An old trick you might try is to take a sealed bag of bottled water with you. When you need to check a gauge, sandwich the bag between the gauge and your mask. You can shine some light in from the side to help with the reading.
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FIXXERVI6
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that very well could work, it will be a while before I get back down there so hopefully it will just clear out some, gotta go get wisdom teeth dug out end of the march.
That will work, I have used it for taking archaeological photos in very bad water....
Layne
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FIXXERVI6
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Word is there is some vis in the lake right now
Last I heard the line is still there and in good shape
Planning on heading back out soon.
Last I heard the line is still there and in good shape
Planning on heading back out soon.
Looking forward to hearing about your progress on this old project.
how does one reach the start of this line from windy point? i don't plan on following it, but seeing where it ties off would be interesting.
You can find more info on that further back in this thread, but at current lake levels you'd have no business even looking for the initial tie-in unless you're at least Deep certified.
clerickass
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All of the arrows are pointing UP, right? Since I would assume that the shortest distance to exit would be vertical... 
FIXXERVI6
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All of the arrows are pointing UP, right? Since I would assume that the shortest distance to exit would be vertical...
boats man..... boats!
if I had to come up on a bag out there I'd have to wash out my drysuit if I made it back to shore without getting my head split open by a propeller
last time I was out on the line vis was so bad the only way back if you got off that line was up, vis was so bad I couldn't read my compass to know which way was back.
Following a line with 7mm neoprene gloves is not easy but I did it.
Hopefully my dry gloves will be here before this weekend and there will be at least 6" of vis. If I can get 6" of vis on the bottom I'll be happy.
I have 7mil gloves and have little if any issues following lines in low/no vis....it's all in the way you are trained and set mentally, plus I wear a tight/S blue surgical gloves under my neo. gloves to assist in warm-and it WORKS, even if I do pull a neo. glove off, the hand stays from freezing with the blue surgical glove!! My neo. dry suit is set up for dry gloves (ringed) but for reasons, I just don't like those type gloves. Some are better then others for those whom like them.
If I remember right, the line was set to a depth that under normal lake level conditions recreational divers would be best not attempting the line, even to locate it. I will have to give it a drop, when FIXXER ok's it's completion.
If I remember right, the line was set to a depth that under normal lake level conditions recreational divers would be best not attempting the line, even to locate it. I will have to give it a drop, when FIXXER ok's it's completion.
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