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	WKPP divers Larry Care and Q. Jones helped me collect samples for 
microorganism analysis in Wakulla.  These guys were a great help, running 
reels and watching out for me as I ventured off the line in search of 
interesting samples.
	
	At 280 ft. there is no time to screw around with bags of sample 
tubes trying to pick out tube #n+1 so I came up with a slick way to carry 
my sample tubes.  The device is designed for use with standard 50ml screw 
top plastic sterile conical tubes found in most laboratories.  Basically a 
PVC pipe cut to a length that a six-pack of tubes will fit in.  The tubes 
are held in the pipe with a hose clamp and 
tire rubber on each end with a small hole through which the tubes are 
pushed in.  The design is similar to those pencils that use 
interchangeable tips; when one is used the one from the top is put into 
the bottom and that pushes the next one out.  In this way the tubes can 
be pre-numbered and sequentially dispensed.  The six-pack is worn like 
stage bottle.  All sample tubes must be filled with sterile (autoclaved) 
deionized water in a laminar flow hood prior to sample collection in 
order to prevent collapse by water pressure at depth.

	On Sun. we all went to look at a new sink.  This is perhaps the most 
beautiful cave I have ever seen.  Larry Care and I followed the film crew 
in behind the video lights and the view can only be described as 
spectacular.  Crackling blue water, pure white walls and tunnel 50-150 
ft. wide at depths from 140 ft. to 210 ft. with at least 100 ft. 
clearance top to bottom in many places.  Larry and I checked out a 
possible lead at about 190 ft. depth and then continued on to look at the 
terminal rooms near the back of the cave.

On Sun, 17 Dec 1995, George M. Irvine III wrote:

> 
>     WKPP conducted dives at Wakulla and some new caves this weekend,
> with the usual objectives. On Friday, Casey McKinlay and I did a 
> double stage in A Tunnel and added to J tunnel, but the vis was
> five feet, so it was slow going, and we just followed a wall until 
> we got sick of it. 50 min BT with 200 deco.
> 
>     Rat, Jules, and Wayne Head broke C Tunnel back open from the 
> "spur tunnel" in another one of those Tallahasse "optical illusions",
> where the way on was hidden from view. They did this on a single stage.
> 
>     Steve Irving and Dave Minors worked another lead off of the 
> crossover tunnel, and found another room with multiple tunnels, so 
> the B/C/ maze continues.
> 
>     Pete Gomez and Larry Care took samples from several spots along
> A Tunnel. Pete has come up with a really ingenious method of storing,
> carrying and deploying sample tubes.
>  
>      Bob McGuirre, Rick Sankey, Bill Mee and Bill Main did a video of
> the crossover tunnels for the digitized maps and for the productions that
> Warner Television is working on.
> 
>      Bill Mee and I scoped out some new stuff up the line, and added some 
> in a beautiful white cave which looked like Maya Blue without speleothems.
> It was 175 to 215, huge, white, and clear. 
>  
>      On Sunday, McGuirre and crew made a film there with Ken Sallot and
> Ed Drambauer, while Pete Gomez and Larry Care did a side tunnel, Rat
> and Q. Jones surveyed the main line, and Irving, Scarabin and Miners did
> the downstream. Bill Mee and I did land recon.
> 
>       Deb ran the surface, and Jim Wei ran the support crew, which did 
> an amazing job of putting all of these divers in and out while the boats
> were running and the TV crews were filming without anyone even being 
> able to really tell we were there. 
> 
>       Maybe all of these guys can get on here and fill in the details of
> their own dives, which were all really productive. We all met for dinner
> at Lucy Ho's each night, with twenty showing up last night. Jim Wei 
> pulled his favoriote joke on me, and Bill Deans called in the middle
> of dinner to check up on us.
> 
>        I would really like to thank these guys and say that the efficiency
> of this team is unbelieveable. It is a good thing, because we just picked
> up 32 new dive sites, and these guys will all be really busy for a long time.
> 
>      =- George Irvine
> 
> 
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