Are there still Epic holes out there to be found?

[dshuman]

An interesting new 'cave' discovered.

http://www.livescience.com/animalwor...host_cave.html

Are there still large, unexplored systems out there within reach of our current scuba technology? Any in the States? Or do you think they are just about all played out?

A buddy of mine asked why I was interested in cave diving. He said there were no going lines that would impress anyone and that the best you could hope for was to be a tourist. He is a climber, and spends alot of time in Canada looking for 'first' routes.

Personally, I think there are probably lots of pushes going on; in fact TDS had a recent article on one in Mexico, just that there is little information out there about them.

Dave

[Cindy]

I have an Alpinist pal who tells me there are no "undiscovered" climbs since the advent of the satellite photography systems; he switched to cave diving. Any huge spring caves yet to be found? Maybe, the rivers have not been completely charted. Any smaller and significant finds? Absolutely. Are you going to have to work for them? You betcha. Cindy

[Angie Reim]

I agree. I also think that everytime a new sinkhole opens up it creates a possibly new opportunity.

[Tegg]

No, there are not...

So don't waste your time looking...

[Walter Pickel]

They are ABSOLUTELY out there (I can think of several)...But as Cindy says, you will work for them.

[Tegg]

They are ABSOLUTELY out there (I can think of several)...But as Cindy says, you will work for them.

BS... quit telling lies...

BTW, I'll be doing some "ridge walking" next weekend... wanna join me?

[Walter Pickel]

I'd love to...Talk to Colt. He saw 3 new systems in the course of an hour.

[Signal 20]

I'd love to...Talk to Colt. He saw 3 new systems in the course of an hour.

Colt and I have put in many hard hours of busting our asses through the swamp and woods, sometimes at night, to find possible unexplored cave. But the thought of our little "secret" holes showing up on Tampadivings website with GPS coordinates is alittle upsetting

[Arnold Mesiser]

My group and many other Canadian groups find new caves every year,both diveable/non .It takes a LOT of time and effort but it pays off.I think a very small portion of the community is prepared to spend the time needed to find them though,everyone just wants to dive what others toiled to find.I have heard geologists/hydrologist etc mention that perhaps only 10% of the caves existing have been found.

[Gary]

According to one geologist's report the stuff we dive these days is merely scratching the surface. Most cave should have formed much deeper when the sea level was much lower. The major question should be whether we'll find access to that cave and whether anyone will have the technical ability to dive it once found.

Even so new cave is being found every year even normal shallow stuff plus the stuff in the gulf and Mexico and.... Here in Florida networking with other divers who have found stuff they are't talking about plus technical skills and ability will open more cave then most people will ever have the time to dive. Theres much protected and priivately owned stuff. There is also lots of sidemount cave that most people never see to count it.