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Thanks. Cheers!

I post a series of videos for each dive. The description gives an overview of each dive. For this video we were still proceeding inward from the surface and we passed the third T in the guideline. If you are not a cave diver or do not have a map of the cave the individual video titles can be hard to interpret

For an improvised camera mount and no dedicated video lights on the DPV I am pretty pleased.

Sorry, I hope you recovered quickly. They sound is not the attraction for sure, LOL.

@@cavediver74 Not to worry I'm working on it now. This is too good to miss! I don't like giving in or up so I'll see you soon 👍🏾

@@cavediver2579 It is true, I prefer a diver in front as a subject. It helps when the vis is good too. Being the has it’s advantages also.

wut

@@Bubbles2k Exactly my question. What is it that you seek in the depths?

@@paulclifton3821 people do it for adrenaline or because its fun

@@Bubbles2k Sounds made up.

Fun dive, yes. Completely unplugging from other day to day worries, yes. End of Line, no. Had a leak and exited the cave instead of proceeding. Cheers!

This cave is highly variable and can be worse than this or much better, but yes, this was less than I would have wanted. But I have recently seen much worse, albeit on the exit after going through a very low and silty area that had much better initial visibility this was what I saw on exit: czcams.com/video/AbEuhKfzK40/video.htmlsi=Ixch8t3QBSzaRDPO

Have a great time for me! I am not in town. I am at home taking care of my son, the dogs, and my wife who has COVID of all things. Sorta crappy summer cold. She will be better in a couple days but this has certainly changed my Holiday plans! Say hey to Edd for me and safe diving! My next diving down there may be very late July or even early August it seems.

@@cavediver74 sounds good, I’m Chris BTW. We will probably be back late August I am thinking…

@@saturated_and_caffeinated7865I am Greg. Perhaps we will meet up later this summer. Safe diving and cheers!

Many thanks!

Thank you!

Yes. Cave. Cave CCR. Cave DPV. Trimix.

Honestly, no I was not worried. The vis was far from zero. Frankly we are trained to deal with zero visibility during our certification class and I have seen much worse vis than this over the past 26 years. Even true zero vis is quite workable if the passage is large enough to get through but not so large you are bouncing up and down. Frankly, only very small passage really go to zero. True zero vis and a broken line can be booger, but we have training and equipment for that also. After training it is good to progress your dives slowly and make sure you are not exceeding your comfort limit. We all have a limit though.

LOL, none of my videos end in tragedy. But then I am not a monetized channel looking to lure people with click bait. Just a long time cave diver who started putting videos on CZcams for my self and buddies. Sadly, if you are not a cave diver these unedited videos might not be the best. Each dive I do is actually a series of videos. The videos for a dive are named after the dive site, then are given a sequential number followed by a brief description in the title. I do try to place something of a description of what the overall dive was in the “description”. Without a knowledge of cave diving and a specific cave or access to a map of that cave (most maps are not publicly available I can see where following along can be difficult. There are people who edit and narrate videos etc. Mine are strictly unedited which has an advantage if you want to really see what is happening but can be a disadvantage also. If you search google for “cave atlas twin cave” and proceed to the resources tab of the Cave Atlas page there is a PDF map of this cave that is half way decent. That might help with references to tell where we are but references like “back to back arrows” that I make in titles would really only have meaning to a cave diver that knows this cave. Cheers!

Ansolutely. 2 AL 80 each plus the LP50s with 135 cf plus in the pair. Less 20cf for dil gave plenty of gas for the 150% of bailout gas needed to exit standard.

@@cavediver74 ah cool makes sense. It looked freaky with those tiny sidemounted tanks and a rebreather fuck way back in a looong restriciton. Beautiful video!

It is very cool! With the proper equipment, proper training, proper procedures and conservative gas management etc it is till very cool. Without these, it can be excessively dangerous!

