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Underwater Speleology JL., Sept/Oct 1995 Vol 22 No 5 C7 Underwater Speleology JL., Sept/Oct 1995 Vol 22 No 5 C7 DOWN UNDER *. *:***­% A U P>] V Mi iH/VlNG ^ Editor Shannon Sikes Contents — 3139 Preston Hills Circle Cocklebiddy, Australia Prosper TX 75078 Photo courtesy of Greg Bulling (214) 346­2327 The Safety Line: Conservation Fax (214) 347­3305 by Wendy Short, Safety Coordinator 5 7411 [email protected] In Memory Corey Berggren and Robert McGuire . Board of Directors 5 Chairman Bad Heviz, Hungary Joe Odom by Steve Porter 6 452 Airport Road SW Hartselle AL 35640 To Conserve and Protect Work (205) 773­7315 by Tom Morris, Conservation Coordinator. [email protected] 12 About Arch Sink Vice Chairman by Frank Lavallee J5 Watson Boxley 3700 Crestwood Parkway Cocklebiddy Cave: "Toad Hall Expedition" Suite 150 by Greg Bulling Duluth GA 30136 16 Work (404) 513­1886 Incident Report: DCS [email protected] by Mary Bricker 1% Treasurer Cannonball Distress Rick Wolfe by Bob Foster 3550 Pleasant Hill Road #1019 20 Duluth GA 30136 Accident Analysis Revisited Work (404) 476­4476 [email protected] by Lamar Hires 24 Accident Report Secretary Gene Broome submitted by Kay Pozda Walton 25 PO Box 822 Copyright 1995 by the Cave Diving Section of Branford FL 32008 the National Speleological Society, Inc. All rights Submissions Home (904) 935­0146 reserved. No portion of this document may be UWS welcomes your submission. We Work (904) 935­1141 reproduced without the express written consent of assume that anyone submitting photos and/ [email protected] the NSS­CDS. Opinions expressed within are not or graphics has obtained proper permission necessarily those of the NSS­CDS. from the cartographer/photographer for Training Chairman Advertising­Please contact the editor to receive a reproduction of such material in UWS. All Lamar Hires rate sheet and other information for advertising in submissions are subject to standard Route 14 Box 162 Underwater Speleology Lake City FL 32055 NSS Membership­The National Speleological magazine editorial practices. Unfortunately, Home (904) 755­5913 Society welcomes the interest of anyone who has we cannot publish everything we receive. If Work (904) 752­1087 a sincere concern about the safety, study, you have an idea for an article but are [email protected] exploration and conservation of caves, wet or dry. unsure if it is suitable, please feel free to You may join the NSS by writing to 2813 Cave contact the editor. Leadership Coordinator Avenue, Huntsville AL, 35810 or by contacting Wayne Marshall the Cave Diving Section with a S25 membership fee. The membership includes discounts on 2623 Tulip Tree Circle Submission Deadlines publications and conventions, as well as the NSS Seffner FL 33584 Sept/Oct August 20 News and Members Manual. You arc also eligible Home (813) 681­3629 Nov/Dec October 20 Fax (813) 689­5012 to vote in all NSS elections. Jan/Feb, 1996 December 20 [email protected] CDS Membership­As a sub­organization or "section" of the NSS, the Cave Diving Section is Mar/Apr. February 20 Director at Large subject to the bylaws and ethics of the NSS. May/June April 20 Membership in the Cave Diving Section is open to July/Aug June 20 Woody Jasper anyone in good standing with the NSS. Annual "23534 NW 196 Terrace membership is S10 and includes a bimonthly Sept/Oct August 20 High Springs FL 32643 subscription to this publication, Underwater Home (904) 454­3440 Nov/Dec October 20 Speleology, as well as voting privileges, publica­ 7261 0.1 352@compuserve .com tions and seminar discounts. Please send membership requests to Bruce Ryan at the NSS­ Administrative Manager CDS Main Office. Make checks payable to the Bruce M. Ryan NSS­CDS. NSS­CDS Main Office Subscription­If you do not wish to join the NSS PO Box 950 and CDS but would like to receive Underwater Branford FL 32008 Speleology, you may subscribe to just this Bruce's Home Address publication for S20 per year. Send funds to Bruce PO Box 1368 Ryan at the NSS­CDS Main Office; make checks St. Petersburg FL 33731 payable to Underwater Speleology. Home (813) 528­4202 Classifieds Policy­Free Classifieds for personal [email protected] dive gear are available to members in good standing with the NSS­CDS. UWS is printed on recycled paper. 