cmufieldhockey8
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Well as you all know I'm not big into long reports, just a lot of pictures. We had a group of 8 get together this past weekend at JB and rented the trailer next to Edd's. It's so convenient staying next store to the dive shop! We all arrived Friday from Slidell, Hattiesburg, Auburn, Monroeville and Mobile to a hopping Cave Adventurers, and after a while all tanks were full and we were ready to dive!
Friday night 8/21/09 at JB
Diverdeva, ErnestleeJr, Me, Mos11b1p and Brian did a night dive JB. We went on the Young's Siphon jump which is just a few hundred feet in the cave and was new to Mos as he recent got his full cave. I'd tried with bugman to pop through the hole at the end of this line which opens back up into the back of the cavern, but i was short on gas, time and apparently my wits because I couldn't fit through. Well this time darnit I did! I lead the dive to the end of the line, took off a tank and slid right up the hole first try. Only the diver behind me saw me do it so the rest of them were probably not expecting me to be waiting for them back at the main line.
michelin man and google eyed monster
After that we goofed around and took a bunch of pictures. Dive lasted an hour! Denisegg was waiting for us back at the trailer when we got back.
Saturday 8/22/09
JB had quite a bit of trafffic on Saturday. KennyP had a class and Kevin Carlisle and Bamamedic were there as well. Denisegg and Todd did their own handful of dives and the rest of us were gonna do the Kings Canyon circuit which is absolutely gorgeous. Well after a man eating door chewed diverdeva's foot, Brian's primary failed and Ernest's scooter died way too soon, we ended up just swimming up the main line to about the bypass. This was actually good for me as I've never swam past the 2nd T! I've only scootered lol. Dive was 2 hours and I had way more deco then I preferred. Cold! Brian was unfortunately stuck in his peter pan outfit waiting for us to get back to give him the code for the truck.
We ate my famous (ha!) homemade spaghetti and garlic bread, made a Sonic ice cream run and hit the sack.
unfortunately we had to amputate
Sunday 8/23/09 JB
Once again Denisegg and Todd did some intro dives togehter, Mos11b1p and Brian did the horseshoe circut, and Ernest and I took 2 stages, o2 and scooters up the main line. We just changed our stage riggings to the way Edd does it and man its a lot easier then what I was doing before! It still was some major task loading with all that stuff on. First stages were dropped at the Rabbit Hole and the 2nd stages and scooters were dropped at 2500 ft. We took a jump to the right, went through a handful of Ts (coudln't tell ya which way we went on each) and then went right at a T through Avalanche Alley. Not only did I feel fantastic without the stages, but there was no flow back here and the water was crystal clear. The rocks were a bright white with large boulders both on the ground and stuck in fissures (swam a little faster under those!) large rooms here and there and an enormous amount of larger fossils on the ground. If I did drugs I could compare this to drugs, but since I don't I'd imagine the high I got in here is what it's like on drugs.
It was a nearly flawless dive and we both did an excellent job. We noted the T we want to take next time toward the Middle Grounds. By the time we got to the cavern 2 hours had passed and I had 30 min of deco ahead of me.. yuck! I couldn't put an understandable sentance together by teh time i surfaced but it was worth it.
Aletheia had done a dive with Andre the Giant and Ernest did another dive with him in the cavern after our dive.
way too much crap for one dive!
It was a fantabulous weekend!
Friday night 8/21/09 at JB
Diverdeva, ErnestleeJr, Me, Mos11b1p and Brian did a night dive JB. We went on the Young's Siphon jump which is just a few hundred feet in the cave and was new to Mos as he recent got his full cave. I'd tried with bugman to pop through the hole at the end of this line which opens back up into the back of the cavern, but i was short on gas, time and apparently my wits because I couldn't fit through. Well this time darnit I did! I lead the dive to the end of the line, took off a tank and slid right up the hole first try. Only the diver behind me saw me do it so the rest of them were probably not expecting me to be waiting for them back at the main line.
michelin man and google eyed monster
After that we goofed around and took a bunch of pictures. Dive lasted an hour! Denisegg was waiting for us back at the trailer when we got back.
Saturday 8/22/09
JB had quite a bit of trafffic on Saturday. KennyP had a class and Kevin Carlisle and Bamamedic were there as well. Denisegg and Todd did their own handful of dives and the rest of us were gonna do the Kings Canyon circuit which is absolutely gorgeous. Well after a man eating door chewed diverdeva's foot, Brian's primary failed and Ernest's scooter died way too soon, we ended up just swimming up the main line to about the bypass. This was actually good for me as I've never swam past the 2nd T! I've only scootered lol. Dive was 2 hours and I had way more deco then I preferred. Cold! Brian was unfortunately stuck in his peter pan outfit waiting for us to get back to give him the code for the truck.
We ate my famous (ha!) homemade spaghetti and garlic bread, made a Sonic ice cream run and hit the sack.
unfortunately we had to amputate
Sunday 8/23/09 JB
Once again Denisegg and Todd did some intro dives togehter, Mos11b1p and Brian did the horseshoe circut, and Ernest and I took 2 stages, o2 and scooters up the main line. We just changed our stage riggings to the way Edd does it and man its a lot easier then what I was doing before! It still was some major task loading with all that stuff on. First stages were dropped at the Rabbit Hole and the 2nd stages and scooters were dropped at 2500 ft. We took a jump to the right, went through a handful of Ts (coudln't tell ya which way we went on each) and then went right at a T through Avalanche Alley. Not only did I feel fantastic without the stages, but there was no flow back here and the water was crystal clear. The rocks were a bright white with large boulders both on the ground and stuck in fissures (swam a little faster under those!) large rooms here and there and an enormous amount of larger fossils on the ground. If I did drugs I could compare this to drugs, but since I don't I'd imagine the high I got in here is what it's like on drugs.
It was a nearly flawless dive and we both did an excellent job. We noted the T we want to take next time toward the Middle Grounds. By the time we got to the cavern 2 hours had passed and I had 30 min of deco ahead of me.. yuck! I couldn't put an understandable sentance together by teh time i surfaced but it was worth it.
Aletheia had done a dive with Andre the Giant and Ernest did another dive with him in the cavern after our dive.
way too much crap for one dive!
It was a fantabulous weekend!
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