Why do you cave dive?

[BabyDuck]

the poll choices don't quite capture it for me, so i didn't vote.

i do think the caves are beautiful, and i do love the gear, but the main reason is the pursuit of perfection. it's just so zen, being so aware and concentrating and yet with such a free-floaty mind thinking about nothing except jean singing. i'll never get to perfect, but the journey is worth the effort.

and i found cave diving on my first post-ow dive. my last checkout was at devil's den, and my ow instructor is a cave diver, but he wasn't in that mode. but my first post dive was in ginnie with bobby franklin, who is lovely in the water, and i thought 'i want that. that's what i want to be when i grow up.'

so i was headed for cave from logged dive 2!

[OFG-1]

Beacuse there is a pot of gold left by elves in one of these caves. I know there is. Forrest told me so. And I WILL find it, Oh yes, I will find it. HaHaHaHahahahahaha................

[Line Squirrel]

Beacuse there is a pot of gold left by elves in one of these caves. I know there is. Forrest told me so. And I WILL find it, Oh yes, I will find it. HaHaHaHahahahahaha................

I thought we setteled this a couple months ago, it's in the deep section of JB.

[Dan Thoms]

Oh good Lord,..the "pot of Gold". lol




I do it for the exploration. Nothing beats the sound of your exhaust bubbles, and seeing whats around the next corner.

[aw]

Mine's for religious reasons. The answer can be found in Gen 1:26-29. (Yes, go dust off your Bibles and look it up.)

To have dominion over the Earth means you first have to explore as much of it as is humanly possible. Then subdue what you find. So for me, cave diving is fulfilling my call to help humanity know what we've been given. So virgin cave is my ultimate goal.

[Dan Thoms]

To subdue your find??? is that good?

It sounds like a pirates creed.

[BecKave]

hum...i always thought it makes me more interesting sitting in a group of friends or co-workers..."what do you do for fun?" There are the usual answers ....Play Nintendo Wii, camp, I have a family i dont do anything for fun, drink and bar hop (theres nothing wrong with that though) I get to say"I cave dive!" and better yet I bring back video and photos of these beautiful places to share witih others that makes it so wonderful. Its just uniqe as we all know and its a great conversation piece =)

[kwayne88]

after OW diving for years and too many trips to cozumel to count, i took the ferry over to playa and went on a guided cavern dive on a whime. when is saw the sign saying go no farther, i had to know what was down there.
had to wait four years before i got a chance to start cave classes and three years to finish.(work in iraq, not a lot of cave diving sites here) now i know whats there and i still want to go see it again and again.

[fpsndiver]

Well, I'm a "wreck diver" from NC. These cave divers come up here to go diving and talk about the caves endlessly. One of our "wreck diving" buddies is also a cave diver. Every time we went diving on his boat, all he'd talk about is caves. I mean we are sitting over the City of Houston (Passenger liner that sank in 1878 ) one of the greatest wrecks off our coast, and Don was talking about the Hinkle. The only thing I was thinking about was splashing on the wreck to see what she had to reveal today.. Basically my buddy and I went down there to see what it was all about. Admittedly, I had doubts and reservations about what to expect, however, I do recall being in Ginnie in the early 90s with an instructor buddy, and looking down from the basin (where we were) into Devil's Eye...wondering what the hell was past that sign. Well, now I've seen a little of what was past that sign, and I want to see more. The caves are beautiful and have a little tug on you. I do enjoy cave diving, and plan to progress in my training with Courtney....a great guy. So, when the ocean reveals its ugly side in the winter, spring, and fall.......I'll see you all down there!

I cave dive because I already had the equipment, I wanted to see what was there, it will improve my capabilities in the ocean, and I want to know what is around the next corner. I am way psyched, and look forward to my next trip down there this month. Yeeehaw! Plus my dive today got blown out, and all I can think about right now is cave diving.

[contender]

Growing up swimming in Madison Blue and watching the cave divers show up constantly, I knew there had to be something to it. However, on one of those times a diver had an unfortunate accident and did not return. After this I said I would never dive in a cave period end of discussion. Some years later I got certified and started diving every spring around, until that became old. I took a Cavern class to improve my skills and had no intentions of cave diving, however life took an unexpected change. At the end of the class, my instructor took us in the Devil's Ear up to the Lips, and made us turn and leave. Like so many of you, this made me want to see what's around the next bend, so I had to get into a cave class to see around that next bend. Well as you know, I guess you should not say never.