Little River Conditons??

[Starryskies]

I was just out at Little River today. The river run has really cleared up since Jan. 2nd. The water level is still up above the cement wall, but the water is clear.

However, the visibility inside the cave has gotten considerable worse. Today, it was close to 15-20 ft, whereas it was easily 30 ft + before. The flow is also up a lot. It was pull and pull most of the way.

Geez, no kidding about the pull and pull. Flow did seem quite a bit more intense than last week and my poor fingertips are still red. Gotta love trying to put everything into a kick just to stay in place.

Interesting how the viz went downhill and was a lot worse than I was expecting.

Of course, all this just made the dive that much more fun and challenging!

[DeWayne]

Okay Pat, what did you do to go and piss off the cave gods? Hope the vis improves by the second week of Feb when I'll be down for a few, kind of hope that the flow is still ripping though.

[HomoErectus]

I dove LR this Sunday, I thought that viz was good, but my buddies said that it sucked. They have dove LR for way more years that I have, so I think they opinion will be more accurate.

[Starryskies]

Okay Pat, what did you do to go and piss off the cave gods? Hope the vis improves by the second week of Feb when I'll be down for a few, kind of hope that the flow is still ripping though.

Not quite sure what I did but they did seem a little miffed.

I will keep my fingers crossed that conditions improve for your trip down.

(Of course, having said that - it is possible now that I have really jinxed it...)

[REastman]

Okay Pat, what did you do to go and piss off the cave gods? Hope the vis improves by the second week of Feb when I'll be down for a few, kind of hope that the flow is still ripping though.

You got that pretty little SS to get you through it. The ride out should be kind of fun...