Tightest Sidemount Cave System ?

[RN]

Mexico has some pretty tight caves!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBSK9O0Du1A

cheers
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I'm sure there are smaller passages in Mexico, but the ones in Mexico are a pretty decent size compared to some of the passages in North Florida.

[Squirrel Girl]

I was thinking of JugHole, too. Not the two restrictions on the way in, but the bedding plane in the side tunnel? The other place that comes to mind is Blue Springs, Arkansas. Watch the video.

[FW]

I have a great quote from Morgan. I took him into upstream Cow over a couple years ago, and he couldn't get in backmounted. Since that time, he has learned sidemount. I asked him if he had any trouble getting in Cow now. He said:"I slipped in like a weasel in a woodpile"

[DogDiver]

I always wanted to dive Rock Bluff until I saw the video of Agnes doing that dive.....I've heard of guys using thirds just getting through the first restriction.....

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Storm Troopers cave dive?

[Kevin Carlisle]

Storm Troopers cave dive?

Use the force they did!!

[FW]

I am pretty sure I have an answer for you now, it has to be Tank Cave in Australia

[JCGoodwin]

Greet read this thread spanning the years it encompasses.
One of the greatest things about cave diving is the exploration that remains out there.
My journey is only beginning and hope to someday get there but training and experience are cruel masters.
Cave diving stories are a thing of beauty to a Yankee trapped in the snow and ice!
This is a excellent thread to bring back for 05'.
It will be interesting to see what the 11' take on tight passage will be.

JCG

[Brent]

Here's a funny story about sidemounting in the early 90's At Madison Blue there used to be a passage called the Century tunnel. I say "used" to be because it totally collapsed in on itself in the mid 90's time frame. Anyway, the tunnel itself did not require sidemount but at the end of the passage, the line went thru a window about four feet off the ground. This window was, at best 6x6 inches and yet the line passed thru it so our dive team always assumed that there was an alternate way around this wndow. Now you "old guys" who dove this passage know how small the Century Tunnel was but we still continued to search off and on for the longest time. Finally one day I ran into a guy named Roger Werner who was an active explorer in that time frame and told him about the line and to my amazement, Roger says, " I know all about that line. I'm the guy who laid it" So obviousely my next question was, " how do you get thru the window and how far does it go"? For those of you who know Roger the answer should have been obvious. He says to me, " I tied my line to a rock and tossed it thru the window! So much for our exploration! It's a shame none of you guys will ever get to see this "work of art"

Brent

[FW]

Here's a funny story about sidemounting in the early 90's At Madison Blue there used to be a passage called the Century tunnel. I say "used" to be because it totally collapsed in on itself in the mid 90's time frame. Anyway, the tunnel itself did not require sidemount but at the end of the passage, the line went thru a window about four feet off the ground. This window was, at best 6x6 inches and yet the line passed thru it so our dive team always assumed that there was an alternate way around this wndow. Now you "old guys" who dove this passage know how small the Century Tunnel was but we still continued to search off and on for the longest time. Finally one day I ran into a guy named Roger Werner who was an active explorer in that time frame and told him about the line and to my amazement, Roger says, " I know all about that line. I'm the guy who laid it" So obviousely my next question was, " how do you get thru the window and how far does it go"? For those of you who know Roger the answer should have been obvious. He says to me, " I tied my line to a rock and tossed it thru the window! So much for our exploration! It's a shame none of you guys will ever get to see this "work of art"

Brent

Woody Jasper has been known to do that as well