make sure to do with this with certified equipment. The water pressure quickly becomes to great for most pumps and tubes, causing the tubing to collapse and you drowning. Matt Turner
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle "Empty pockets never held anyone back.Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that."- Norman Vincent Peale ________________________________ From: David <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 11:56:27 AM Subject: [Texascavers] free diving in caves - commentary The recent death while solo free diving in a Florida cavern is certainly a tragedy. I wonder what possesses people to do something like that. I have zero knowledge of cavern diving, free diving, and cave diving, and have only been snorkeling once in my life. I have free-dived a very short cave sump before, but only after taking precautions. ( and once in Honeycreek in a duck-under ) However, here it would seem there would be a safer way to visit the twilight zone of an underwater cavern, Such as using flexible tubing connected to a snorkel and have the tubing firmly attached to the surface or even to some sort of air pump. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuba I think I would feel comfortable and safe doing that. David Locklear --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
