Re: [Texascavers] cave videos - Hart Attack
>The passage has a beautiful flow of white sand streaming thru the >squeeze. Yet the passage is not silted and the cinematography looks >like it was filmed in high def. ( I can't wait to watch it on a 65 inch flat >screen ) >That scene of forcing the way through the squeeze scared the crap out of >me. The current made for a sandstorm of downstream. It indeed does look scary, but I'm told that constriction is now 6' high. It's in Hart Springs, hence the name, as I finally found out from Jill Heinerth. That same sequence (though filmed at another time) was included in Hidden Rivers of Florida which won Best of Show in 2003, which is why Hart Attack didn't place this time. And yes, all of Wes Skiles' work is now filmed in HD. BTW, all the salon videos are now up on the NSS web site, so you can also see the intro sequence that flubbed during the performance. New this year are higher resolution versions that you can download and play full-screen. They ain't Hi-Def, and probably won't look all that great on a 65-inch flatscreen, but are much more pleasing than the little 352x240 streaming videos. You can find the winners page here . But be warned, if you're on a slow connection, some of the hi-res files are up to 50 MB. All the entries are also in the NSS AV Library , for you folks with 65" flat panels... Alex -- Alex Sproul, NSS 8086RL/FE Chair, 2008 NSS Video Salon 540.377.6364 Skype: alex.sproul - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] cave videos - Hart Attack
That scene of forcing the way through the squeeze scared the crap out of me. The current made for a sandstorm of downstream. Roger <>
RE: [Texascavers] cave videos - Hart Attack
David, I must agree in part with your review of Hart Attack. It was filmed in beautiful water, well lit, and exciting. However, watching that movie I was thinking of Jacob's Well in Hays County and how many unqualified divers died trying that very maneuver. With the "Jackass" type shows so popular how many might try to imitate what they saw in that movie in a cave close to them. Would someone think the NSS is endorsing or approving this type of diving? Is there a disclaimer in the movie, I don't know. Jon -Original Message- From: David [mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 10:37 AM To: Cave Texas Subject: [Texascavers] cave videos - Hart Attack I misspelled the name of the video I was describing in the previous post. It is called "Hart Attack." I was told that it was filmed in the cave beneath Hart Springs, shown below. http://underwaterflorida.homestead.com/files/hart.jpg The video features a diver squeezing through a tight spot with full side-mounted tanks and other gear. The passage has a beautiful flow of white sand streaming thru the squeeze. Yet the passage is not silted and the cinematography looks like it was filmed in high def. ( I can't wait to watch it on a 65 inch flat screen ) The film doesn't show how the cameraman got thru the squeeze.It appears beyond the squeeze they found a vertical underwater borehole passage. How did they light up such a big passage? The filming of this must have been rather difficult.I would presume they spent many hours filming just to get this 5 minute video. My question is, If you were a hard-core underwater cave diver, would you squeeze thru spot, not knowing if you will have room to turn around. It seems like the chances of death in that squeeze suddenly go from 75 percent to 80 percent. I would classify that as "extreme caving." I will never do that. But it is exciting to watch someone else do it, especially when it was filmed with such high quality. Has anybody out there seen this video yet, and if so, do you have any other comments to add? David Locklear
