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I'm with Wendy. Actually to my folk's horror (both were claustrophbic) I've always loved caves. We had a cabin in Eastern OK and I was forever poking my head into holes in the rock. It's a miracle I was never snake bit. Got into cave diving, loved it, but started getting involved in the...

the cave silts up pretty quickly and does not clear out very fast at all. One or two short dives and you are done for the day. fortunatly it's shallow enough that one set of doubles will pretty much last all day before hitting thirds on a cave fill. Cavern area is pretty big, with a...

But this is a new find and until ownership is informed, more usable data is compiled, and a basic survey is done, I really can't go into much detail about the site. Roubidoux is still blowing and going. 6 inches of rain in the past week and more forcast. Also, it was a good first cave...

Went cave diving did support. 250 ft of line in virgin cave was laid. Silt sucks. Used OMS wings and my crushed neo drysuit. Didn't die. Once cave length is determined, survey stages will be set up so I can do an inital survey of the cavern zone while team leaders photograph...

But the point is the same. Hogarthian would have stayed a niche concept without GI and JJ's hard work... Dive safe Brock

a Doppler controversy. Actually, I had it hammered into me that DIR was Hogarthian evolved into a more holistic approach. Unfortunately, alot of folks took that to mean that Hogarthian was "beyond the pale" and dead as a movement. I think alot of it is JJ's and GIs marketing and...

Doppler, As the man whose website got me interested, for good or ill, in technical and cave diving, it's nice to start running into you here. I still miss your old email list!. Scoobie, I'd do EVERYTHING that Steve here says. He knows his stuff, so I'll just pass a few of things I've...

October 2000. My instructor knew I was planning on going to full cave, so he let me learn with doubles and a stage, then made sure I was going up to MO constantly to keep my skills sharp. He'd take me on guided excursions to the back of the Upper Tunnel at Roubidoux so I'd gain confidence...

yeah it was a long time but I had to take care stuff that had piled up, plus do some serious strength training (gym 5x a week at 5:30 in the am). It all depends on the weather and conditions. If Roubidoux is decent, we'll go there and I'll do drills and practice in the upper tunnel. If not...

I have PST 95s and Fabers. The fabers are a bit more bouyant than the Pressed Steels. Do I do this twice with each set, subtracting the difference, and adding that to the fabers? or do what I'd really like to do, sell the fabers on Ebay and buy Nanci LaVakes Pressed Steel 95s? ;) Aside...

that a balanced rig was one that enabled you to be neutral , to "float", at a depth of 10 feet with 500 psi in your back tank(s) and no gas in your bc. So what would be the procedure for determining/achieving this? In my case, I dive steel doubles, Faber or PST 95s, ss back plate, argon...

OK, lets say- what would YOU practice.

I'm getting back into the Missouri caves after a 10 month layoff. Any suggestions as to what skills to reherse ( I know, I know, ALL of them) Dive safe Brock

I made the regrettable mistake of tackling this subject on another board without really knowing what I was commenting about. I have heard the buzzwords and been taught to regurgitate them but I kneed to know others opinions as to what it is and how it is achieved. Here to learn Dive safe...

Glad to see Great Minds Think Alike;) At this past Saturdays OCDA Cave Diving Conference some one brought up (of course) bungee wings. Their 2 negatives? Punctures (thats why I have a redundant bladder) Bungees are too tight (Tho they did admit that this was operator/setup error...

The D-RB club on Yahoo used to have a good list, but it did not survive the switch to an email group. Any Ideas or leads? TIA and dive safe Brock

I KNEW there was a reason why I like Brit Divers and it wasnt just because of the the Pub Deco Stops. ;) Seriously, I'll be checking out every nook and cranny of your site. Dive safe Brock

My buddy and I are getting LAR Vs aftter Xmas and will be practicing with those until spring. Believe it not, there's an Inspiration instructor in Eastern OK that I plan on talking to alot, plus one of my cave buddies uses a Dolphin he adapted to using Heliair as a diluent. Ive seen...

Hey Lance, I feel like I spent all last year there. There's a bat cave, the Main road, the Equipment room, the carts and gear that the miners just dropped when the mine close, all sorts of stuff. There is a circuit I like to do. In thru the Main Road to the Equipment Room, then out thru...

Do that as soon as you can. Last winter I did an experiment. I had 20/35 Back gas and a full bottle of 50% stage rigged. I breathed the 50% to the back of the upper tunnel at Roubidoux, then switched. The difference was startling. Whereas before it seemed dark and closed in, on switching the...