Good tale of sneaking into Ed Ball's property to Cave Dive

[huvr]

Been looking all over the web for the story about an interesting sneak dive into Wakulla, back in the old school days. Does anyone have a link for this?

[bamafan]

The Lamar English story? He posted a story on The Deco Stop years ago. The part about getting pulled over by the cops in a van wearing wetsuits was hilarious

[huvr]

Yes, that's likely the one. I believe it was called "Diving Wakulla the old school way." Ive looked everywhere, on the web.

[Kelly Jessop]

There is an interesting story than can only be told when the people involved have expired. But, yes there are many.

[WEPIV]

Sounds like one of many stories that should be put on video as part of cave diving history.

[mr_v]

Sounds like a good way to get shot today... It is awesome that someone experienced that type of diving in the past.

[OFG-1]

I was up there twice in late 75, early 76. It was not that damn awesome.

First, it was before tri mix. O2 was not common. Horsecollar BC's with the neck taped up to keep air out of the neck area. Quartz lights were just being played with, most of us had sealed beam lights, they burned for about 80 minutes. No real computers. It was deep air, Navy Tables. Only easily available drysuit was a Unisuit. Most of us had a 1/4" farmer john wet suit. Ikelite had a backup light that weighed 4 pounds, was 7 watts. Most were 3 dcell flashlights.

So you work your way up there, hide your boat. You get a 25 minute bottom time followed by 200+ minutes of air decompression, most at 10 feet. You sit there at 2 hours in, as cold as you have ever been, watching the spg going down,trying to decide just how much of your 10' deco time you could blow off.

At Uno, the nest, and dipolder, you did not have to have a boat, but the deco was about the same. Morgan and Alachua are better, shallower.

[Superlyte27]

Ofg, I don’t think we’ve ever met, but I sure do like you. Let me know if I can buy you dinner one night.