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Hold off George and Bill, the subject is meant to be like the current trend
of computer training manuals (Windows for Dummies, etc).  Keep going :-)

The "February 1996" (sad but true) issue of _Sport_Diver_ (a magazine for
wimp divers, but not as bad as Skin Diver or some other rags) features an
article "In Quest of Karst" by Michael Weiskoff.  While it isn't a fountain
of technical information, it was an excellent overview of the Woodville Karst
(even explains what a Karst is) and provides great general background info
for anyone else out there who may wonder just what WKPP is all about.  I knew
from reading here that George and company were into some heavy stuff down
there, but this is a great background article.  It may not however meet with
George's blessings, I'm just speaking from the sidelines.

The article mentions Parker Turner, and his demise.  It also mentions that,
and I quote, "several years ago WKPP became an official project of the
National Speleological Society - the nation's premier caving fraternity."
Given the recent friction between George and the NSS/CDS I'll defer to him.
He is mentioned once, "WKPP divers, under the direction of Parker Turner,
George Irvine and Bill Gavin, have performed some remarkable feats in the
Leon Sinks Cave System."

The article has a footnote "Michael Wisenbaker has spent more than two
decades documenting the Woodville Karst Plain both above and below ground,
logging more than 500 dives in the process."

Again, not much technical info or details here, just fluff, but I found it
to be very informative (not knowing much about WKPP to start with).  The
AquaCorps article has been discussed here recently, but I don't get AC, so
I can't comment; just thought it might be worthy of note what the general
diving community is being told about WKPP in this publication.

It was a decent article (IMHO), never knew Silver Spring and others were
considered part of a larger, comprehensive system of caves down there.

Go get 'em, George

Jeff Kell <jeff@ut*.ut*.ed*>

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