Steve Lambert joined KUR in 2019 and has been actively participating in the exploration and documentation of Florida’s karst aquifer since. Before moving to North Florida to work at Dive Rite where he is involved in product development and marketing, he spent several years in Taiwan and Thailand instructing SCUBA

Teddy has been diving since he was 13, learning to dive in the cold, deep lakes and quarries of upstate NY. Not much has changed as he now enjoys sump diving and cave exploration in low visibility, cold, tight sumps and caves. There’s just no fun like type 2 fun!

Lea started diving when she first moved close to the coast after college. She learned technical and rebreather diving on the chilly shipwrecks of New England. During her certification course in 2016, she was thrilled to realize that cave diving was basically like being an astronaut. Soon after, she relocated

Matt got his start with technical diving in cold New England waters in 2015. In 2016, Matt started cave diving and making frequent trips to Cave Country. Matt moved to Florida in 2018 so he could cave dive every weekend and joined KUR in 2019. Matt’s primary exploration interest is Madison Blue and the

Gary Donahue has been diving since 2003, tech diving since 2008 and cave diving since 2010. Gary retired from SCUBA instruction in 2015 as a NAUI tech instructor and IT to spend more time cave diving. Gary is also a retired USCG 50 Master Captain for the same reason above.

Kirill Egorov graduated from Moscow State Pedagogical University as a teacher of Physics in 1999 and attended a course of archaeology at Moscow State University. These two specialties allowed him to participate in multiple scientific research programs, including an archaeological and textile research project at the Moscow Kremlin Museums and

Ken’s first dive was when he lived in Grand Cayman during fifth grade. After his family moved back to the states, he earned certification as a NAUI Junior Diver at “Scubacamp”. He started cave diving in 1994 and volunteered his efforts throughout the late 90s with the NACD, first on

Bob Beckner has been diving for 36 years and technical diving for 27.  Growing up in Florida led him to cave diving and wreck diving and working in several dive shops along the way.  He was fortunate enough to have had Terrence Tysall as a technical instructor and learn in

Charlie learned to dive in 1991 while serving in the US Navy. His checkout dives were conducted in the springs of N.Central Florida, where he got his first glimpse of cave divers entering the cave. Shortly thereafter, Charlie was shipped off to Guam where he spent the next two years

Mike Poucher started cave diving in 1987 and quickly found his passion surveying underwater caves. He has been involved in many exploration and survey projects in the United States, Mexico and the Bahamas. He currently resides in Ocala, Florida with his wife and son.

Matt Vinzant learned to dive at the age of 12 and has been technical diving for more than 24 years. Matt grew up in central Florida surrounded by water and worked in the scuba industry for more than a decade. Matt has been actively exploring submerged and dry caves in

Andrew Pitkin learned to dive in 1992 in the cold murky waters of the United Kingdom and started cave and technical diving in 1994. From 1996-2000 he was employed at the Royal Navy’s Institute of Naval Medicine, running a hyperbaric facility, treating decompression illness, participating in research into outcome after