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Madison Blue – Rotorooter

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Posted on October 13, 2013 by Mer

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Have a little back-log of pics from dives in the last few weeks. Yesterday Rob and I checked out Madison. I haven’t gotten there much recently due to high river levels. While flow is lower than reported when Madison re-opened … Continue reading →

Posted in Basins, Updates | Tagged conditions, Diving, Madison Spring, Mer, Rob | Leave a reply

FLUE / Extreme Exposure Dive Day

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Posted on October 7, 2013 by Mer

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Yesterday was a Florida Underwater Explorers (FLUE) and Extreme Exposure Dive Day. GUE divers and those curious about GUE alike joined up to do some fun dives in the open water basin of Manatee Springs, followed by some food and … Continue reading →

Posted in Basins, Updates | Tagged Diving, FLUE, KB, Manatee Springs, Mer | Leave a reply

Weeki Wachee Wounded Warrior Weekend

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Posted on September 21, 2013 by Mer

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Got invited to come volunteer at a SOF Wounded Warrior event at Weeki Wachee yesterday. Helped set up scooter race courses, demo scooter and cave diving equipment/techniques, and light up the basin for a night dive.  I have a ton … Continue reading →

Posted in Basins, Updates | Tagged Diving, JamesK, Mer, Weeki Wachee | Leave a reply

Perfect AM Lighting in Devil’s Ear

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Posted on September 19, 2013 by Mer

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A few quick pics from today’s dives at Ginnie Springs, in Devil’s Ear. The mix of tannic river water and clear cave water, plus great late morning sun angle was just perfect for photo opportunities. Michael got some great pics … Continue reading →

Posted in Basins, Caves, Updates | Tagged Diving, Ginnie Springs, Mer, MichaelS | Leave a reply

Peacock in the Flow

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Posted on September 16, 2013 by Mer

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Flow: Up, but enjoyable, enough to reward reading the cave and diving “flow smart” Water Level: High Vis: 40′, yellow tint, with some particulate, cave will be easy to silt if not “well behaved” or many teams Skeeters: Swarming Dove … Continue reading →

Posted in Basins, Caves, Updates | Tagged conditions, Diving, Mer, MichaelS, Peacock, video | Leave a reply

It’s a Beautiful Day at the Ginnie

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Posted on August 29, 2013 by Mer

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Great dive in Devil’s today, at Ginnie Springs. Here’s some pics from the basin afterwards. Beautiful weather!

Posted in Basins, Updates | Tagged BDubs, Diving, Gid, Ginnie Springs, Mer, MM | Leave a reply

Tannic Funness

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Posted on August 25, 2013 by Mer

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Jon and I had a great day yesterday at Ginnie. Light tuber load, almost no cave divers. Awesome dives and some great shots of tannic water over Devil’s Ear. Enjoy the pics!

Posted in Caves, Updates | Tagged Diving, Ginnie Springs, Jon, Mer | Leave a reply

Ginnie Noob

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Posted on August 24, 2013 by Mer

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One of the most awesome parts of being a local is getting to show divers new-to-them cave. Yesterday, Jon and I were playing, in the rain, at my “backyard” cave and had a blast. Welcome to High Springs, Jon! Tarp … Continue reading →

Posted in Caves, Updates | Tagged conditions, Diving, Ginnie Springs, Jon, Mer | Leave a reply

Cove 2 – Seattle

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Posted on August 13, 2013 by Mer

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REVISITING: 18 JUNE 2013 I had one free day passing through Seattle on my way to teach on Vancouver Island. Of course, GUE Seattle showed me a good time at Cove 2. Beauty of the GUE system, show up, someone … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel, Updates | Tagged Diving, GUE Seattle, Margaret, Max, Mer, revisit, Seattle, Serge | Leave a reply

Grand Cenote

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Posted on August 12, 2013 by Mer

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REVISITED: 22 APRIL 2013 Danny and I got in a good fun dive at Grand Cenote today. So many decorations, so little time!

