I'm currently re-reading the excellent "The Cave Divers" by Robert Burgess. One chapter describes a dive by Jon Lindbergh (son of Charles Lindbergh), who discovered the hidden "lake" inside Bower Cave.
I may just be failing at searching Google, but I can't find any info on whether this site is actively dived. It sounds super interesting though based on Burgess' account and this description I found in an old issue of "The Western Cave Conservancy" (which I've attached):
That article goes into some detail about a mapping expedition in 1969, along with some other random diving attempts over the next several decades. The article, published in 2005, suggests that the system was mostly abandoned between 1991 and its publication date. I'd love to know what has taken place with diving it since 2005.
I may just be failing at searching Google, but I can't find any info on whether this site is actively dived. It sounds super interesting though based on Burgess' account and this description I found in an old issue of "The Western Cave Conservancy" (which I've attached):
The cave consists of a collapse sinkhole in marble, nearly 100 feet in both diameter and depth, with a small pool at its bottom. Formerly, a “bower” of maple trees partly canopied this large roofless chamber. Several short, decorated passages can be reached by exciting climbs up the walls. An enormous submerged passage only accessible by cave diving leads over 800 feet into the hillside bordering
the Merced River, dropping to at least 240 feet deep. The cave continues inward and downward, but to follow it would require extreme cave diving expertise.
the Merced River, dropping to at least 240 feet deep. The cave continues inward and downward, but to follow it would require extreme cave diving expertise.
That article goes into some detail about a mapping expedition in 1969, along with some other random diving attempts over the next several decades. The article, published in 2005, suggests that the system was mostly abandoned between 1991 and its publication date. I'd love to know what has taken place with diving it since 2005.