Tightest Sidemount Cave System ?

[bmwcaves]

I'll take your word for it J.
If it's that friable, no need to ever go there and destroy it more.
There's plenty of stuff I can turn around in yet to finish. I'll enjoy it vicariously with the map !

[BillGraham]

Oh- forgot another basket of suck- Edwards- both bottles off against high flow at 160' almost 3000 feet back in low viz. Has all the makings of a sweet dive.
j

That's a freaky place. I've only been cave diving for a couple of years and my friends enjoy torturing me by taking me to caves like that. The flow shot me right out of that chimney like a cannon. I can't fathom being 3000 feet back in that thing, does it go under the river?

[rchrds]

That's a freaky place. I've only been cave diving for a couple of years and my friends enjoy torturing me by taking me to caves like that. The flow shot me right out of that chimney like a cannon. I can't fathom being 3000 feet back in that thing, does it go under the river?

Not where I am talking about- it leads away from the river, but yes- Edwards does go under the river, connects eventually to Suwannacoochie, which is a nice dive and can be done on backgas if you dont get sidetracked in a side passage- The really cool part, is both Edwards and Suwannacoochie blow dark water (to a varying degree) but there is a section in the very middle between the systems that is crystal clear blue. It's almost as if the two systems werent supposed to connect, but just happened to. (Water doesnt flow from one side to the other, either.) I like diving Edwards, but it has turned into quite a drive for me. Go there and wait for the train to go past while you are on deco. Now THAT is freaky.

Sorry for sidetracking the thread...

J

[Duncan Price]

Ogof Psygodyn Gwyn (cave of the white fish). Dived it in the 90's with two 21's lashed together and lights attached to the tanks which were pushed ahead like a sled. No fins. Not only is it tight but also has several Z bends.

[curtschu]

Duncan,

There is a picture on the Forum of you going into Silver Glen. Is this a worthwhile effort? That system is very close to were I live and I have always wanted to check it out. Is it sidemount only?

[Duncan Price]

There is a picture on the Forum of you going into Silver Glen. Is this a worthwhile effort? That system is very close to were I live and I have always wanted to check it out. Is it sidemount only?

The routes into the first room are low and high flow which I would guess means sidemount only.

Dives there are only allowed for scientific research purposes and Cindy Butler and I were lucky enough to accompany Tom Morris on a "bug hunting" trip there. The is no access for recreational diving. Sorry.

[rchrds]

There is a picture on the Forum of you going into Silver Glen. Is this a worthwhile effort? Is it sidemount only?

The routes into the first room are low and high flow which I would guess means sidemount only.

Dives there are only allowed for scientific research purposes and Cindy Butler and I were lucky enough to accompany Tom Morris on a "bug hunting" trip there. The is no access for recreational diving. Sorry.

All very true. Quite sidemount only, and smaller tanks are nicer in there. Particularly if you manage to get off on the wrong line- (there are many going to the same place via different routes.) Easy to get stuck and have to back out. We just took a bottle off and drove on.

On a funny semi-related note- We made a crossing of Lake George during the night one night in my RRC(rubber raiding craft )- there were schools of fish near the surface and as we approched them at 20 knots they would jump out of the water- over the boat- at about head level- We kept getting hit by these foot long fish- C kept having to toss them from the deck and I almost got knocked off the sponson when one hit me square in the head at the tiller... Everyone was feeling physically abused after the 30 minute ride- We still laugh about "fish attacks."

J

[Limestone Cowboy]

Jason, have you ever dove some of the tight springs on the Chassowitzka? Crab Creek is probably the longest there, but I haven't seen all of it. Backmounted Y'd 72 is as low as I go, LOL. Seen the bucket in Bubba Spring there?

Drew

[rchrds]

Jason, have you ever dove some of the tight springs on the Chassowitzka? Crab Creek is probably the longest there, but I haven't seen all of it. Backmounted Y'd 72 is as low as I go, LOL. Seen the bucket in Bubba Spring there?

Drew

Nope- this is an area I havent had the chance to look over- I'd love to take the powered canoe out there some time- hmmm gotta be down there next weekend (well, further south anyway) perhaps I'll take a day on the river.

BTW- you know of a place south of there named Buford Spring? PM me.

Thanks!

J

[allcoast]

Didn't Gene Broome get in there at least once? I seem to remember him telling me he has no mounted it a couple of times. Speaking of old cavers Is Broome still in the business? last I heard he was selling for Cochrane.

My father is not still diving, he is a Mortgage Broker in Central Florida now.