Quote Originally Posted by FW View Post
Did you try "silt stakes"? They are made from PVC pipe, pointed on one end, and notched on the other, to tie line to in deep silt.

They have several names, like "Silt screws", "Distler spikes" etc.
No, silt stakes would have been great but we didn't have any with us. The geology wasn't like what we had ever seen so we weren't prepared for what we encountered. I'd like to go back some day because it has not been dived since but it just takes so much hard work and time to dive it. It takes about 2 hours just to get to the water and more to get back on top. It can't be done without some hard-working sherpas and those are tough to come by as well. Also, my trips to PA are becoming much less frequent these days and there is so much to dive right here in my own backyard.

Of course I'm not telling you anything new, you're the master of these types of dives.