced sidemount / no- mount divers. There is / was a group who has pushed it quite far. However, it is closed to the public. A neat dive though.
There is some active work going on in JW, but unless you are part of the secret club you can't dive it...
The first rule of Secret Handshake Club is you don't talk about Secret Handshake Club.......
A few years ago Edd was involved in exploration with the person who was leading it at the time (who's since moved away). Edd has lots of pics and I believe video. From talking to him, past the 4th chamber is sidemount only and the rocks are razor sharp.
Indeed. :( - It's about 45 minutes away from me.Quote:
Originally Posted by dweyant
-Tom