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> I am having trouble connecting to http://www.wakulla2.com > > Can anyone give me the correct URL for this site, > > thanks, > > JT > -- > John Taylor, Marketing and Trading Systems, IT Development > Credit Suisse Financial Products (Hong Kong) Ltd, 13F, Tower 3, Exchange > Square, Central, Hong Kong > Office: +852 2101 6927, Fax: +852 2101 7698, Mobile: +852 9031 6395, > email: > john.taylor@cs*.co*.uk* [private e-mail: live4diving@ho*.co*] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jess Armantrout [SMTP:armantrout@wo*.at*.ne*] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 3:27 AM > > To: Techdiver; rebreather@nw*.co*; cavers; Cost effective home > > improvement > > Subject: Where does the Big Top go? > > > > PUT YOUR COKES DOWN NOW! > > > > The following was sent to me by an Australian friend. It is from an > > Aussie > > magazine, I think called Dive Log Australia. This is from their > Teknical > > (sic) Diving section and is titled Australia Wakulla 2 Team Leave For > USA. > > > > Andrew Poole and John Vanderleest leave for the USA to join an > > international team of cave divers to explore and map the infamous > Wakulla > > Cave. > > > > The Australian team will meet with their US counterparts a few week > (sic) > > prior to the start of the project to engage in additional training and > > team > > building. During this time, the team will refine the techniques needed > to > > maximize the outcome of the project. > > > > The nature of the project demands on (sic) the best and most advanced > > equipment be used. With a depth of 100m and cave penetration of several > > kilometers, there is no room for error. Where appropriate technical > > equipment is available, it will be used, otherwise it will be designed > and > > built. To this end, the Australian Wakulla 2 team has already elected > to > > use Poseidon regulators, drysuits and thermals, Sunnto ADW computers and > > Polar Heart Rate Monitors. > > > > The project itself is classed as the biggest underwater exploration in > > living history and will set the stage for all future projects for the > next > > decade. Approximately 8-10 semi-trailer loads of equipment will be > needed > > to service the expedition, ranging from a high-tech mobile workshop to > > mission control. Security at the springs will be at a maximum with no > > unauthorized personnel allowed into the compound area. > > > > Whilst the WKPP has been exploring and mapping the cave for quite some > > time > > now, the effort required to map a cave at these depths using current > > methods is extremely limiting. To alleviate this, the project has built > a > > special 3D digital array mapper which will complete a 360 degree sonar > > array of the cave every 1 meter travelled (sic). For the longer > > penetrations, the team will be saturation diving, returning to a > > pressurized habitat at the end of each day. > > > > The life support system for the penetration team will be the Cis Lunar > > Mark > > 5P rebreather itself currently driven with Poseidon 1st stage > regulators. > > This life support system has 3 independent on board computer control > > systems which monitor and report to the divers even in the most extreme > > conditions including a total flood of the system! Even if all three > > systems fail, a final independent backup continues to give the diver > > critical PO2 data. > > > > Intensive training for the Australian contingent commenced 18 months > ago. > > Throughout this period, Richard Taylor (head of Technical Diving > > International, Australia & New Zealand) provided the necessary > logistical > > support needed. > > > > As the project progresses, DIVE Log will receive comprehensive on line > > internet reports and photo's from the Australian team. > > > > Training and of course the project itself promises to be intense and > full > > of surprises and new experiences. The Australian team hopes to bring as > > many of the experiences back to the Australian divers as promptly as > > possible. In the mean time, the team wishes to thank Dive Log and the > > many > > supporters who are continuing their support throughout the many months > the > > project will run. > > > > For those interested updates will be available in a few weeks at > > www.wakulla2.com or people can email the Australian dive team on > > dive_tech@cs*.co*. > > > > > > > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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