Peacock extended by over 10,000ft

[ScubaRob]

Great job, I can't wait to see the map.

[JE]

Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ! good job ! persitence pays off ! Nice to see someone finding new stuff !

[packman]

very cool.

good job.

[Andreas]

It is amusing to see how many people still think that everything is done and explored in north Florida. Well, every week there are more and more passages explored, even in the "tourist" caves. The thing is just that few people talk about it. (Many of us want to keep our little projects "secret" until we consider us done with them..)
Just go to the end of every line in your favorite cave and there is a good chance that you'll find that the cave continues even if the line stops. Oh, and on the way to the end of the line, also look to the sides now and then. You'll find something sooner or later.

Exploration stories like the one Agnes has written doesn't always start as a great big plan to connect two caves. This particular one started on a very normal day when Agnes and I were in the area seeing if we could dive another cave that I had read about. Unfortunately we realized that we couldn't reach that cave without trespassing, so Peacock became the easy backup option. There was this one tunnel in Peacock that I had only seen the beginning of, and I wanted to see the rest of it. Funny enough there was one tunnel that Ag also wanted to check out, and when we checked the map we realized that we were talking about the same tunnel. So, we went for a short little dive, and since I had seen the start of the tunnel before I quickly got us there and then let Ag go ahead and swim first. Fairly soon there was new fresh line disappearing into a cloud of silt ahead of me. And you will likely read about the rest in Ag's article..

So, go out and explore some cave passages you too! Just be aware that exploring is highly addictive..