No-mount cave diving video

[Squirrel Girl]

Very nicely done video. All that current gave you some good visibility! I guess if it opened up, you might have to drag some fins back there.

Why did one of the divers have an O2 bottle as one of their two?

[MichaelAngelo]

Not manny things really scare me but that video turned my manhood from an outter to an innie. Excellent work as usual Richard.

[T. Bix]

There are lots of great caves in the upper Midwest that are back-mountable. Get in touch with Tami Thomsen from Diversion Scuba. She has access to a lot of them. There is a flooded lead mine in the area as well that goes for at least 10,000 ft in the 100ft depth range. It even has dry chambers you can surface in. Awesome dive!

HMMMM! Well with the proliferation of midwest cave divers starving for caves and whatnot closer to home maybe we need a local or Private forum for us damn yankees stuck up freezing our tuckusses off during the winter.

Forrest is this possible?
Sorry 'bout the highjack...... now back to the subject at hand!!

[JE]

I think i was trying to show that the 104 PST tanks are heavy enough without the lead, but this particular dive was spot on with what they were attempting to do. I see it now. I have a serious problem with the Henderson dry suit. it is way to boyount & the neck seals subject me to flooding. That in itself turns a dive into a nitemare. The arm purge tends to hang, & you end up with an uncontrollable accent. Inside a cave, this is not good. My last dry suit was a Jet suit from Poisden, which fit like a glove. I never had a problem with that one. All of these equipment issues are costly to me, & especially now around the holidays......well, I hope to make up to Mayo one of these days soon. I miss the caves
sorry about the confusion James. it all good.
thanks for the support.
Jack

[FW]

Forrest is this possible?

Yes, but TJ will have to do it.

[JamesK]

Its cool Jack. I thought you were getting at something close to that. I guess it was just because of the way I read it. Have a great night.

[powerglider]

It was hard watching that, I thought I was gonna have a heart attact the whole time... Kudos!

[packman]

Really nice video.

You'll never see me in there, though. If I have to take my tanks off to go in, I'm not going in.

[Keith]

Great video, excellent lighting and camera shots! I kept thinking if the fat guy gets stuck, anyone further down the rabbit hole is totally screwed. I don't know if I could ever lose enough weight to even contemplate such a dive.

[SuPrBuGmAn]

i dove entirely on 2 sets of PST 104's during the late 80's thru the mid 90's.......I never needed lead weights......but you are right...diving neoprene dry suits with fluffy undergarments makes for a different story. I now use LP 95's & sgle LP 85's. I have an oversized Henderson Neoprene dry suit that is way too boyant for me, not to mention the poor neck seal & oversized attached booties ! Et All......I have to revamp !
No grudges, but i been down these roads !
~^_^~
jack

AL80s or LP72s are gonna be preffered for point-n-shoot no mount dives... A pair of PST104s would be a PITA to manuever around down there and the diameter alone might keep them out of realistic use.