....Stolen spool....

[Rich]

I'm sorry to say that a friend of mine Samuli, who's from Finland and has just finished Full Cave with Johnny had a stainless steel spool stolen from Devil's. The spool was run from the Mainline to the Rollercoaster and had about 50-75ft of line on it.....he actually discovered that it was stolen when he was trying to finish up a circuit via the Hill. Let's please try and get it back to him. If you know anything about this please PM me, run it by my shop or turn it into Ginnie's lost and found. By the way "SukellusLuola" is engraved around the hole in the spool (making it very recognizable) and it's got a brass double ender on it.

On a personal note this is absolute bullshit to pull someone's reel out of the cave, whoever's the culprit is knowingly putting someone else's life in danger.

Hopefully Samuli will get his spool back before he leaves next Saturday....

Safe diving,

Rich

[Tegg]

Welcome to today's society...


No respect for anyone.

[Genesis]

That sucks; whoever did it needs a scooter tow sans gear - until they stop kicking

[Dwain]

Rich,

I met him this past weekend at Dive Outpost... Great person wouldn't mind diving with him.

On an additional note, any others reading this thread may have strong opinions on the subject; as do I. Let's not let it get out of hand. We are cave divers, a fraternity of divers that go beyond the norm. Let's look out for one another and return lost or found equipment.


Safe Caving,

[John L.]

This is the first I have heard of this happening. I have had stuff stolen from the back of my truck, and heard of other above ground things stolen by the local gene pool, but thats low and shitty to take someone's reel in the system like that. If it was in a low flow or silty area and a problem developed, it could cause a major catastrophe. Whoever did this needs to return it asap, and come clean.

[Caver95]

this is a bad thing to happen, when I first got into cave diving I liked it because it was so close. as joe said welcome to the american way of life. well, I think that is crap. I work very hard for everything I have, as all of you do. what goes threw some POS mind when doing something like this. If you need to steal gear to do this you not in the right sport, and you will get cought. there is one thing I like about the middle east, no crime well as far a stealing goes for the most part. and if you get cought, what do you need that hand foor anyways just to steal again? well, if a someone in the cave community was a known crook, I would not fill his or her tanks. Or let them on my boat.

[ARY]

If it wasn't someone's mistake i hardly imagine what motivation brings that person to cave. Don't know what can be worse: removed reel or stolen deco gas and what to expect next. I hope somebody just made a mistake not verifying initials on reel or something like that. You have similar to steel aluminum reels on your wall so may be some geek just messed up...


ARY
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Kaljaa kylmana tyttoa kuumana

[Angie Reim]

I've never heard of someone deliberately stealing a 'set' spool either. Man! That's about as low-life as it gets. I've accidently grabbed wrong tanks and spools during dives but have always recognized my mistake at the time. Now I 'suppose' that someone who was fairly narced/CO2'd could make that mistake (it'd take a lot to mistake a SS for a Delrin spool!!) and should anonymously return the spool and then look into some 30/30 diving but 'shame on you' if you don't at least try to make it right!

Carrying line wrapped around a stick has got to be preferable to stealing a spool.....you'll ALWAYs know that it's not REALLY yours.

[Tegg]

Did anyone think to chec kwith the staff at Ginnie? All cavedivers "should" have signed in... you'd have a basic list to start from...

[HomoErectus]

Rich I hope your friend finds his reel, and I am glad, it did not cause a problem on your dive. Keep us posted, if that reel gets returned, and if it was an accident or actually was stolen, because if that is the case, I will be looking for a combination lock for my reels.