James, Did it look anything like this? See attached pics.
Thanks. On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:41:58 -0500 water....@mac.com wrote: > Correction: > > On Monday, August 24, 2009, at 11:20AM, "ellie :)" > <ellie.tho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >I went back into the cave and met up with the dive team as they were > >coming out. About the sump dive Bill Steele wrote "James Brown didn't > >like the sump and didn't go more than a few feet into it. There was > >zero visibility and right away there was a block of rock on the floor > >he was going to have to take his tanks off and extend them at > >arms-length so he could squeeze between it and the ceiling. If he > >tries it again, he'll take two 15 cu. ft. pony tanks, which will give > >him a penetration time of 10 minutes." > > Underwater is steep descending mud slope leading to rock lip > restriction; 12" high by 3 feet wide. I rotated backwards, entering > fins first, descending into the mud slope. I had to wiggle my dive > gear to pass the restriction. I went as far as my head clearing the > restriction, while pushing into the mud slope, but was not comfortable > continuing the dive in 100% ZERO visibility. I can feel extra space > under the rock ceiling with my fins, but which way do you go when you > can't see? > > Upon returning to the surface my backup regulator was mud filled, > unknown to me during the dive. When I can see it, my HID dive light > was just a brown haze underwater. > > James -- Lyndon Tiu
