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[kotik]

Little River to Luraville would be one heck of a traverse!

I just noticed that too-- and on 6 tanks of gas!

[RyWa]

Where does the gold line end in Telford?

[JE]

I just noticed that too-- and on 6 tanks of gas!

7000' ! From LR to Telford would be more like 51,165' + or over 9 miles ? what would be the gear needed for this traverse ? Very interesting

[Daedalus]

7000' ! From LR to Telford would be more like 51,165' + or over 9 miles ? what would be the gear needed for this traverse ? Very interesting

A Robbins TBM

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[JE]

That is a wonderful video, and wish I could say "been there, done that," but alas. Always heard that was a SM trip and we weren't configured that way. We always felt lucky just to get to the AR from Telford's entry. I think Jame's video will do the trick for me. Thanks for the share.

I love this video & can appreciate the efforts put into it. I first heard of the connection between Telford & Luraville from Tom Morris & Woody Jasper over coffee in a Gainesville cafe in the middle 80's. Their description & efforts were astounding. Now seeing this video I can truly visualize what that swim may have been like.
Thank you for posting it.
je

[Diverlee]

That dive is way over my skill or comfort level but I really enjoyed watching it.



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[JE]

i second that & this is not a solo dive !

[aainslie]

Hey all, OFG just let me know about this post. That was an incredibly fun project. It took 4 setup dives and 2 breakdown dives to place and then retrieve stages. And yup, it was all solo. There's a looong section where there is little flow and fine stuff on the floor, so going in a group would NOT be fun, the vis behind the first person goes to crap.

I used a system of marking that allowed me to "discover" the right way as I progressed. I ended up doing a loop by mistake, recalculated gas and decided to keep going. It cost me about 20 mins of extra swimming. I was very, very happy to see my stage on the Telford side as I was not relishing the swim back if I couldn't make the connection.

It's a fun, 3 to 4 day project, with widely varying cave formations and structures. The color and deposits on the lines made it clear that this hadn't been done in a loooong time when I did it. In fact when I ran out of arrows I started scratching an A in arrows that were covered in black and easy to scratch through.

The scariest part of the dive was swimming down the river to the car ramp when I exited Telford. It was about 10 PM and I was convinced that I was going to get taken out by an alligator.

[Rich]

Good to hear it from the source, Andrew...

Safe diving,

Rich

[rob191]

Thank James. If you shoot it I know it will be good. While you're back there would you see if the "log in" Jeff & I left back in the AR is still there. If so, maybe get a shot so I can share with Jeff.

The log in sheet is still there

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