PBS Show on Cave Diving

[D1V3R]

yah, i dont think its that big of a deal, your average cave diver can dive like that

 

[roakey]

You could be right, though I could have sworn they mentioned at one point they were 200ft. deep, then again around 150 ft. The website says on a Wakulla dive (not sure if it was the same one) Jill and Paul Heinerth were at 300ft. Blows my mind.

Yes, Wakulla is very deep. I think the caves in "Water's Journey" were shallow, but I'll have to break out my DVD at some point to find out

Roak

Ps. "Ice Island" is an excellent DVD too from Skiles.

 

[karstdvr]

you need to understand the history of DIR (which is the same as the recent
explorations in Wakulla Springs) to understand why their rules are neither stupid
nor rigid.

try doing the dives the WKPP does without a central protocol and you'll end
up with chaos.

This deserves a new thread.

 

[Jason B]

Would make for an interesting read wouldn't it.

 

[H2Andy]

hey, i didn't say it had to be DIR.

but they needed a centralized protocol. could have been anything. unless
you understand it in that context, the rules and regulations don't make too
much sense.

at least this is Geroge Irvine's position:

http://www.baue.org/library/irvine_baue_talk.html

 

[KangarooSeatbelt]

I would highly reccomend to you the book The Cave Divers by Robert F. Burgess. It goes through some of the beginnings and history of cave diving, and talks extensively about the first Wakulla pushes, the Hualta expeditions, etc. It's a hard book to put down until you're done with it, even if you're familiary with the material. It will probably give you a lot of answers to questions you have and give you a solid background on what is possible in cave diving.

 

[KangarooSeatbelt]

oh, and in response to :

You could be right, though I could have sworn they mentioned at one point they were 200ft. deep, then again around 150 ft. The website says on a Wakulla dive (not sure if it was the same one) Jill and Paul Heinerth were at 300ft. Blows my mind.

The bottom of the Monolith Room alone is 320' deep. On the first expedition that discovered it, they couldn't even get an accurate reading of the depth at the top of the room (as in, they couldn't go all the way up there and check) because the would have gone into deco 2,600 feet back in the system!

Turns out the ceiling was only 70' deep!

Check out the book I reccomended ^

 

[H2Andy]

I would highly reccomend to you the book The Cave Divers by Robert F. Burgess.

great book... second the recommendation