Sidemount tunnels in Little River

[TracyN]

My buddy and I are interested in checking out some of the sidemount tunnels in Little River. Has anybody been in them recently? Do they have lines or do we have to run our own?

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I would not trust the report of anyone on this forum. Be prepared to run your own. The line can be there one dive and not the next dive on the same day. I've seen one little mud-bottom passage, one of the first ones off to the right, where the line was so yellow-brown it blended so well it was almost invisible. And then it had missing sections - where the line looped long an lazy from one tie off, disappearing in the mud, but then on down a piece of it was still tied off and it continued on. a 30-foot section of line missing between. But I've not been in Little River at all this year.

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[TracyN]

I would not trust the report of anyone on this forum. Be prepared to run your own. The line can be there one dive and not the next dive on the same day. I've seen one little mud-bottom passage, one of the first ones off to the right, where the line was so yellow-brown it blended so well it was almost invisible. And then it had missing sections - where the line looped long an lazy from one tie off, disappearing in the mud, but then on down a piece of it was still tied off and it continued on. a 30-foot section of line missing between. But I've not been in Little River at all this year.

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Thanks, we'll just make plans to run our own then.

[floridakid]

Is there a line committee at little river that is going to get pissed off if we just replace the bo bo destroyed type of lines you were talking about?

[Kelly Jessop]

Little River has some very tricky sidemount passages that can involve gear removal in zero viz because of clay. These areas are stagnant,so there is no flow to wash out what is stirred up.

[Jont]

My buddy and I are interested in checking out some of the sidemount tunnels in Little River. Has anybody been in them recently? Do they have lines or do we have to run our own?

Hi Tracy,

Be careful, little river can get nasty, remember last year when some friends of mine from overseas did a 4 or 5 hour dive at LR? I can tell you that 2-3 hours was spent getting out and clay was jammed into the MAV's on the RB's.

I'd hit a few unmarked jumps to start.

[TracyN]

Hmm, thanks Jon and Kelly. So pretty much the passages before the chimney are the ones to avoid then? They look like they can get silty in a hurry

[Kelly Jessop]

Hmm, thanks Jon and Kelly. So pretty much the passages before the chimney are the ones to avoid then? They look like they can get silty in a hurry

It is hard to tell you what to do and what to avoid. Some start out fine,and then reach a point that turning around can't be done,and gear removal is needed. Being squared away with buddy communication in zero viz sidemount situations is very important,as well as being comfortable with donning/doffing gear. I know a couple "hard core" sidemounters about 10 years ago,that got in a real bad jam,they made it out,with just a couple hundred pounds of gas. Little River sidemount passages can be deceptively easy,then the **** hits the fan.

[OFG-1]

There is this one no mount tunnel that sticks down through the ceiling about 1800 feet or so back. The walls have more iron in them than most of the other limestone tunnels and is more round in shape than irregular.

[sskasser]

There is this one no mount tunnel that sticks down through the ceiling about 1800 feet or so back. The walls have more iron in them than most of the other limestone tunnels and is more round in shape than irregular.

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