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Old January 5th, 2009, 09:11 PM   #1
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Awesome Weekend at Jackson Blue!!

We spent a wonderful two days of diving at Jackson Blue on Saturday and Sunday. Our group started with Stasia(cmufieldhockey) Dave(mos11) Glen(GlenFWB) Josh(Shagman) Mat(BugMan) and myself. Joining us on Saturday was John(Cave Diver) and Fairley.
Our group consisted of divers in various levels of training from cavern all the way to rebreathers. We all paired with our divers from our respective levels of training and proceeded to have some awesome dives and fellowship.
On Saturday I met Rob(Dive-aholic) and Jen as they picked up Mat for their journey. Their trip report is located at Holmes Creek report

On Sunday we also saw Aletheia(diverdeva) Ernest(ernestleejr) Gary(Gary's Gulf Coast Divers) John(DM) Marcie and Steve.

Glen, Josh and Mat got some awesome pics and I know they will be sharing them.
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Old January 5th, 2009, 09:46 PM   #2
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Dave and I are intro cave so we paired up and although Stasia is full cave she went with us on alot of our dives to offer her expertise. We did a total of 6 dives, 3 on each day. I completed my 22nd cave dive on this trip and everything is finally beginning to feel more comfortable. I was able to control my buoyancy much better even in the flow. The frog kicks are feeling more natural and the reel wasn't nearly as difficult. Our longest dive was 50 minutes with a depth of 51ft. Our deepest dive was 95ft for a total of 35 minutes.

It was great to see everyone again!! There were alot of SBer's out for such a warm winter weekend and the diving was awesome!!
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Old January 5th, 2009, 10:12 PM   #3
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Jackson Blue, day 1 Josh's pics

OK, here's day one... I'll let somebody else post boring trip details, here's some pics of day 1!

full gallery of 91 pics for day 1 is here: Image Gallery | 20090103-JacksonBlue | 1 of 91 | IMG_0540.JPG


Firstly, I'd like to introduce you to the ambassador of Jackson Blue, the elite of the elite, tada! I wanna grow up to be just like you, buddy.



"What the heck does this button do?"



The obligatory entrance shot



hey, I'm taking a picture of you, taking a picture of me, taking a picture of you, taking... woah, brain freeze...



This is Bob.



See Bob run!
http://www.shagman.org/hobbies/divin...e/MVI_0737.MOV


Herding fish between us



It's Bob again! He was stupid enough to come out and graze again, caught him on our way back. He's pissed now.



Look, there's a brim over there! No really, RIGHT OVER THERE!
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Old January 5th, 2009, 10:14 PM   #4
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Look, it's Jason Bateman!

It's an inside joke, but feel free to PM GlenFWB for more details

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Shangri-La day 2 Josh's pics

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OMG, it's Bob's dad!



How many bass do you see in this pic!



This cavern is so awesome



Proof that yes, indeed, I did run line unsupervised by a cave diver!!!



I'd have to lose some weight to squeeze in down there



This is a combination shot... firstly reinforcing the awesomeness of Shangri-La, and secondly reaffirming that I did in fact run a reel!
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Jackson Blue day 2 Josh's pics

Full gallery here (91 pics):Image Gallery | 20090104-JacksonBlue | 1 of 79 | IMG_0776.JPG


I think they were warming their wings... whatever it was, it was creepy!




Hi Glen!




Busy day at the office




Love that huge air pocket




This would have been an OK shot, but Mat wore his devil-eyes this dive




Denise shows us her mastery of the reel




aww, it's love at first sight... actually I think there was something about "ox-tox" isn't that something you order at a chinese place?




traffic jam! I think this was just before the guy in the doubles smashed into Glen




yeah, I know these are blurry, but I liked the way they turned out anyway




Glen busy with macro shots with the entrance in the background





love this one, yeah, it's blurry, so sue me




coming through!




Glen, concentrate!!

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Great pics Shagman!

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Firstly, I'd like to introduce you to the ambassador of Jackson Blue, the elite of the elite, tada! I wanna grow up to be just like you, buddy.
I think he's about to land on a carrier, hooks down, he's just looking for a line to catch and bring him to a stop.
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last of Josh's pics

and lastly, some shennagins






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Great photos! Thanks for the report. Great to finally meet a few new people this weekend...Denise and Glen. Hopefully, we'll all get a chance to dive sometime soon. But when new cave is calling...I have to go!
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