Turner-Wakulla Traverse

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Group

Many of you have followed and promoted the efforts of the Woodville Karst Plain Project over the years and I wanted to communicate information regarding the upcoming traverse from Turner Sink to Wakulla Springs scheduled for December 15. The linked press release provides background on the WKPP along with the dive plan for the traverse. Entering at Turner Sink and traveling 7 miles underground before surfacing at Wakulla Springs is not only an incredible diving adventure given the depth and distance, but it is also very symbolic because it clearly illustrates a physical connection between a seemingly isolated sinkhole in northern Wakulla county and the incredible environmental and cultural resource that is Wakulla Springs. Given the current and future focus on water issues for Wakulla County, Leon County and the state of Florida, this dive should be of interest to divers and non-divers alike and will likely generate increased awareness about the water flowing beneath the surface all across Florida.

Please let me know if you have any questions or require further information.

Press release on this weekend's dive:

http://www.gue.com/Galleries/WKPP/20...raverse_pr.pdf

Additional background information on the Woodville Karst Plain Project including recent efforts can be found online at:

http://gue.com/Expeditions/WKPP/index.html

http://gue.com/Expeditions/WKPP/Updates/index.html

-anthony rue
true@gue.com

[Sludge]

[Jay]

Aww, come on Russell, be polite.

Good luck to you guys. It is a tremendous task. I hope everyone is safe!!!!

[DeWayne]

Aww, come on Russell, be polite.




Good luck to you guys. It is a tremendous task. I hope everyone is safe!!!!

But Jay, scientific research such as this gets old after a while

[Mike Edmonston]

But Jay, scientific research such as this gets old after a while

ROFL!!!!!

[aainslie]

Really? There's a scientist in this venture?

[Jay]

But Jay, scientific research such as this gets old after a while

Yes, the veil is pretty light, I don't even bother lifting it anymore, but it is still an incredible dive!

[FW]

Alright guys, no more agency bashing. Tony posted information some people might be interested in. If you aren't interested, don't read it, but don't flame another cavediving group.

[Cave Ranger]

Alright guys, no more agency bashing. Tony posted information some people might be interested in. If you aren't interested, don't read it, but don't flame another cavediving group.

I absolutely applaud this effort and have nothing but respect for the divers of the WKPP......BUT! I think a lot of other very experienced and skilled divers resent the fact that Wakulla is off limits to everyone but the WKPP.
No flame war here on my part though. Hell....I just wish they'ed let me do a damn bounce dive in the spring basin so I could snap photos, but the key phrase here is "let me". It's state property so I own it too. Why should I or any other certified/qualified diver be denied access to even the spring basin?
I understand the resentment but envy is a sin (or so Pastor Miller tells me) so I don't play the envy game.
While I may disagree with the way this publically owned land is managed so as to exclude access by other qualified members of the general public I hope that the divers from the WKPP are successful in the "safe" completion of this project.
Maybe someday.............?

[OutlawCaver]

Will the WKPP be making a map of their efforts available to the cave diving community? Even a stick map would be nice.