Hornsby to Alachua

[JE]

it doesn't-!

[FW]

Does anyone envision a traverse from Alachua Sink to Hornsby or is it an unlikely occurance-?

8)

Sheck was convinced that was possible, but recent surveys have cast doubt on the possibility.

[rchrds]

Does anyone envision a traverse from Alachua Sink to Hornsby or is it an unlikely occurance-?

8)

Sheck was convinced that was possible, but recent surveys have cast doubt on the possibility.

Yep- there is another, Much more likely possibility.

J

[JE]

not-!

[ARY]

What will it take to do the traverse-?...

It just takes to build a cave-submarine, or couple u/w camps with staged equipment (pampers) on the way

[Tegg]

It just takes to build a cave-submarine

It has to be Yellow in color...

[BillBowden]

Figure on about 30 hours of swim time at the standard 50'/minute. Plus, a few days to decompress. So figure 5 or 6 inspirations with surface gas for deco. 8 NiMh primary lights, 85cuft of argon. And several kegs of your favorite deco beverage for planning purposes. You bring the kegs, I'll help with the planning.

[crazyduck]

Has anyone looked up a GIS map of the area and look for possible connecting sink holes or waterways???

[D1V3R]

ummm, I don't really know anything about these cave systems due to being a cavern diver. But don't these caves get really tight when you go deeper in, like eventually too tight for a diver to be able to pass?

[JE]

"ummm, I don't really know anything about these cave systems due to being a cavern diver. But don't these caves get really tight when you go deeper in, like eventually too tight for a diver to be able to pass?" {Div3r}

ck out J. Hurley's 'Alachua Sink' video & you'll get a good idea of what this system looks like-! Wakulla is big enough to drive 3 semi tractors thru, side by side, I've been told-! Depending on where you are at with-in the Floridian aquifer, you may very well find similar large passage-ways. In the Central Florida area, most karst features are shallow, tight, high flowing, and restrictive. In northern Florida, passage-ways tend to go big, fairly deep {90' to over 210'} & long.
Hope this answers some of your questions-!


JE