Silver Springs

[hunabku]

Am I the only one who didn't know Silver Springs, and Silver Glen Springs were different places?!?!

It's possible...

[Herbie]

Am I the only one who didn't know Silver Springs, and Silver Glen Springs were different places?!?!

Speaking of Silver Glen, anyone dove there recently?

[curtschu]

According to the map lots of backmount/ sidemount passage available. Unstable/delicate/fragile/friable is often a word used when others want a system to themselves(example: WKPP). I'm not saying thats the case here but until a general consensus/study of the Silver Springs cave system dont go negative yet. Waynes World(School Sink) is considered unstable by some and comfortably diveable by others. Anyone on this forum ever actually logged cave dives at Silver Springs please share.

While I have not dove in Silver springs I have dove a couple of others that are on the southern edge of the Ocala Uplift. Paradise , Apopka, Blue Springs OC they have the common trait of being soft and friable. I am not a geologist so I would love it if Kelly could get his geologist to chime in. I did contact Eric Hutcheson but he's not interested in CDF.

[Shocky]

Check out silverspringsalliance.org. I joined.
John

[Tegg]

Speaking of Silver Glen, anyone dove there recently?

The only way to dive Silver Glen is to use the river and the FL Statute that states the spring is part of the "navigable waterway" in Florida.

http://www.cavediver.net/forum/showt...in-Silver-Glen

Eric has the place on lockdown via the single issued permit with the Forestry service guys at the park.

I attempted to offer assistance to him and his team, but apparently they have enough support for their "project". As such, there is no way to access it by land.

[rchrds]

It's a neat boat ride in the middle of the night.

[phreaticus53]

Yep...lotsa BIIIIIIIG red-eyed lizards!!!!!

[jj1987]

The only way to dive Silver Glen is to use the river and the FL Statute that states the spring is part of the "navigable waterway" in Florida.

http://www.cavediver.net/forum/showt...in-Silver-Glen

Eric has the place on lockdown via the single issued permit with the Forestry service guys at the park.

I attempted to offer assistance to him and his team, but apparently they have enough support for their "project". As such, there is no way to access it by land.

Just thank them for their hard work. Spending 20+ years trying to finish a map under a mapping permit for a cave which is that short has to be frustrating.

I did find a blog post, which shoes they're still hard at work.
http://krbernotphotography.blogspot....-were-off.html

[LiteHedded]

settling in and getting comfy like that might be why it's taking so long to get that survey done

[ARY]

If you don't tell people about a cave they would be jealous but when you offer to dive it there will be thousand ##### reasons ... But everyone wants to know and so eventually rumors reach land watchers and say then the entry hole goodbye...