Why is low viz in a cave so much more unnerving?

[rjack]

Don't get yourself entrapped with line too thick to cut with a Z knife (or whatever you can reach)!!

That's certainly an issue; I have never used rope before. I have never really needed it from a flow perspective, but being able to feel and use the line with drygloves is an increasing concern the more overheads I dive locally.

[FW]

Don't get yourself entrapped with line too thick to cut with a Z knife (or whatever you can reach)!!

Get one of these, they will cut climbing rope: http://eezycut.com/

[skip]

It's a matter of experience. Cave diving training provides experience that is designed to reduce anxiety and potential for panic. After training the experience is up to the diver. Seek out those things that produce anxiety, toy with them, approach slowly, adding more gradually. The anxiety they provoke reduce in direct proportion to experiential trials. For some a few experiences result in lots of reduction, but for others it may take more experience to accomplish the same level of reduced anxiety. Past experiences most certainly play a role, but current experience is far more relevant.

skip

[LCF]

skip, that's a great post. I really haven't had either the opportunity or the desire to do a lot of reduced-visibility cave diving, and judging from how I react to it, I probably ought to do a lot more.

[Squirrel Girl]

Get one of these, they will cut climbing rope: http://eezycut.com/

I picked one of those up at Edd's. In pink! I had one already, but never even opened it. Still, if it's big climbing rope, it won't go in the opening. And if by chance you're entrapped such that you can't reach that (assuming you don't have several of them).....

[Squirrel Girl]

It's a matter of experience. Cave diving training provides experience that is designed to reduce anxiety and potential for panic. After training the experience is up to the diver. Seek out those things that produce anxiety, toy with them, approach slowly, adding more gradually. The anxiety they provoke reduce in direct proportion to experiential trials. For some a few experiences result in lots of reduction, but for others it may take more experience to accomplish the same level of reduced anxiety. Past experiences most certainly play a role, but current experience is far more relevant.

skip

I'm very much a build-up-slowly kinda gal. That's why a one day course in alligator wrestling was really scary and not really my thing. They ramped us up on bigger and bigger gators in a short period of time! Whoa!

[Webmaster]

I picked one of those up at Edd's. In pink! I had one already, but never even opened it. Still, if it's big climbing rope, it won't go in the opening. And if by chance you're entrapped such that you can't reach that (assuming you don't have several of them).....

It'll cut 11mm. Always a good idea to have multiple cutting tools on you.

[rjack]

skip, that's a great post. I really haven't had either the opportunity or the desire to do a lot of reduced-visibility cave diving, and judging from how I react to it, I probably ought to do a lot more.

Just like vegetables and free ascents at night

[AMW]

trying to keep it up off the floor?

Just for that reason.

Andrew

[Squirrel Girl]

It'll cut 11mm. Always a good idea to have multiple cutting tools on you.

I have two. But only one of the fancy trilobite.