Tightest Sidemount Cave System ?

[John L.]

Hey Brian,
I was the one that went to crumbling cave a week or so before you did. Tell them all what a cave raining down on you is like! I had a big rock knock the reel right out of my hand, and dozens of brick sized rocks rain down on me. Lance Elder and I are old friends.

I'll take your word for it J.
If it's that friable, no need to ever go there and destroy it more.
There's plenty of stuff I can turn around in yet to finish. I'll enjoy it vicariously with the map !

[Walter Pickel]

John...HOW are you? Lance told me about your dive in the Pool Room. Interesting. Didn't you also go in Sumter Bat Cave? We pushed that to 138.

[EEL]

Mark,

I would guess that it is best to explore these systems no mount because you can back up easily. Why would you ever go superman on a hole that you are not sure you will be able to backup? Shouldn't all this exploration be done no mount? I am not doing any of this, just a philosophical question. Sorry for the ignorant question, just wondering from all these posts I have read here.

Xenia,

I chose side mount 40s for that dive as I prefer fully independent rigs for solo dives, and I used to do a lot of no-mount dives with an 80 w/Y-valve, but was never really comfortable without true redundancy. I also needed to be streamlined with all hands and feet available to kick, pull, grasp, and push in past the horrendous flow at the entrance. I agree this dive needed a no-mount configuration, and I fully expected to have to back out of the tunnel. Once I took off the tanks I clipped them together and I was essentially in the same no-mount configuration I would be with a single tank. Having the tanks together out in front made it fairly easy to back out by feeling with my feet. This tunnel has decent flow and is very rocky. I would never have gone in there if it had no flow or deep silt.

Hope to meet you and Bobby at the springs some time,

Mark

[Xenia]

Thanks for the response. It makes sense although I do not know the system.

Hope to meet you too! We dive the tourist systems since I am holding Bobby back with my inexperience. We may see you around there.

[Rubis]

I've enjoyed reading this, but I keeping coming up with the same question: Do you guys really ENJOY cave this tight, or are you hoping it will open up into something more comfortable and more visually impressive? I know I don't mind going through a restriction, but I don't enjoy long sections of restricted passage. I dive caves mostly to look at them, and I don't see all that much when I'm wriggling through something unfriendly

Lynne, you will see how the caves opens up for you once you go to sidemount

[GeorgiaDoc]

Yeah, that what all the lesbians say.

That Funny!!!

[CaveBuddy95]

Lynne, you will see how the caves opens up for you once you go to sidemount

+1

See you soon Lynne!

(post #307....sounds familiar this number...!!)