I have to admit the laugh was where I realized for sure she was backing out and our dive plan had changed. I love diving. I love making plans/goals but adhere to the concept that if things are not going according to plan anyone can call the dive at anytime for any reason. I am a pretty happy/upbeat person. I was not laughing at my buddy for not passing the restriction but recognizing it was not going to got happen and I needed top back out also. I was at the time and remain very happy about that dive. Thank you for reminding me! Cheers!

@@cavediver74 oh, it was completely in your tone, not a condescending laugh but a “heh, I know that feeling… been there” kinda laugh. I thought the dive, plan and execution was great. Sticking to rules. Love it 🖤🔱

1 pair of scooters and stage at the far end and were going to do the traverse but she got hung up on something passing the restriction.

@@cavediver74 I guess I need to breakdown and do that dive. I’m just not a big fan of twin…we did Hole and Consolation Friday.

This way you can appreciate each particle! LOL

Have fun!

I have a GoPro 10, 11, and 12 with dive housing. On this dive the GoPro was attached near the nose of the DPV. I was using a pair of 3500 lumen Seacraft lights running off the DPV’s battery with diffusers over them. If I am swimming and shooting video I generally use my Underwater Light Dude light with a diffuser over it or a BigBlue video light that I have. The UWLD puts out up to 3500 lumens for 5 hours on a large pack. The BigBlue is brighter but not microprocessor controlled and after 40 min or so is at half brightness and pretty much useless at about 60 minutes unlike the UWLD and Seacraft DPV lights that put out constant lumens until battery reaches a critical point.

@@cavediver74 Nice! I use the GoPro for filming my cave dives too. Always wondered how your footage turns out so good. I have some cheap video lights. May look into getting a defuser for my EX35.

@@BlakePierantoniJust FYI. For the first several years I was shooting video I used pieces of shower curtain I had cut out in round pieces held over the end of various lights with pieces of inner tube I had cut. I have not owned a DiveRite light in several years but found out the large diffuser they sell fit perfectly over my Underwater Light Dude Primary. I rigged it with bungee and can flip it up or down to use it as a video light or as a primary. When I got my Seacraft DPV with built in power controller a year ago and got the Seacraft DPV lights that they sell and connect to the power controlled a bought a pair of DiveRite’s smaller diffuses. They are actually a bit larger than the Seacraft lights but they work fairly well also held on by bungee. I can flip them up to get 12 degree light (what they are without diffuser - don’t ask me why they chose 12 degrees) or flip the diffusers down and get some very nice video light. The diffusers (even shower curtain) really seems to help to soften the light but also tends to give you a much wider angle of dispersion for the light. I you have the $ you can get dedicated video lights. My BigBlue video light was about $750 and frankly although I like it, I would not buy it again because of the fact that the light starts of bright but just gets dimmer and dimmer over time. Cheers and good luck!

I encourage you to. I will say, it is quite a bit of certifications etc. However, once you get scuba certified (open circuit or CCR) then a cavern class (the part of cave where ambient light even a very small amount is still visible) can give you a feel for whether you want to go further with certification. The cavern class is actually pretty useful in terms of general scuba skills as well as wreck diving skills as well so not a waste if it isn’t for you.

5/4/24.

Thank you and I certainly will stay safe.

Thanks.

I cant say I was trained to not have claustrophobia. Everyone has their limit. The training in general helps with confidence but some passages are too small for me.

It really is!

Nope, no guts actually. It is exceptionally relaxing. A great way to completely decompress from life’s day to day grind. With proper training, equipment, redundancies, and bailout gas etc this sport can be done quite safely. You are still scuba diving so if you have a heart attack underwater…but then we are moving at the equivalent of a brisk walk or slower at any given time. Getting the gear to the water is harder work than the dive, 😊. Cheers!

Thank you! I appreciate you letting me know. I certainly thought it was a great dive, but then I have a passion for cave diving. Yesterday someone commented on a video from a prior series essentially telling me to “stop doing this dangerous sport immediately.” Cheers!

@@cavediver74you should stop…dibs on your breather…and scoot…

We will, thank you!

Feel free to sample but please understand this is not the ocean! This is a fresh water cave in Mexico.