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re: Frightening cave diving documentary
Posted on 7/14/20 at 9:07 am to Jdiggy
Posted on 7/14/20 at 9:07 am to Jdiggy
The video in the OP is old school British sump diving. Not representative of all cave diving, more of a specialized subset. Here in FL we have some small mucky stuff, but also many huge cavernous spaces with white walls and crystal clear water. And in some places, like Mexico, Belize, and the Bahamas, they are crystal clear and highly decorated with stalagmites and stalagtites. Floating effortlessly and silently through air-clear water, observing fossils and rock formations and little albino and blind critters...underwater caves are a very special place.
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Posted on 7/14/20 at 9:13 am to Jdiggy
I’ve gone shark diving, great white cage diving, night diving, and cave diving. Only cave diving has given me severe anxiety 
I was a nervous wreck for the first 20 minutes but was finally able to calm down and enjoy the dives. There’s something claustrophobia-inducing about knowing if something goes wrong, you can’t just swim up to the surface. But it did end up being a neat dive, and we did get to surface in a bat cave which was really cool.
Cenote Dos Ojos in Mexico was the spot:
I was a nervous wreck for the first 20 minutes but was finally able to calm down and enjoy the dives. There’s something claustrophobia-inducing about knowing if something goes wrong, you can’t just swim up to the surface. But it did end up being a neat dive, and we did get to surface in a bat cave which was really cool. Cenote Dos Ojos in Mexico was the spot:
Posted on 7/14/20 at 9:30 am to jchamil
quote:Cool dive spot. That’s where I took my “open water” dives to get certified after taking the classes/pool dives on the Northshore. We were supposed to do our open water dives in Destin, but a hurricane was on its way, and we opted for Vortex Springs instead
Vortex Springs in Florida
Posted on 7/14/20 at 9:33 am to CAD703X
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he goes down for weeks at a time cant even imagine it. some of the stories he tells me are crazy
Go on, it’s story time.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 9:34 am to When in Rome
Only cave dive I have made was into cypress springs in FL. Not my thing did it once that was enough.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 9:56 am to CAD703X
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some of the stories he tells me are crazy.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 9:59 am to bayoudude
I had to just focus on my breathing because my brain was running wild. I might have even sung Dory’s “just keep swimming” to myself at one point
After some time, though, I was able to relax and really enjoy the dive. If you can get over that initial feeling of doom, the stalagmites and stalactites are so cool to swim among. And yes, I am choosing to end that sentence with a dangling preposition.
After some time, though, I was able to relax and really enjoy the dive. If you can get over that initial feeling of doom, the stalagmites and stalactites are so cool to swim among. And yes, I am choosing to end that sentence with a dangling preposition.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 10:06 am to CAD703X
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some of the stories he tells me are crazy.
And?
Posted on 7/14/20 at 10:21 am to When in Rome
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If you can get over that initial feeling of doom,
I am full cave certified, trimix, rebreather, blah blah... "focusing on not-dying" stuck with me for a long time. It was actually a bit of a bonus...trust me you totally forget about that crappy client or mean boss when you are just trying not to die.
"Line, gas right, gas left, line, buddy, trim, line..." rinse repeat for a couple of hours. Posted on 7/14/20 at 10:21 am to When in Rome
Ive dove Votrex. and a couple others in florida and mexico. Techincally i have only cavern dived as a true cave dive you legally need cave diving certification. Cavern diving is going into cave where you can still see "AN" opening.
coolest i did was i think it was in Cozumel or Bonaire where you entered a hole in the top of a reef at about 70 feet, crawled through the passage for a while and exited the reef wall at about 120.
coolest i did was i think it was in Cozumel or Bonaire where you entered a hole in the top of a reef at about 70 feet, crawled through the passage for a while and exited the reef wall at about 120.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 10:22 am to Jdiggy
I'd rather cobra kangz sleep in my bed with me than to do that.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 11:16 am to CarRamrod
Oh yeah, now that you mention it, it was a cavern dive. I forgot about the distinction.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 11:23 am to When in Rome
Cavern diving I think I'd be okay with.
Cave diving... frick no.
Cave diving... frick no.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 11:46 am to SpotCheckBilly
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I poked my nose in a couple of caves, but nah, not something I was ever into.
Same here
Posted on 7/14/20 at 12:44 pm to LSUBoo
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Cavern diving I think I'd be okay with.
Cave diving... frick no.
ill tell you it wasnt like you werent cave diving. once you get down the pool you entered from looks like a tiny light bulb in the black sky. Posted on 7/14/20 at 2:07 pm to Jdiggy
This guys death in diving the blue hole in Egypt always made me never want to dive again. Link https://youtu.be/cRj0lymMMGs
Posted on 7/14/20 at 2:48 pm to CarRamrod
quote:Yeah. And you still go deep into the cave where for a long time everything above you has a long pointy end
ill tell you it wasnt like you werent cave diving. once you get down the pool you entered from looks like a tiny light bulb in the black sky.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 2:57 pm to When in Rome
Cowboy Cerrone has an intense story about the time he almost died cave-diving on Joe Rogan’s podcast
Kinda long, but a really good listen
Kinda long, but a really good listen
Posted on 7/14/20 at 10:53 pm to CAD703X
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some of the stories he tells me are crazy.
Well...we're waiting!
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