woody's room
i'm planning a stage dive up to woody's room via the peanut tunnel and had a couple of questions. first, are there any preferred or generally accepted places to drop a stage on this route? second, what is the cave like up there? the map makes it look smallish and we will be in back mount. i imagine it to be like the Martz off shoot. any tips or suggestions are appreciated.
Think about who the room is named after, then ask yourself if you really think you're getting there in back mountOriginally Posted by the dude
thats what i thought, but you can't always tell what the cave is going to be like from the scale on those maps. is it side mount only? if so, i don't want to waste a day of diving to find out. a heads up would be appreciated.
It wasn't until the way back on the dive that we realised the "room" was the part of the dive when we were able to bend our legs up into a modified flutter kick. The rest of the dive you basically have no room for that.
Pretty nasty dive,and unsure of the line conditions in that area. Talk to Bill Rennaker,he did the survey there and has the best info,and stories.
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Do not attempt this dive unless you are a very experienced sidemount diver and enjoy sidemount restrictions.
Lee
Your avatar is cool, that is all.
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Joe
My buddy and I were going to try that a year or so ago in backmount. We mentioned it to another diver and he said his instructor told him to never go anywhere named "Woody"-anything. We laughed and went anyway. Enjoyable dive and we saw the line, but never followed it. Very, very small.
-Tom
we did this dive today from orange grove. my buddy or i will post a trip report when we have time but here's the short story. we dove stage al 80's to about 1000 ft and dropped them. continuing on bm 108's we made the jump easily. the line is old but in decent condition. some tie offs had popped loose but we replaced them. as the cave narrows down the going gets slow and tedious. some of the restrictions can get dicey but we were able to negotiate them without touching the bottom or the ceiling. my buddy reported the normal silt of following someone in such tight tunnel. the bottom is clay covered in silt that poofs up ahead of you, even at a snails pace. patience is key. i think we made it slightly beyond woodys room, but maybe not. i remember seeing (on the way in) a wide low section of cave with lots of large rocks on my right. the cave gets nasty after that. we stopped when the line went directly into a bank of clay and silt that effectively blocked the tunnel. we past a number of glory markers, the newest one i remember said "m. mcnally." this dive was advanced to say the least, and would most likely be better accomplished in SM. 112 minutes total time. awsome dive, and gary's post above is more than accurate.
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