Has the flow reduced with the increase in water levels?
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Has the flow reduced with the increase in water levels?
The flow seemed up to me last Wednesday the 23rd.
Ginnie flow
I have not been to Ginnie in a few weeks, but in general, the higher the river, the less the flow. This is to say, flow is kicking when the river level is down.Originally Posted by tflaris
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We did our dive for intro class yesterday and ginnie. I couldnt tell but the instructors said that the flow was down
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We only went as far as the gold line this weekend (from both entrances). The flow up to that point seemed only slightly low to me.
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Every time I go to Devil's I think the flow is about as high as I've ever felt. But yesterday I really did think it was up. Forrest didn't disagree with me.
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I went in via the Eye today and the flow was as strong as I have ever felt it. Granted I was holding onto a camera with one hand (it felt like a sail).
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Flow diving techniques
When the flow is up, I always like to take advantage of the yellow tow line that someone has conveniently left permanently in place starting at the sign. Simply do a hand-over-hand pull along this rope as you traverse into the cave.
To get to where the yellow line starts, pull yourself along the temporary white tow lines that divers install to the sign. Sometimes these temporary white tow lines come lose, so I guess that’s why divers leave extra spool line tied off on the yellow tow line. I broke the white line once, and did the right thing and took the spool someone left behind for such emergencies and replaced the broken line, being sure to do a better job of laying the new line in the middle of the entrance for easy reach. Once installed, I remove the redundant white lines, most of which were installed incorrectly out of easy reach.
I don’t want to hold myself as a model diver, but it would be nice if everyone thought like me.
When the flow is up, I always like to take advantage of the yellow tow line that someone has conveniently left permanently in place starting at the sign. Simply do a hand-over-hand pull along this rope as you traverse into the cave.
To get to where the yellow line starts, pull yourself along the temporary white tow lines that divers install to the sign. Sometimes these temporary white tow lines come lose, so I guess that’s why divers leave extra spool line tied off on the yellow tow line. I broke the white line once, and did the right thing and took the spool someone left behind for such emergencies and replaced the broken line, being sure to do a better job of laying the new line in the middle of the entrance for easy reach. Once installed, I remove the redundant white lines, most of which were installed incorrectly out of easy reach.
I don’t want to hold myself as a model diver, but it would be nice if everyone thought like me.
I thought those tow lines were only for those of us over 60! Anyway, thanks for fixing up those white ones...they were getting pretty inconvenient to get to.
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