Ditto. >All: > >The longest (underwater) cave is the longest cave, depth and difficulty >of exploration have nothing to do with that. Reporting huge amounts of >explored cave passage in shallow, warm water does not in any way diminish >the efforts of those who are exploring more "serious" caves. > >If someone wants to come up with a workable formula for calculating >"equivalent length" (or some other index) based upon actual length, >depth, water temperature, visibility, current, ease of access, distance >between sinkholes, etc., we can start plugging in the specifications of >caves all around the world. I think there would be a few eye-opening >results for those who believe that "their" caves are the only real tough >diving. > >Thank you to Hazel for keeping us informed us of the ongoing work in >Quintana Roo. The reports from NEST are always most interesting also. >I, for one would like to read more reports of this kind from divers >exploring cave around the world. > >Regards, > Philip >________________________________________________________________ >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! >Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! >Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Matt Zimmerman Center for Molecular Medicine East Rm 3020 University of California San Diego 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla CA 92093-0684 tel (619) 534-8803 fax (619) 534-7286
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