Devil's Eye question
Did a dive up the Hill 400 line yesterday...first time since 2008 or so.
Did the bat's get removed? I believe we made it almost to the jump to the Clothes hangers, via the Beetle tunnel.
Never saw the bats?
I know they were getting to be somewhat of an eyesore.....more and more bats hanging on the line....everybody marking their territory, lol!
BTW...lots of river water intruding into the Hill 400-Double Lines-Beetle area....maybe 40-50' viz.
Better on the Main Line going to Maple Leaf/Big Section.
River is up. Lots of standing water/ mosquitos.
i think you have your maps mixed up. River intrusion typically occurs on the bone line. Hill 400 / double lines/ anything left of mainline is usually crystal.
Nope...been diving the Eye since 1974...definitely the Hill 400/etc. area.
Lots of tannic and particulate in the water.
Not typical, but we were there.
.Originally Posted by phreaticus53
No
We did Hill 400/Hiller, back to Gold at Double Domes, then on up the Gold line a week ago, on Friday 8/18. River was up (tarp is hung), flow down a bit, but the water was clear, and the bats were hanging out there on the line as always.
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James Jones. His Capitol M Manhood. In Down Time: Great Writers on Diving, 2nd ed.
OK....thanks, must have missed 'em!
The coat (clothes) hanger ...the turn in the gold line at the at the roller coaster outlet... is gone now. Not too long ago the big dome at double domes was full of river water.
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