Twin Dees (Weeki Wachee Springs cave system) aborted exploration dive support activities

A glimpse into the role of support at Twin Dees. What was intended as a meet-and-greet dive to "The Beach" (approximately 1,200 feet in the system at a depth of 130 feet) to collect scooters, bailout rebreathers, and other unnecessary gear from exploration divers for a planned 14-hour dive was changed on the fly when the support team realized the divers were ahead of schedule by over an hour. This resulted in us gathering gear in tight spots, but also allowed us to speed up the clean up and remove gear from the cave early. I was also able to film divers getting out of their rebreathers and entering the habitat at 40 feet. Exploration diver Dr. Andy Pitkin discusses the turning of the dive in the habitat.
A rough schedule of the highlights with video time codes:
3:30 SETTING OFF
12:30 ENCOUNTERING ANDY
15:30 DOWN THE CHUTE
18:00 UPDATE WITH GARY
21:00 WAITING IN THE 70’ HABITAT
22:30 GARY AND CHARLIE APPROACH 70’ HABITAT
26:00 UPDATE WITH CHARLIE
29:30 GRABBING ANDY’S SCOOTER AND BAILOUT REBREATHER
36:30 BACK AT THE 40’ HABITAT
38:00 PREPPING GEAR FOR REMOVAL
42:00 GARY EXITS
43:30 BARNEY EXITS
46:40 BARNEY ENTERS FOR CLEANUP
48:00 MEETING ANDY AND GEAR CLEANUP PREP
55:30 ANDY DOFFING REBREATHER
59:00 BARNEY EXITS
1:01:00 BARNEY ENTERS FOR SECOND CLEANUP
1:03:00 ANDY DIVE REPORT - HABICHAT
1:04:50 CHARLIE ARRIVES
1:06:00 GEAR CLEANUP PREP
1:12:00 CHARLIE DOFFING REBREATHER
1:16:30 BARNEY EXITS
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Clearly you’ve been at this for a while. Great teamwork

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Are you doing a no mount entry dude? Looks real tight Mike.

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How could I get in touch with Mr.Barnette

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Someone ive known my entire life asked How can you breathe with all the particles in the water ?
My response Your really not my mother Right ? 🤦🏼