( Underwater Speleology <" VOL. 11, no. 5 f"'" ....... ,', .. ,' ... ," ,m '"'''' "', ............. ,''', .................... ,,, ........... , ... ',,, ,.... ' " ........ ,...... , ..... " ....,""""'" '" 1; ", .. ". .. ,,:. THESE PHOTOS REPRESENT THE SORTS OF VISUAL REWARDS TO BE FOUND WHILE 6ETTIN6 WET IN 'DRY' CAVES, WHICH IS THE THE"E OF THIS YEAR'S WINTER WORKSHOP. SEE RELATED ARTICLE ON PA6E 4. NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY D~DgBH!rgB Sfg~gQ~QgI is the otticial CAVE DIVING SECTION publication ot the CAVE DIVING SECTION BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL SPELOLOGICAL SOCIETY, I~C. It is published bi-Montbly g.n~M.tf beginning in February. STEVE ORMEROID (NSS 1qB17) b2q REST FOURTH ST. Opinions expressed in this publication MARYSVILLE. OHIO 43B40 are those ot the autbor and do not (513) b42-7775 necessarily reflect tbe position of tbe Section, its Board of Directors or that !I!;a;=gBHBtlM~ of the National Speleological Society. MARl LONG P.O. 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A "ESSAGE FROH A FRIEND .............. 12 GUR FOR SALB ..••..•..•.............. 14 ADDRESS CHANGES ...................... 14 ( (The following are excerpts taken from a letter written from Steve Mae­ gerlein to Valerie Grey. Hopefully. it will give some of our readers pause for thought. The divin~ conditions and dedication required to cave dive in such conditions are certainly much different than the norm encountered further south. Recently. there has been much discussion about the need for explora­ tion. This is what it's all about, folks. -GHM) diving in Indiana is very dependant on the weather. Rain carries clav dirert­ ly into the cave streams through sinkholes. There is no sand to filter the water as is common in Fla. There was not much rain ... but the sprin~s did not clear UP as expected. The water contained a white suspension (which) limited visibility to about 5 feet. Usually visibility would improve to about 19 or 29 feet after a 10nQ; dry period. but not last year. Jeff Forbes and I did some diving in Harrison sprina in Harrison Countv. Indiana in the past vear. The sprin~ basin is in the middle of a corn field. so diving is restricted by the owner to times when there is no cron in the field. The basin is 199 feet in diameter and 42 feet deep at the sprjn~ vents. The basin is shaped like a funnel cut in half. A mud slope Ipad~ down to the vents at the base of a vertical limestone wall which is below thp sorinQ; run. He have been investigatin~ the main sprinQ; vent in order to determine if we can re-enter the cave passage which is at a depth of b0 feet. The spring flow has sorted the rocks and mud and has thrown the mud on th~ slope of the funnel. The ~ravel has settled near the base of the funnel. Th~ main spring vent is aQ;ainst the rock wall with the lar~est rocks (wei~hin~ ( hundreds of pounds) formin~ the rest of the vent tube. He have observed that these lar~e rocks are rearranged after heavy rain fall has caused the sprin~ to flood. Now that we know the vent is unstable. we are reluctant to enter the cave. The cave has only been explored for the first fiftv feet hv Clarence Dillon and I on Hay 22. 