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Aloha, When did this accident occur? We attempted to remove the pig (black and round with white eyes and stubby ears) from the entrance at Royal last summer (July?) to prevent this kind of accident; it was clearly visible from just inside the cave entrance (with a light) and sat amid *several* solid concrete blocks (which look as if they were cast in large coffee cans) right about where the silt begins. However, when we got there the pig was already gone. Usually get gas at Renneker's when diving that area, but heard nothing (at the time) about recent fatalities there. Renneker did describe an accident at Royal where experienced cave divers perished as a result of becoming disoriented in the silt and the comment was that no one dives it any more because of that (meaning both the accident and the silt). My impression was that this incident occurred *years* before... Regards Dave >Your thinking about the fatality at Royal Springs. They were 'from what I >recall' supposed to go look for an artifact. Somehow they mannaged to >'borrow' a light, and then proceded to go into the cave at Royal, which is >VERY NASTY. Royal is often used as an open water site because most cave >divers don't even dive there. If you have any specifics, you might want to >check with Bill Renneker, as he did the recovery, as where they managed to >wedge themselves was sidemount only. Royal has little to no flow, and tons >of silt. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: terry michael [mailto:OEA51@go*.co*] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 10:00 AM >> To: techdiver@aquanaut.com >> Subject: cement pig >> >> >> I was reading this article in the NSS journal about a tragic cave >> fatality involving two freshly certified OW divers who got killed >> on their very first real dive and then had to be recovered. >> According to the article the instructor invited them along to >> retrieve a cement pig, from a spring in north Florida. They were >> apparently given one light and then preceded to swim into the >> cave and got lost and killed. The instructor that just certified >> them over at called Genie Springs was at the site at the time but >> was busy with another diver who was having trouble equalizing his >> ears. The other two must have decided to explore the cavern at >> some point with the single light between them. So my question is >> this: do the instructors take the OW students into the overhead >> during the open water course at Genie Springs camping resort? If >> so how does that work? Just curious. >> Thanx >> >> >> ___________________________________________________ >> GO.com Mail >> Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com >> >> >> -- >> 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'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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