Any oldtimers out there who helped recover or knew Roberta? She died in a cave up here in Pa. called tytoona in the mid 80's. Does anyone know what happened?
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Roberta Swicegood
Any oldtimers out there who helped recover or knew Roberta? She died in a cave up here in Pa. called tytoona in the mid 80's. Does anyone know what happened?
From other sources: It appears she silted out, ripped her dry suit and could not recover.
"Is this thing on?"
Yes, the water is cold up there, so hypothermia is a big issue. It makes it difficult to deal with what should be simple problems, like a siltout.
I am from the Altoona area and was some what involved in the incident. I have a copy of the accident report here some where. I was by the site for an evening or two when the search was going on. If you need any more info I might be able to find the report.
Ken
I heard a guy on the recovery say it was a nasty place to be. Tight, jagged. :-(
Land of Enchantment -- not so great for cave diving, but mighty scenic!
About 10 years ago I dived a virgin cave system that is just a few miles from Tytoona. It required 2 repels and crawling through tight passage loaded down with dive gear (among other challenges). The great part was being in virgin cave. That was awesome.
The bad parts were cold water, very limited visibility, line traps everywhere, mud and silt and a total of 12 hours of extreme effort for a 1 hour dive. Not for the faint of heart.
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Dave Grimm
Now there was only me and this timeless, eternal cave. I felt part of things, a tolerant guest.
by Rob Palmer from "Deep Into Blue Holes"
I would like a copy too.Originally Posted by kenc
Forrest,
Let me know when you'll be around High Springs or PM me a fax number.It is 8 pages.
Ken
Are you going to the CDF social this weekend?
I'll be out of town. Alexv is going to email you a copy.
Ken
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