Cave Trip 2-20 thru 2-22-9

[cmufieldhockey8]

Even with the icicles on your wetsuits it was a perfect weekend for me Heck, my drysuit even kept me dry! And you know how often that happens!

 

[DogHouseDiver]

Beat me to the punch on the full sized dolly thing I see... Haven't gotten into hot-rodding and modifying it a'la "cut-chop-rebuild" but you put the plan into motion. I've been working up some ideas for mine and thought about leaving one at Wild Bill's with a coded lock for the WCDC members. Makes those walks in the woods easier on the back.

Jealous again, nice report. I'll let you know when I'm headed east.

 

[GLENFWB]

Here are a few pictures from the first two days of diving.

Shagman

The Little River had a lot of Green Hair Algae...rumor has it that an Algae Monster has been spotted lurking in the deep. I was able to get a quick shot of this elusive creature.

Getting Ready to Dive Little River

Is that a deco tank or are you just happy to see me???

Bugman is just chillin

Shagman lurking in a cave

Glenfwb (ME) enjoying a cavern moment

I have more to post....like Bugman said, it was a great weekend of diving. We dove 5 new cavern/cave sites over the weekend....we had a blast.

 

[GLENFWB]

Cavern Flounder

Shagman

Looking Down the Hole

cmufieldhockey

Have some pictures of Orange Sink to post next......

 

[GLENFWB]

Orange Sink

Shagman Carrying a Tank

Once the Duckweed Moves...the Basin is Clear. Looking up from around 20 feet

Cool Plaque at Peacock Spring

 

[GLENFWB]

One more story from the weekend. The trailer we rented for the weekend had the movie "The Cave". We decided to watch it to see the exploding POV and diving sequences we had heard about. The story was pretty silly, but the diving was nice and they had some good underwater photography. We knew Wes Skiles and Jill Heinerth did the underwater photography so we watched the "Special Feature" on the DVD. The special feature by Wes and Jill was extremely interesting. It was Wes and Jill telling how they filmed the underwater segments. We watched this movie Saturday night.

Sunday morning Shagman and I go to Orange Sink and then to Peacock. I get in the water first at Peacock. There is one diver floating in the water at Peacock and she is waiting for the rest of her dive team. Since this was me and Shagman's first dive at Peacock...I asked this diver about the cavern at Peacock. She gave us good information about the two cave entrances and where the Gold Lines are located. Her voice sounded awful familiar....turns out I was floating in Peacock speaking to Jill Heinerth. She was there teaching a class that day.

Shagman and I couldn't believe that we had just watched the movie the night before...then we end up in the water with her that morning. I wanted to speak with her after our dives, but she was working with her students doing some post-dive analysis, and I didn't want to interupt her.

 

[kidsdream]

I really like the images taken from the shadows where you can see the light streaming down.

I am counting down the days till I can make it back to Cave Country - 11 days and counting.


Thanks again.

 

[ShagMan]

Very good pics Glen, they turned out fantastic!

I want to see the "suit standing up" pic!

 

[cmufieldhockey8]

Glen, your camera skills rock! Thanks for taking the time to process and post those. Very cool story.

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Damn Glen, the photos came out great dude!

Jealous again, nice report. I'll let you know when I'm headed east.

Sweet, I'd appreciate it!