Lips & Keyhole Bypass

[Serota]

How do the restrictions being discussed compare to the Wormhole?

[Ed Jackson]

The Wormhole is tighter in general, but the one restriction on the bypass is
harder to get through. Ralph had to show me who to turn to get through it during my apprentice class.

[Jay]

Actually, the wormhole is not bad at all in backmount. There is video of Barney and JoeyP swimming it, somewhere.

[muzz]

Actually, the wormhole is not bad at all in backmount. There is video of Barney and JoeyP swimming it, somewhere.

Back mount is fine for the by pass. I think it's one of the better dives in front of the cave. Cristian had a video on his website, I think that is the one you were thinking about. www.neptunoworld.com

[Wizard]

Not to thread jack but which way at what tee to get through the wormhole?
We tried it but punted after a couple of wrong turns.

[jammer]

Can you airshare through that 90 degree squeeze? I didn't say it couldn't be done. I said I don't think it's suitable.

This is perhaps where the 9' extended hose would be better than the 7' hose maybe? I know I have dove with some tall people before and I ate fins realy bad when we did air share drills and was wishing I had a 9' and was wondering the same thing about Madison Blue having to share air going thru the half hitch.

[jeandiver]

P.S. Angie: You and Cindy are definately cut from the same cloth , so to speak. She keeps mentioning Dark Water and I shudder... ( lol )

Oh really?? I've always wanted to do the dark water tunnel.

You know what? ME TOO.
I've been told to come at it from the Crossover side. I heed my mentors well , you know...
Someday we can do it.

Jeano Beano

Jean,

I did the darwater tunnel and yes, it is better done from the crossover side (attempted it from the mainline side and it is just too silty to be fun) and it was a relatively easy thing (I say relatively because nothing in an overhead environment should ever be referred to as " easy", too much stuff can go wrong...)
Anyhow, do your reel fron the crossover and then at the end of darwater, at the mainline hang a left again back to crossover and pick up your reel on the way out to the peanut line, nice dive and you exit the shallow way. Have fun.

Dive safe,

Celia

PS Sorry for the hijack....back to the regular thread...

Thankies!!!

Ok , back to the regular thread !!!

Da Bean

[Kelly Jessop]

Back mount is fine for the by pass.

Sometimes I think it is square peg and round hole. I think the more the square peg enters the round hole it eventually becomes a square hole. I think we have to weigh the amount of attrition that is done to a passage in things like do I have lime stone marks on the tanks? is there pieces of limestone on my wing when I disassemble my gear? I've talked to many old timers about passages that are small,and they one thing that I commonly hear is about how a passage has become reamed out.

[FW]

Back mount is fine for the by pass.

Sometimes I think it is square peg and round hole. I think the more the square peg enters the round hole it eventually becomes a square hole. I think we have to weigh the amount of attrition that is done to a passage in things like do I have lime stone marks on the tanks? is there pieces of limestone on my wing when I disassemble my gear? I've talked to many old timers about passages that are small,and they one thing that I commonly hear is about how a passage has become reamed out.

Yes, I remember when the half-hitch at Madison Blue was tight, and both entrances to Devil's Eye/Ear.

[Kelly Jessop]

I was told how tight Rocky Horror used to be real tight. I've experienced that as well as in the lips at Peacock.