Today Jeff Marchand and I decided to take the boat out from the Royal Springs boat ramp and go see one of my favorite caves. We went about 1/4 mile down river and geared up. We added arrows every 100ft into the system, and easy task since the line was all knotted. We only got to p900ft before a nice size rock fell on Jeff’s head and he wanted to get out….fast. On the way out, we saw a side passage at about 200ft from the first sink. I grabbed a spool and headed down to explore. Having to take a tank off, I knew it was tight, and I could see the viz degrade quickly, but about 50ft in the cave clearly opened up. Once I got to the more open section, my hose o-ring extruded and gas went everywhere, causing my startled self to stir up silt, and the exit took FOREVER. Lesson learned, keep a better eye on line quality!