Posted in Caves | Tagged Danny, Diving, Grand Cenote, Mer, Mexico | Leave a reply

Pet Cemetery

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Posted on August 10, 2013 by Mer

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REVISITED: 19 APRIL 2013 James and I did a great dive to the Blue Abyss. But I think the highlight of this dive was coming up inside the cavern.

Posted in Caves, Updates | Tagged Diving, JamesG, Mer, Mexico, Pet Cemetery, revisit | Leave a reply

The Black Abyss

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Posted on August 8, 2013 by Mer

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REVISITED: 23 SEPT 2011 Great dive upstream of Emerald and Cheryl Sinks to The Black Abyss with Keith. Drought has allowed this section of the Wakulla-Leon System to become very clear. The Black Abyss is a massive room, more than … Continue reading →

Posted in Caves, Updates | Tagged conditions, Diving, gault, Mer, revisit, Woodville Karst Plain | Leave a reply

Indian Springs

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Posted on August 6, 2013 by Mer

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REVISITED: 4 May 2012 Keith, Karl, Kevin, and I got an awesome in Indian today as we worked our way eastward across the panhandle with sweet dives in Jackson Blue and Emerald before hitting my favorite cave dive: Indian Springs.

Posted in Caves, Updates | Tagged Diving, gault, Indian Springs, karl, kevin, Mer, revisit, Woodville Karst Plain

Climbing Practice

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Posted on August 4, 2013 by Mer

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Yesterday, River City Grotto, a National Speleological Society grotto in Jacksonville, held a climbing practice meeting. They rigged up three trees with several lines for cavers to learn and practice the rope work techniques we use for “dry” caving. Thanks … Continue reading →

Posted in Dry Caving, Updates | Tagged Mer, Obi, on-rope | Leave a reply

Girls’ Morning at Ginnie

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Posted on August 3, 2013 by Mer

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Carree and I met for some girls’ time. Played in the basin and did a short, leisurely cave dive. Amazing the detail you can see when you take 30 mins to get to the Keyhole. Tarp still up, Santa Fe … Continue reading →

Posted in Caves, Updates | Tagged CarreeO, conditions, Diving, Ginnie Springs, Mer | Leave a reply

Little Devil Shenanigans

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Posted on July 27, 2013 by Mer

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After Manatee, went over to Ginnie Springs to meet up with some other friends who were diving. Ended up doing the cave-diver equivalent to tubing… playing with the scooters in the basin! Little Devil “Gator” Attack!

Posted in Basins, Updates | Tagged CarreeO, Derek, Ginnie Springs, JamesK, Mer, Tara | Leave a reply

Embrace the Duckweed

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Posted on July 27, 2013 by Mer

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Got in a fun basin and cavern dive with CarreeO at Manatee Springs. Had the basin to ourselves, water level super high (two steps showing below middle landing), flow seemed down a bit but not lowest I’ve seen. Suwannee River … Continue reading →

Posted in Basins, Updates | Tagged CarreeO, conditions, Diving, Manatee Springs, Mer | Leave a reply

Angels’ Fear

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Posted on July 24, 2013 by Mer

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“Quick” Wed night dive turned into 3.5 hours of fun! JamesSr and I headed up where angels’ fear to go in the Devil’s system and had a blast with more than a hour playing around past the Henkel. Truly beautiful … Continue reading →

Posted in Caves, Updates | Tagged Diving, Ginnie Springs, JamesSr, Mer | Leave a reply

Rock Gym

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Posted on July 19, 2013 by Mer

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Vince, Joey, and I took a little field trip today to the Gainesville Rock Gym to get in a little climbing practice. Much fun was had by all. Now where’s my ascender?

Posted in Dry Caving, Updates | Tagged joey, Mer, on-rope, vince | Leave a reply

Warren Cave

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Posted on July 14, 2013 by Mer

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A hard day’s work in Geri Mons diggings. UPDATE Return to Warren Cave on 7/21/13 for more practice climbing while others worked on the dig.

Posted in Content, Dry Caving, Updates | Tagged dry cave, Lizdas, Mer, Phil Walker, warren | Leave a reply

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