2016 NSS-CDS Midwest Workshop

[Sh0use]

Big Blue has donated one of their incredible TL3100P handheld lights for us to give away at the workshop! This light is extremely compact and extremely bright! Could easily be used as a primary, or make for a great back up light! Thanks Big Blue!

http://www.bigbluedivelights.com/pro...sp?Product=228

[shellmoundal]

How is it going with the speakers. if I can help in any way let me know.

[Sh0use]

Here's an up to date speakers list, more to come! This is shaping up to be an incredible workshop! Don't hesitate on this, everyone should come!

Forrest Wilson- TAG cave and sump exploration

• Forrest, a pioneer of cave diving known for the invention of the line arrow, relentlessly continues to explore caves. He enjoys spending time in TAG exploring caves, as well as sump diving. Forrest heads many cave diving projects and is a mentor to many looking to get into exploration. His lecture will discuss the progress on current exploration projects.

Lamar Hires- Underwater cave rescue and recovery

• "Lamar Hires, CEO of Dive Rite, is passionate about cave rescue and recovery. Being Regional Coordinator in Florida for the International Underwater Cave Rescue and Recovery, Lamar knows first hand about the difficulties involved in rescuing and recovering cave divers. Lamar will discuss the the practices and procedures associated with underwater cave rescue and recovery."

Dr. Peter Buzzacott- Expedition level injury prevention

• "Dr Peter Buzzacott – Divers Alert Network, Durham, NC: Dr Buzzacott is Director Injury Monitoring and Prevention and a Life Member of the NSS-CDS. He has dived caves from Australia to Norway and from Florida to China. Drawing on these rich experiences Dr Buzzacott will tell tales of adventure in remote places with a focus on expedition-level injury prevention."

Terry Hall- Basics of underwater cave survey

• "Terry has been diving for almost 20 years and has been a part of numerous exploration projects. He currently holds the EOL for the largest underwater cave in Alabama.Topics will include survey tools, techniques, misconceptions, knotting line and more."

[Sh0use]

Updated speaker:
Kelly Jessop- Population dynamics of troglobitic species in a Florida cave system

• "For the past 10 years Kelly has been under permit for performing fauna counts and water quality survey at several Florida state parks with the NFSA, doing a process that he developed. In the process they have been able to document a better understanding of the interaction of stygobites with their ecosystem, and this data will be presented in a scientific paper in the future."

[Sh0use]

On Rope 1 has donated a couple Pelican boxes and a nice headlamp for raffle prizes! Check out On Rope 1 for any vertical and dry caving needs! Thanks On Rope 1!
www.Onrope1.com

[Sh0use]

Any up for roommates?
For those coming in from out of town, many have expressed interest in trying to room with someone to cut down the costs of lodging. If you're interested in rooming with someone, post below so we can try and get everyone a roommate. Everyone loves saving money. More money= more raffle tickets!

[Sh0use]

More awesome prizes!! Some stuff the rebreather divers will be happy about!

• Dive Long is donating a a certificate good for a keg of sorb! Dive Long is the main distributor for Intersurgical sorb in the US.

• Also, Grace (GCP Applied Technologies) has donated a pail of Sodasorb HP for us to give away at the Midwest workshop! Grace is a leading global provider of products and technology solutions for customers in the specialty construction chemicals, specialty building materials, and packaging sealants and coatings industries.

Thanks to Gayle Orner for helping make this happen! These are two great additions to the already awesome lot of prizes we have to give away at this years Midwest workshop! Don't hesitate, register now and don't miss out on an awesome workshop!!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2016-ns...ts-25722428476

For more information check out the beginning of this thread, or click here:
https://nsscds.org/evetns/2016-nss-c...west-workshop/





Hope to see everyone there!!

[scubainchicago]

Given the diverse types of divers that attend this workshop, we decided to try and reach out to some unique companies for this years raffle prizes. With that being said, Pigeon Mountain Industries (PMI) has happily donated not 1, BUT 2 300ft (92m) pit ropes for raffle prizes. Many cave divers also dry cave and vertical cave. A 300ft rope is a great addition to any cave divers gear set, whether you vertical cave already or are wanting to get into it, these are great prizes. PMI makes some of the best rope you can get, in addition to many other commonly used cave diving accessories. If you are interested, many of us at the workshop vertical cave and will gladly educate you. Thanks PMI!

http://shop.pmirope.com/

Any chance of a local dry cave excursion before/after the conference?

[Kelly Jessop]

Any chance of a local dry cave excursion before/after the conference?

Now that would be awesome. Especially if an excursion around the Perry county area which is south of St Louis.

[FW]

Carroll cave is very nice. It is near Waynesville. We would need to find out how to get permission.