Would you practice "cave diving" in a quarry?

[Meister481]

I would definitely go dive the "cave" I am sure it would be fun, an "adult" water park of sorts...

Like Telford back a few years ago, or maybe Ginnie during redneck mating season.

[WEPIV]

Originally Posted by jdsffa
I think subway tunnels after global warming would be better, bigger passages.

But on the subject If I was not blessed enough to live in north Florida i would practice in a quarry.

I have often thought the DC Metro would be much more interesting if they would just shut the pumps off and let it all flood.

I too often have "water world" thoughts while in big cities. Sometimes when I'm up in the NYC metro area for a job, and I have my dive gear -- and I'm stuck in traffic in the Holland Tunnel, I think about if I could access my gear from the back of my Land Rover if the tunnel flooded and then could I swim out and survive.
I counted on no vis water and also noticed lines running along the top of the tunnel that I could use by feel to swim out. Could I make it...? Maybe, maybe not but I sure would give it the old college try and then some.

[MORGAN]

Like Telford back a few years ago, or maybe Ginnie during redneck mating season.

Argh! "Adult Water Park" visuals like that, too close to bedtime! I'm a little frightened of "what dreams may come".

I may have to report them on SG's Weird Dreams thread.

Mike

[sskasser]

Argh! "Adult Water Park" visuals like that, too close to bedtime! I'm a little frightened of "what dreams may come".

I may have to report them on SG's Weird Dreams thread.

Mike

Noooooooooo! PLEASE Nooooooooooooo!

[SuPrBuGmAn]

IMHO, since the run of Vortex was once navigable before the construction of the dam, all of the crap in the basin at Vortex is on public property anyway and should be removed. I would like to see a certified survey showing their property lines where the water is included and a permit for the dam and dredging. I am such an ass.

The current run at Vortex is completely man-made. The original run ran straight back into Otter Creek pretty much at its nearest point. They dug the new run, made the dam, added a pump, and filled the original run. Then they dug up a big mudhole and broke into the aquiffer there.


I agree, the basin should be cleared.

[MichaelAngelo]

having been building sets for Movies, live theatre and displays for twenty years I have build numberous "caves and rock formations out of spray foam over steel frame armitures. I often thought it would be cool to build one to use as an training cave, contolled environment. Even a scultpted artifical reef. To go a set further it might be cool to have the outside scultped to be say an Neptune awakening off the lake bed while the inside matches any cave You want. Just be careful when You exit the nostrils. Replace the foam with marine cement and the process is the same. If I could build them to be shipped and reassembled in movie sets, theatres or stores there is no reason it can't be built on land then reassembled by divers on the bottom of a quarry, lake or ocean. Its just a question of time, money and labor. Which is always the big question.
MA

[Me]

Regarding MA's post above, my buddy and I were talking last night about the expense involved for this project at Gilboa. Mike has done an excellent job at Gilboa since he became the owner, but he is notorious for having multiple jobs going at once and never quite completing them before he moves to the next project. Just a peek in the ladies bathroom will confirm this fact for you (an ongoing project over years, not months). Last summer, on a lark, my buddy just mentally noted all the jobs left uncompleted and his list was vast from one out of 3 pieces of door moulding missing, to flooring partially completed, siding left half finished, etc. He wasn't being critical, just found it humorous. Mike works hard and long hours, but he's got a lot going on all at the same time.

That being said, we were discussing where he's going to put it; how he's going to put it (crane and lift bags??); and the money to make it all happen. Seems like it will be a project in the works for many years to come. Currently the concrete culverts are sitting in the area normally reserved for the DUI Dog Days annual May-June event, so something has to be done with them before next May/June or he'll have to move DUI to another part of the quarry....which isn't likely from a logistical standpoint.

I'm not "in the know" on this, just a casual observer with an opinion or two from what I've observed.

[icestac]

I have often thought the DC Metro would be much more interesting if they would just shut the pumps off and let it all flood.

Welcome to an FBI watchlist

[Sludge]

Just a peek in the ladies bathroom will confirm this fact for you

I wouldn't recommend this. You can get in some SERIOUS trouble.

[sskasser]

I wouldn't recommend this. You can get in some SERIOUS trouble.

He speaks from experience, I'm sure!