GUE Cave 1 video

Cave diving is way outta my league and this video is facinating to me.

The video is 23 minutes long and with my cable connection was only a 1:30min d/l but if you have dial-up you might have quite a wait! About 8 min. into it, the diver is seen touching the walls as if he's pulling himself along. Is this proper cave technique. Not trying to start anything...just curious!

Cave divers....I've never seen video of the Florida caves I hear you mention...Devil's Ear, Peanut Tunnel in Peacock Spring or Telford. Is this video a good representation of what it's really like?

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GUE Cave 1 video

Hi Dee,

Just watched the video you linked to. Interesting since I was just at Peacock (in the Peanut Tunnel) and Telford this Saturday.

In general it's best to avoid touching the cave but sometimes is necessary and generally accepted practice.

As far as a representation of what it's like... no video could really ever show you what it's really like.. ok, maybe an IMAX with a million dollars worth of lighting... but the video does give a simple idea of what it's like. Sort of a quickie... like if you were to do the dive and only get to open your eyes for 15 seconds total during different parts of it. I suspect that's because of their lighting limitation.

The part they showed of the peanut tunnel is a relatively short portion about 400ft long that's low and narrow. The rest of that tunnel is (for the most part) big enough to drive a semi through.

BTW: That portion of the Peanut tunnel is a favorite of instructors to do lights out airshare drills...

Those guys technique could use some work too... maybe that's what Tamera was there for. I'm sure she can straighten them out. Tamara is a GUE instructor.

There is a technique called "pull and glide" which you would use in a high flow cave. I do this in Devil's Ear.

What shop was that they were in?

That was good ole Extreme Exposure in High Springs, Florida. Home of DIR, Halcyon, GUE, and Extreme Exposure dive shop.

I thought this was an entertaining video myself. I would love to dive some of them cave systems. Does anybody know how old this video is?

Good clip, thanks for posting the link, Dee. Nice way to end the week.

Mike

Thanks Dee....

jbm

WYDT once bubbled...
Just watched the video you linked to. Interesting since I was just at Peacock (in the Peanut Tunnel) and Telford this Saturday.

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Just watched it... they missed our little friend in the pool at Peacock....
Rick

Thanks Dee, I needed that.

Now Im back to counting the hours until my next trip!