Valerie,
Nice avatar, one question...the house dressing or blue cheese?
Welcome to the Cave Diver's Forum.
Valerie,
Nice avatar, one question...the house dressing or blue cheese?
It's bad luck to be superstitious.
My buddy took that pic at, I think, Manatee Springs on one of our first Post-Cavern class dives. We'd never experienced the infamous Duck Weed before and had great fun with the stuff.
(and, I prefer Ranch, actually!)
-Valerie
Only working to support the Dive Habit
I have recently relocated to Vancouver from Mexico. Trying to get a fix on the cave diving around here. Any help ? I am a late bloomer on this site so please be gentle...
Regards!
From what I can tell, all cavediving on the island is inside of "dry" caves. Are you a "dry" caver? If so, I can send you the email of a local sump diver.Originally Posted by deononearth
With about 2,000 caves surveyed on Vancouver Island there are indeed some diving prospects. Few are roadside atractions. Of late there has been some visiting divers dipping in the more well known and accessable caves, Reapearing River the most obvious one.
Island caves are often vertical requireing ropes and conciderable support to gain access. Often they are deep in the bush. A ratio of four support cavers to a diver and the better part of a week is advisable for most projects.
There is a number of active cavers on the Island and new caves are still being found. For the most part we are concerned with new and original exploration, so there is no culture of hanging about and redoing old things.
Most of what I have been involved with has been small sumps suitable to side mounted 40's or smaller. Yes the water is cold, typicaly 6 - 8 C.
I am more caver than diver, but have recently aquired a rebreather and have some ambitions for some bigger things that are up there, assuming that I ever learn to run the thing well.
In short it is more a caver thing than a diver thing. Local support is forthcoming with a little homework. Always glad to hear from a visiting diver or caver.
Peter
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