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Subject: [wkpp] Re: WKPP Activities - Weekend Re-Cap Dec 10-13
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WKPP:
Wakulla remains green with 20ft of visibility in the main conduit.  In fact, 
conditions are similar to Dec. 4-5 and did not improve as expected despite 
continued dry conditions in North Florida.  Visibility aside, divers worked 5 
separate sites over 3 days.
  
Friday:
Cheryl Sink:  
OC team of Irvine and McKinlay traveled upstream to look at two separate 
leads and assess flow/visibility.  Neither lead revealed going cave but the 
flow in the system was exceptionally high with visibility averaging 50-60ft.  
Billy Baxter and Chris Elmore handled support for the divers and the Japanese 
team in Emerald Sink.

Saturday:
Wakulla:
OC Team 1 of Straatsma and Baxter traveled into B-Tunnel for some line work 
while OC Team 2 of Landon and Gol worked C-Tunnel.  
OC Team 3 of Irvine, Miller and McKinlay headed to D-Tunnel to capture video 
of the entire passage back to the last room.  Visibility was great with Barry 
and George stopping along the way to video Sheck Exley's compass on the 
passage floor.
OC Team 4 of Koritz, Rose and Jackson also traveled to D-Tunnel, joining the 
video team in the last room and on the exit.
Support divers Deschamps, Carson and Lennon began work on the line 
replacement out to B/C junction and handled deep support and setup.
Support divers Nanci LeVake and Chris Elmore took care of the morning and 
afternoon in-water setup with Harvey Boyd, Skip MacElhannon, and "old man" 
Steve Dittner joining the fun.  A big thanks to William Lentz and Larry 
Ficker for helping out and Cameron Martz for handling Surface Manager 
responsibilities.  All went smoothly and everyone was gone by 5pm.

Shepard Spring (St Mark's Wildlife Refuge):
Chris Werner, David Sweetin, and Brett Dodson supported the Japanese film 
crew, conducted water analysis, captured in-water photos and gathered 
biological specimens.

Sunday:
Sullivan Sink:
OC Team of Jackson, Kortiz, Deschamps and LeVake traveled upstream to check 
several leads and repair the line.  Reported visibility was excellent with a 
high water level in the sink.

Cheryl Sink:
OC Team of Landon, Gol and Lennon traveled downstream past the halfway point 
to Clearcut Sink searching for new leads and repairing line.
Skip MacElhannon, Billy Baxter and Chris Elmore handled support and conducted 
smaller scale dives.

Indian Spring:
OC Team 1 of Werner and Auer shot photos in the cavern and downstream section 
while the Japanese film crew took video.  OC Team 2 of Sweetin and Dodson 
gathered water quality information and several interesting specimens from the 
downstream section including shrimp, crayfish and anthropoids.  Cavern 
visibility averaged 100ft+.
McKinlay handled support for the film crew.

Altogether a very impressive weekend in terms of work accomplished.
We look forward to seeing those of you available to dive this coming weekend. 
 Operations will be low-key as we work some of the smaller sites and wait for 
Wakulla to improve.  Thanks again for all the support this past weekend.
  
  
  Have a great holiday and new year,
  Casey McKinlay
  Project Coordinator



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