Petition to Address the Current Line Placement in PSSP

[Webmaster]

I think the idea is to end up with the best solution for a given site taking into consideration safety, level of use, and morphology of the cave. Peacock is not some little spring off in the middle if the woods that gets maybe one or two trips a year. You don't make the same traffic and signaling considerations for a driveway connecting to a rural road as you do for the entrance to a mall.

One size does not necessarily fit all.

It seems first you should consider what you are ultimately trying to accomplish, then how best to reach that goal. Is flexibility not important?

And just for argument's sake, there is plenty of room in the entrance room at Peacock to run a line away from the main line if you just wanted to practice.

[jammer]

I think they should make it like Manatee Springs and only allow so many teams in at one time This will cut down on so many reels being tied off to the gold line. And then they should only allow like a max. of 20 divers or 7 3man teams. I think they should also not allow it to be used for training any longer, This will have a posative impact on cave conservation. Make it to where the only training you can do in PSSP is in Orange Grove in the open water part only. But I am sure the instructors don't want to go for that extreme measure I bet. But if they are truly concerned about the care and conservation of the cave then why don't they do something like this to help preserve the cave system?

[Jim Fishback]

The Underwater Trail Committee Meeting is open to all interesting parties. It will be held on wed april 6 at 7 pm at Ichetucknee State Park.
Everyone need to be at the south entrance on Highway 27. Tom Brown, the state park manager will open the gate to let us in at 7 PM. I am not sure but the Gate maybe lock behind us so being on time is important.

Jim Fishback
UTC Chairman