Understanding the underground route of cave systems isn’t only important to divers – it also helps to correlate surface features like sloughs and sinkholes to the geography beneath our feet. Cave maps can help identify sources of pollution, areas that need protection, and provide hints for the direction of future exploration. Cave maps of Manatee Springs and Madison […]
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Exploration extended over 2000 feet
Madison: Beyond the Courtyard Read More »
On Saturday, March 12th, Ted McCoy and I added and surveyed 952′ of line in the Post Mortem section of Weeki Wachee/Twin Dees cave system. The Post Mortem section was originally explored in November 2014 by Andy Pitkin and Matt Vinzant. Andy and Matt noted several leads in this deep maze-like area so the plan
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On Saturday February 27, 2016, KUR divers Brett Hemphill and Matt Vinzant conducted a dive to investigate a potential lead identified on February 13 by Pitkin and Vinzant. The lead was located at the end of the recently discovered ‘Sirion’ Passage in the ‘Not Dead Yet’ room. The entrance shaft at Twin Dees is restrictive
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This lead finally got explored. Brett and I had noticed it on more than one occasion during the 2012 Weeki Wachee diving window and at the end of what was to prove our very last dive there before the rain drove the flow too high to enter, Brett took a look at this deeper opening
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On Saturday January 30, 2016, KUR divers Andy Pitkin and Matt Vinzant conducted an exploration dive in Twin Dees Cave. The objective was to look at a south lead in the Twin Dees/ Weeki Wachee Connection Passage, that was identified by Brett B Hemphill and Andy in September 2014. After 300′ at a depth of
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