Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]was not the only case of young and stupid i survived ric On Oct 25, 2009, at 10:02 PM, Wendy Thurman wrote: > It's a very technical pursuit. Ginnie Springs is now a privately > owned > operation that caters almost exclusively to the cave-diving community. > There are several systems there and none of them are grated. Only > divers > certified by the National Speleological Association or the National > Association of Cave Divers are allowed in the water with lights. > Peacock > Springs, one of my favorites, is watched over carefully by the > Florida State > Park Rangers. There are hundreds of others one can "sneak dive" but > thankfully the word has gotten out- don't do it unless you are > trained. > Through self-policing and training, the community has eliminated > most of the > deaths. > > Carrying only one light in a cave system is asking to die. Three at > minimum > are required, divers must have a continuous guideline to the exit, > and the > rule of thirds is adhered to with regard to gas consumption- when > one-third > of the gas has been used, the dive is turned and the divers exit. > > Wendy > > > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 9:44 PM, H. Ball Arche <h_arche at yahoo.com> > wrote: > >> I wouldn't have gone in there for pearls. >> >> As it was explained to me, the danger was in the seductive clarity >> of the >> water - you could see so very well ahead of you that you didn't >> realize how >> the silt stirred up by your passage completely obscured the tunnel >> behind >> you. Especially as you got into the more narrow and complicated >> confines of >> the system, which consisted of several springs a couple of hundred >> yards >> apart above ground, but linked by a maze of caves beneath. The >> attempt was >> to dive from one spring mouth to the next. >> >> A guy I knew once came upon another diver in there floating still. He >> grabbed the arm of the other's wetsuit to have his hand close down >> around >> bone, and a fish squirted out of the cuff. That was his story, at >> least. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Sun, October 25, 2009 11:32:59 AM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] This one bounced >> >> dove ginnie back then--maybe the scariest thing I ever did. >> >> my dive "buddy" decided he wanted to see how dark it was and turned >> off our >> only light with out telling me. >> >> ric >> >> >> >> On Oct 25, 2009, at 12:19 PM, H. Ball Arche wrote: >> >>> In the '70's the Ginnie Springs cave complex, near Gainesville, >>> used to >> take a couple of divers every year until they put a grate across >> the main >> spring mouth. I knew guys that would sneak in and dive there at >> night. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information