MT Everest
Coming off the other thread, if Eagles Nest in not the mount Everest of cave diving, what is? Just curious as to what peoples opinions are? What makes a cave Mt Everest.... is it the type of cave, depth, distance? What is your MT Everest cave and Why?
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Currently my MT Everest is swimming to the Henkel at Ginnie. My dive partner and I have tried to make this dive several dives. The last time we had plenty of air but I called the dive because my head got in the way. After I accomplish this Their will be a new "Mt Everest" for me but currently this is mine.
John
PS couldn't find the proper spelling of Henkel if I am wrong on this feel free to correct
Last edited by jdsffa; 10-01-2009 at 04:17 PM.
I have seen a lot of spellings, but Lewis himself spelled it Henkel.Originally Posted by jdsffa
I think it is a little dangerous having a geographical goal. Working on improving your skills isn't a bad goal, but a geographical location might be, if you are so fixated on it that you ignore warning signs. At least you did turn when your "head" told you to.
I have a friend who thinks Everest is a "kiddy" climb because it's guided. He is an experienced climber. To him sleeping on the side of a wild icy cliff is fun. It's perspective. My favorite dive is a cave that challenges me as a person, has some pretty stuff to look at and has room for a friend and I to dive. I kind of like Kiddy dives.
"Philosophy is a purely personal matter. A genuine philosopher's credo is the outcome of a single complex personality; it cannot be transferred. No two persons, if sincere, can have the same philosophy."
--Havelock Ellis
I know its not a cave and I will catch a bunch of crap for it but my Everest is the Andrea Doria. I took cavern because I was told that it was a good start off to wreck penetration. After I took cavern though I was totaly hooked and now will do cave before I continue on my quest for the Doria. I haven't forgotten her though and I will visit her one day.
The Doria might be a good comparison. Both are over rated because of their history, have killed people trying to get the t-shirt and once you're there you don't get to spend that much time enjoying it.
I'm former mountain rescue and can tell you I've pulled lots of people from places they never should have been but they are the same places I commonly traveled for fun. It's all about your abilities and training (more abilities than training because there's a lot of "full cavers" out there that aren't).
This may be the best CDF post of 2009...bang on. Not much else to say, you nailed it
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the mt everest of cave diving is definatly the cave Bill Stone explore in Oaxaca, Mexico. the Sistema Huautla
more 1400 meter deep before reaching the last sump. The cis-lunar rebreather was desing for that expedition
http://usdct.org/usdct_expeditions/huautla1994.htm
There a really good book about that expedition... Beyond the Deep: The Deadly Descent Into the World's Most Treacherous Cave
Etienne
p.s. this is not my mt Everest, it's definitely too crazy for me
Last edited by Attchoum; 10-01-2009 at 08:10 PM.
That was quite an expedition! My friend, Barbara (squirrel girl), was co-author, and one of the principal explorers on that trip. It was a hair-raising read, and I certainly can't imagine actually participating! Wow! Her accounts of the hardships faced in the name of exploration make me feel like a COMPLETE weinie!
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Yeah. That was an awesome story. Would have liked to have been there (maybe).That was quite an expedition! My friend, Barbara (squirrel girl), was co-author, and one of the principal explorers on that trip. It was a hair-raising read, and I certainly can't imagine actually participating! Wow! Her accounts of the hardships faced in the name of exploration make me feel like a COMPLETE weinie!
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