2 Sept/Oct Do you have DEEP, DARK thoughts? Then turn to OMS Inc. for a complete line of technical dive equipment. High Volume/Low Pressure Cylinders - Modular Valve Systems - 85 lbs. lift Dual Bladder Retractable BC Backplate Harness Systems - Lights - Hardware - Regulators and more! Dual Bladder Retractable BC 85 lbs lift Single and dual bladder models feature: rugged ballastic nylon, 85 lbs. lift, expansion/contraction bands,dual bladder model features the ability to run both inflator hoses over the left shoulder or one inflator hose over the right shoulder. Top and bottom dumps are standard for the primary bladder and a top dump is standard for the redundant (backup) blad­ der. Backplates available in ABS or Stainless Steel. Drysuit Inflation PO BOX 446 MAYBROOK, NY 12543 800/OMS­9149 OR FAX 800/OMS­9152 OMS.nc INT'L FAX 914/457­9497 Volume 22 Number 5 3 Events 1996 Board of Directors: UWS Moves! Volunteers (Always) Wanted Look For Ballots Soon! Well, actually the editor of UWS has Wayne Marshall, member of the Board The nominations process will be com­ moved. Please note the new address and of Directors and Volunteer Coordinator, plete by October 15 and members will phone number for UWS on page two of is continuing his call for volunteers. soon be receiving a ballot and the this issue, and please accept my apology Wayne will serve as the "contact" person platform statements of the candidates for for the delay in this issue. in all volunteer matters, unless otherwise the 1996 NSS­CDS Board of Directors. stated. Wayne can be reached at the As many current Board members have address on page two of this issue. stressed, this is your organization; please One project currently available is an take the time to cast your vote! National Geographic Publishes indexing of the Board of Directors Huautla/San Agustin Article Meeting Minutes. This would be a quick Visit DAN on the Internet: Bill Stone's article on last year's expedition reference guide for current Board http://www.dan.ycg.org to the Huauda Cave system has been members, and could also serve as a sort DAN now has a presence on the World published in the September, 1995 issue of of handbook for being a Board member. Wide Web, thanks to a donation of National Geographic (Vol. 188, No. 3). Mainly it is envisioned as a way of technical support and expertise by "Cave Quest: Trial and Tragedy a Mile confirming previous action taken by the Yakstis Communications Group (YCG) Beneath Mexico" is a fourteen­page article Board on any subject. of Fenton, MO. containing many impressive photos by Wes Enter http://www.dan.ycg.org to find Skiles and Bill Stone, a 3­D map of the Volunteers Are Needed For: DAN's Web site on the Internet. cave, and a representation of the closed Presently, the home page links to areas circuit rebreather used in the expedition. 1) Board of Directors Minutes Book describing DAN's benefits and services; Sidebars include "Radical Breadting Gear," See paragraph three of this article for a mission statement; contact information; "To Plumb the Deepest Puzzle," and a day­ brief description, or contact Wayne and DAN's Medical Line, with answers by­day account of the push from Camp 5 Marshall. to frequently asked diving safety and by Bill Stone and Barbara am Ende. 2) 1996 Workshop medical questions published in Alert Underwater Speleology readers will Why wait! Get your ideas in now and Diver magazine. remember that Barbara wrote a story on volunteer your time for next year's If you have questions or comments this expedition for UWS that appeared Workshop. Send ideas to the NSS­CDS about the DAN Web site, contact Barry in the January/February 1995 issue (Vol. Main Office, PO Box 950, Branford FL Shuster at shustOOl @mc.duke.edu. 22, No. 1). 32008, Attention: 1996 Workshop. Calendar November May NTT ^0rk5.hop ^9^^— The 1996 CDS Spring e he d M e W rksh W W & 2 r ] ! * ^0 T m ° °p ^ now in the Holiday Inn West in ^ planning stages. To volun­ Gainesville, Florida. teer_ please wrfte tQ ^ Nss, * CDS' PO Box 95°. Branford at (904) 33243738. FL 32008, Attention: Work­ January, 1996 ^1996. Tek.96 in New Orleans, August ts-pt Louisiana, sponsored by ^0^ AquaCorps. To register, NSS Convention, Salida, ao!in7­,o«5;2655;i305) ' Colorado. Contact: 1996 NSS c^/V e'ma Convention Committee, c/o [email protected]. Skip Withrow, 5404 South Walden St., Aurora, CO 80015, (303) 693­0997. ^I Sept/Oct The Safety Line Cave Conservation tracks mar the floors in every popular found in many systems, and don't By Wendy Short, system, and rocks have been chipped touch it. Challenge yourself to become Safety Coordinator out of the ceilings above where valves the most skilled diver you can be, and One of the greatest rewards of cave have scraped from impacts. The caves then take pride in your accomplish­ diving is enjoying the pristine beauty have taken millions of years to form, ments. Ideally you should be able to of the caves. Dramatic geologic lime­ and will take just as long to eradicate come and go out of a cave with no sign stone features have been carved into the unnatural marks we leave here.
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