Our friend James shot this cool video of a sidemount dive at Jug Hole.

The latest edition of the NACD Journal is in the mail. It has a memorial to Debra Green and it’s appropriate that my first article and ad is in this issue because Debra was responsible for getting me to volunteer.

Our friend and FDC member JamesK is a great cave diver and shoots awesome video. Check out his video of a dive at Jug Hole- Ichetucknee Springs State Park

Rescue of Cave Diver at Jackson Blue Spring in Marianna, Florida on October 15th

Another cave diver was successfully rescued by Edd Sorensen from the cave at Jackson Blue on Monday October 15th 2012. We have been in touch with Edd and his crew and are writing the complete story which will be posted soon. There have been brief news articles and…[Read more]

I had a great weekend in Cave Country. We did some good dives and had a lot of fun hanging out with friends. I attended the NACD board meeting and it looks like things are happening that will be good for the organization. I’ll get a full report posted in the next couple days.

10/15/12 We received word that a diver was lost in a Merritt’s Mill Pond cave today and made a call to Cave Adventurers to confirm. A diver was indeed lost and Edd Sorensen was called for a search. Edd was able to find the lost diver and bring him out alive very quickly. This makes the 4th successful recovery by Edd this year. Recoveries are very…[Read more]

Who’s in Cave Country the weekend of 10/13 and 10/14? Let me know if you want to meet and dive.

Win a $1750.00 Light Monkey cave light

Light Monkey, Advanced Diver Magazine, and the Exploration Foundation is raffling off a NEW 15 – 35 Watt HID canister light worth $1750.00 USD.

All proceeds go to the 501c3 Not-for-Profit Exploration Foundation, dedicated to underwater exploration, research, and education.

The winner will be drawn on…[Read more]

We had a great weekend cave diving with good friends.

BTW, Jug bedding plane is sidemount, not backmount, at least it should not be.

Hey, is anyone up for Jug Hole this coming Saturday (10/6)afteroon (around 1 PM) and possibly Peacock on Sun morning. I am Intro and side mount. Will probably go through the bedding plane in Jug but not the diamond sands restriction.

It looks like four or five of us will be diving Peacock this weekend. We’ll use Dive Outpost as sort of a base. May go to Suwannee River Rendezvous Saturday night if they have music. Get in touch if you’re up that way.

There is a real need for a video like ”A Deceptively Easy Way To Die.” Although it’s very good it’s a few years old and a little outdated. Would anybody else be interested in working on making an updated version?

The September issue of the North Florida Springs Alliance newsletter is available here.

Had some nice dives at Peacock. Viz is still off a little and you can see the effects of the flooding. Water is still over the steps.

Anybody diving this weekend? Kavelyn and I are headed to High Springs on Sunday to try to hook up with my buddy Gene for a little cave diving and hangin’ out with friends.

It is troubling to hear about the turmoil among the leadership of the NACD. We wish them luck in resolving the conflicts and pledge our support to the organization and all the good work it does.

This news about a lawsuit in the death of Wes Skiles has been out for a few months but the news organizations have just began doing articles.

Family sues for negligence in Wes Skiles

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120905/ARTICLES/120909797

Wes Skiles, shown in this file photo from 2001, died on July 21,…

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The announcement on Tuesday that the Florida Park Service will not allow recreational cave diving at Wakulla Spring is disappointing. I thought progress was being made and indications were that it was going to be allowed. My guess is that a LOT of pressure was applied by the WKPP members and others involved in the exploration. From the sounds of…[Read more]