1Q77. The passage is 4 to 5 feet hiQ;h and 25 feet wide with clean. fluted limestone surfaces. The fluted limestone floor ~s at a depth of b0 feet. Harrison Spring is the largest sorinQ; in Indiana. It has been dye traced from the Sinks of Indian Creek 4 miles to the east. Jeff Forbes and I did some diving last year in Firetail SprinQ;. Harrison County. In. The spring cave passage contains a number of constrictions whi ch Makes it difficult to dive with a back Mounted tank. He have been divin~ the site with one tank back mounted and another tank side mounted. The side mount tank Must be removed to pass throu~h the entrance constriction. The Max. water depth in the sorinQ; is 20 feet. Firetail did clear uo in drv weather this vear. with visibility of 15 feet. He took some underwater movies in the cave. The cave Dassa~e has been explored underwater for 799 feet tn a breakdown constriction underwater in the botto~ of a small air bell. The air bell chaMber is entered throuQ;h a low. Ride beddin~ plane. It is difficult to ~et throuQ;h the low section with a back Mounted scuba tank. Mud on the floor of the air bell is easily disturbed causing visibility to drop to zero soon after divers enter the chaMber. The chaMber is large enou~h for several divers to Maneuver. He have been lookin~ for a dry entrance in the limestone ridQ;e above the sorin~, but so far. nothin~ looks promisin~ as an al ternate entrance. We also helped Terry Leithauser with exploration and MappinQ; of underwater caves in the "a •• oth Cave National Park area for his Kentucky Cave Shrimo study project. The follORin~ is a list of sites Re visited in 1q8~= Jul V 2~ (A. T. Lei thauser. S. D. Hae~erlein, and J. R. Forbes) .HcCov Blue Sorin~, Hart County. Ky. - Initial exoloration and dis­ covery of shrimo in the cave. July 24 (A.T. Leithause~ S. ~ Haegerlein. and J. R. Forbes) Your Guess Soring, Hart County, Ky. Initial exoloration. Aug 29 CA. T. Leithauser, S. D. "aegerlein, and H. E. Sloan) I-Sprin~. Hart County, Ky. Exploration and mappin~. Blue Hole Spring. Hart County, Exploration & mapping. Aug 21 (A. T. Leithauser. S. D. Haegerlein. and N. E. Sloan) Pike Spring. EdMonson County. Kv. Exploration. Sept 19 (A. T. Lei thauser. S. D. Haegerlein, and N. E. Sloan) Pike Spring. Edmonson County, Ky. Happing. Sept 11 (A. T. Leithauser, S. D. Haegerlein. and N. E. Sloan) HcCoy Blue Spring, Hart County. Ky. Happing Fishing Hole Spring, Rashington County, In. Rill probably be this summer's mapping project. Clarence Dillon and I had penetrated a shalloR. 1 S9-foot long sump in NOVember, 1Q7b. He explored about 1900 feet of Ralkin~ and craRling height streall passage. The passage branched and Re did not exolore (-. all the leads before returning to the sump. The sump contained the remains of a dead COR iust inside the entrance. He had not been back in the sumo since Re SRam throu~h oushing oieces of meat out of the Ray. It Ras like sRimmtn~ in a flooded butcher shoo Rith fish in a feeding frenzy cleanin~ uo the small stuff and the divers. He hooe the sumo is cleaner this vear. ( On May 17. 1Q04 ahile on the aay ho.e fro. Ginnie Springs Jeff Bozanic's car was stolen in Mia.i with all of his cave diving gear in it. The car has since been recovered, but none of the Materials aorth $31,99B.B9 have been recovered to date. Also Missing aere his research notes, lecture notes. diving logbook. and .ucb other irreplaceable dOCUMentation. As cave diving gear is fairly specialized, it is likely that you the readers of this periodical, May run across so.e of it. Should you do so, it would be appreciated if you would contact either tbe Mia.i Police Depart.ent or Jeff with as Much inforMation as you can get about the person selling or owning the equi~Ment at the followin~ addresses and phone nUMbers: Mia.i Police Dept. Auto Theft Division. P.O. BOI B1&777, MiaMi. F1. 331B1 (39S) 57Q-b4BO-- Case. 13839771. Jeff Bozanic. P. O. Box 4qB4b2. ley Biscayne. Fl. 3314q-84b2 (395) 57b-4b99 x251 (work) 3b1-095q (ho.e). A partial listing of the More distinguishable articles follows. H~~S 1 set of 194 cubic foot scuba tanks SIN t Q832U & t 22481 1 Q4. b cubic foot steel scuba tank with slingshot valve 1 71.2 cubic foot tank (green) with J-valve (filled with 02) I!EGULATORS 2 Sherwood MagnUMS SIN t 1471B2 & t unknown 3 U.S.