Steps are very slippery,use caution.
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Steps are very slippery,use caution.
...and everyone makes fun of my "enormous" rock boots with the vibram soles...until the steps are slick...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelly Jessop
how is the vis? i take it that its improving,heading down end of may and looking forward to some diving.
Vis is 35 on the Peanut side, some places maybe 40.
30-35 on the Pothole side, some places barely 30.
45-50 From OG to Challenge. :clapper Lots of silt on the walls and floor.
Several dead fish & a big dead turtle on the Pothole side.
Water temp 68-69F
Steps are slippery..I fell down getting into the water. Five steps are underwater.
Several shards of light are now coming into the cave from Pothole.
Lots of Duckweed at OG.
Good vis at OG. Lots of silt on the floor.
The worst part of the cave is on the Pothole side up to 700 feet due to river water intrusion from the Nicholson Tunnel-- clears at the back-to-back arrows headed toward Olsen.
You will be able to easily reduce visibility in the cave if not using proper technique due to all the silt on the floor. So many of the places we are used to seeing sandy bottom...we saw covered in that very fine layer of silt we always see after these floods.
Thanks Jim!
Thanks Jim
Thanks Jim
Thanks for the "heads up." I will keep both hands on the railing.
Possibly a light scrubbing with a brush would help to remove the alge.
We have to do this at the quarry where we train.
I second that the falling with BM or SM is never good!
It is down right dangerous some of us are lucky to only bruised our ego's and rear ends.
Glad to see it up and open hope to see some long needed repair to the damage from divers.
JCG
Thanks Jim
I always carry a brush and small collapsible rake to "prepare" access as needed.
I expect by next week the steps will be brushed off.
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Originally Posted by Kelly Jessop
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Originally Posted by Jim Wyatt
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Originally Posted by allen
That brings back painful memories of December 2003. When I went down, my doubles landed on my foot that was behind me.Quote:
Originally Posted by JCGoodwin
(This is why I now keep a bottle of Vicodin in the dive trailer.)
Vicodin? Your kidding right?
Nope. When I fell, it was the worst pain I have ever experienced. (But I made the dive.) That evening when it started throbbing the ibuprofen I had didn't do a lot of good.
A couple years ago I had a root canal and my dentist wrote me a prescription. I ended up not using any of them, so they are now in my first aid kit.
They don't last forever, you know. Now you are going to have a problem with druggies breaking into your trailer, after posting that on the internet :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by Slüdge
I am currently still nursing a (slightly) bruised ego...but mainly a broken BUTT since Easter weekend....I can say I would not recommend breaking your butt...es no bueno!!! BUT, I knew I was going down before I fell...laughed all the way down and can honestly say I held my own and dived the rest of the day...it was later that was a real PITA!!! ;)
Y'all be safe now, ya hear??
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I'm sure they'll bypass the $35,000 worth of scuba gear to get to ten dollars' worth of pills.Quote:
Originally Posted by FW
True, but they will wreck the trailer getting in, leaving it open for non druggies to steal all your dive gear :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by Slüdge
Forrrest hit the nail on the head Russell !!!!! How long have you had the Vicodin now????
It's several years old - do you think it has either lost its potency or is dangerous? I can tell you when I thought my foot was broken I would like to have had some four-year-old Vicodin...
LOL, I can imagine that anything would have been better than nothing, but medications typically loose potency after their expiration date....some may be good for a few months others a while longer, but four years may be pushing it .....
It won't become dangerous, but may gradually lose some of its potency.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slüdge