Wormhole

[mr_v]

Brent, thank you very much for the info. Will postpone the dive until later, as no one in the team has been there yet.

[Brent]

Brent, thank you very much for the info. Will postpone the dive until later, as no one in the team has been there yet.

Probably a good idea. Here's a thought for you. There's lot of good divers here locally who could act as a mentor/guide for this dive. Another good point to make here is that a mentor can give you an honest evaluation of your skills and determine if you're ready to do this dive. No criticism met here. Just offering some opinions.

[mr_v]

Yeah absolutely. I am in Cave Country at least two weekends a month and already found people who could help.

[Kelly Jessop]

The Wormhole used to be tighter and really not backmountable,but with repeated pushing through it has got reamed out and beaten up. If you have sidemount, do and enjoy, if not, then watch the videos and save a cave. Other places used to be tighter- Peanut restriction, sandslide P3, Rocky Horror, Peanut tunnel to name a few, they just got reamed out with excessive traffic, and technique.

[Pullnglide]

I can't imagine Rocky Horror in bm, but it may be different since the last time I was in there.

[Terry D]

I can't imagine Rocky Horror in bm, but it may be different since the last time I was in there.

doable if you don't call the dive and need to turn around. Eek

[mr_v]

It is interesting you've mentioned Rocky Horror. Porter's Delight was on my list and I looked at Rocky Horror, too.


Here is the scoop, I want to dive more technical but not SM tunnels. Cave preservation is big on my list, so anything that requires using myself as a boring bit is out of the question. Wormhole was on the list as it is just that close to the entry.

[Terry D]

Potter's delight. Also previously a belly to back tight clay section that you could drive a truck through today. I was really pissed when I saw a team enter the passage with scooters roaring. Never again will it be what it was.

[mr_v]

Ah, sorry, I misspelled.

I thought scooters were not allowed at Madison... Has that changed?

[Terry D]

No, it hasn't but a lot of diving was done before the state acquired it. It was undeveloped land until the mid nineties when it was developed commercially and the in the early 2000s ( if I remember correctly), it was acquired by the state. There was even a time before Godzilla took up residence.