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Sheck gave it to the NSS and it is supposedly "managed" by the CDS. They
have some set of "rules" for who dives there, probably involving some
scheme of logged cave dives, like how many times you go from Pothole to
Peacock like they do for "training".

I believe Sheck went 10,800 in there, by himself, as per the usual since
he was the only person from the old days who actually dove as opposed to
talking about diving. Sheck went 10,400 in Chips Hole , also by himself,
and did most of the long dives everywhere in the State .

Too bad he died a few months after he joined the WKPP . His enthusiasm
and energy kept me diving every weekend until he broke Rule Number One
with Batman in Mexico.

Cathedral is actually very "cavy". It is big, dark, and has all kinds of
side tunnels with bizarre features, including cracks to the surface and
odd mulilevel activity. The geology of the area and the farm activity (
as well as the Farm Animals ) keep it a rare dive.

Obviously we could go toast the place in a day, but it is more fun to
sit back and watch the big time "cave divers" do nothing with it but
yap, yap, yap. Maybe the usdct could go give it a try with Cis Luanars
and the $34,000 scooters, and show us all how it is done. This would be
a good project for these guys to do before their Phen Phen prescriptions
run out .

If you dive it, let me suggest you mix heavy on the helium - you get
turned around in there and you are not coming home. My gas in there
would be 16 ox, 55 helium. If you go from Falmouth, you can use a first
stage of something more like 30% ox and 50% helium and drop it at
Sheck's house as you go by. It gets deeper after that, and a lot
wierder. Also needs deep scooters. Also better check on the Falmouth
diving restrictions - the goobers may have hosed that access by now, and
have somebody guard your vehicle - not from the red necks , but from the
other cave divers.

If you go in at Sheck's it saves 3,000 feet, and you can deco with an
overhead and troughs. Falmouth is open air deco. It is a neat looking
entrance and a true "karst window" which goes back down a syphon after
about 3000 feet of run.

Joel Markwell wrote:
> 
> What is the current status of Cathedral Canyon? Since Sheck's 1990
> record-breaking dive of 10,000', have there been any other divers to
> break that record in that cave?
> 
> Also, has anyone been diving Falmouth?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> JoeL
>

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