Seriously I can't even sit on the stools. A lady asked me about dive conditions at Madison and I was just like, be careful on the stairs!Originally Posted by chimie007
I hope that chair is very comfy cause you sure need it
Elisha Gibson
PADI OW Instructor
NACD Full Cave
"Backmount takes the most flexible part of your body and makes it inflexible" - Me
Left turn
I'm glad to hear I am not the only person that has happened to.It's really not too much of a big deal to run a line there.....unless you do like I did last weekend, and end up in the Catacombs because you head a little left before the goldline
Last edited by Sludge; 07-29-2008 at 07:49 PM.
roadkill
Well I am sure its happened to just more than you two.....of course its never happened to me...I'm glad to hear I am not the only person that has happened to.It's really not too much of a big deal to run a line there.....unless you do like I did last weekend, and end up in the Catacombs because you head a little left before the goldline
Last edited by Sludge; 07-29-2008 at 07:50 PM.
TJ (2)
When I get out of cavediving, it will be to learn how to use a walker
(zips lip)...
(finds it hard not to break out laughing)
I feel your pain...!
Rich: This is coming at you from Montgomery Alabama...You lucky person you ... (sigh)
Jean
P.S. I also have found myself taking that 1st left into the Catacombs myself a time or two. Looking down instead of forward. (sigh)
But it doesn't take very long to realize your kind of at the WRONG place. Of course , if someone put a gold line in the catacombs , well , er ...
Oh Lord , keep us safe , ALWAYS safe , and keep ME PRUDENT , ALWAYS PRUDENT !!!
The reason there is no mainline from the eye is because the mainline starts from the ear.
"With regard to cave diving, the great thing is to be carried where you could not have imagined you would ever be, and then to come back alive."
"Wilderness. The word itself is music." Abbey, Desert Solitaire
At one time, that was a hard mistake to make. Now that the catacombs has become so popular, it looks like it really goes somewhere. I have almost turned in there myself, and I have been diving Devil's for over 30 years.
I am not going to coment on Bill's smart remark....oops, I just did....
OK, so I guess I'm in good company
I think you're reversing causality there. Wouldn't it make more sense to say that the reason the mainline starts from the ear is because there is no mainline from the eye?
Andrew Ainslie
Almost extinct cave diver
wrong turn
We noticed it after awhile but kept going, tied another primary to the first one untill we ran out of line and reels. Was one of the best dives we ever did. I have tried to duplicate it but guess there is nothing like the first time.
Last edited by Line Squirrel; 07-30-2008 at 02:51 PM. Reason: fixed quote
roadkill
After getting abused for my post,personally I dont mind there not being a line eather.I only swim the eye once a year on average and have done it without running a line and while running one.I use the ear so I can get further in the system anyways.I thought for safety a goldline woulnt hurt.I never realied that intro divers could not access the catacombs if a goldline ran through because they arent suppose to make any jumps from one line to another.Could it be that an intro diver couldnt explore the eye if a goldline was run because after the initial tie off from the cavern,they would have to eather turn around at the end of the line or break a rule and add a spool to the mainline in the ear?I cant remember if intro divers can make a gap from the end of one line to the other.
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