Why I don't cave dive (+link to BBC article)

This adventure and the movie made from it explains in great detail why I have no desire to do any cave diving!

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36097300

These guys live on a different planet to the one I inhabit LOL

Tom

This adventure and the movie made from it explains in great detail why I have no desire to do any cave diving!

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36097300

 

These guys live on a different planet to the one I inhabit LOL

 

Tom

Most cave diving is NOTHING like that. You are reading about a trip to Everest and saying you could never take a walk in the park.

Most cave diving is NOTHING like that. You are reading about a trip to Everest and saying you could never take a walk in the park.

That's a good comparison, I like it.

130m deep and water temperatures close to freezing put this dive at the extreme end. I would much rather dive those conditions in a cave (predictable, no wildlife, no winds, waves or tides) than in the ocean. Cave diving allows for deco habitats, staging of spare gear and (in my experience) usually less pressure to get in the water at an exact time.

It's an interesting case because not getting the bodies out would have delayed large payments from a national insurance scheme to one of the widows for many years. It's hard to argue that they should have been left there. It also highlights that when expedition-level cave divers get themselves killed, the best placed people to do the recovery are often their friends. The authorities don't have the skill level to do it, and often don't have enough knowledge to determine how skilled the divers volunteering actually are.

Try to stay alive, everyone. Underwater body recoveries are no fun at all.

Try to stay alive, everyone. Underwater body recoveries are no fun at all.

Amen to that.

Hi,
cavediving,
when safe and proper done,
is a wonderful thing.
A little harder to take pics because the caves "eat" the light, but i have enoyed it very much.

Like errbrr wrote, that was more over than on the edge....

A german cave diver i know once said, the most dangerous is to get there and back.
He had two car accidents while traveling for caves....

Like any other think in diving, you should know what you are doing, and allways follow your instinct.
Better call a dive and lose a weekend, than do it against your feelings and lose your live.

Regards,
Wolfgang

Imagine diving in water that is 25 degrees celsius, at a depth of 10-12 metres and being surrounded by this:

http://www.inspiredtodive.com/photo-blog/sac-actun

http://www.inspiredtodive.com/photo-blog/sistema-koox-baal

http://www.inspiredtodive.com/photo-blog/sac-actun1

That's how cave diving really is for many cave divers. :-)