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Everyone seems to misunderstand about Leon
Sinks Cave System in Tallahassee. The cave has
more than twenty (20) sinkholes. Of those twenty,
only one (1) is in the National Forest - Sullivan
Sink. Little and Big Dismal may be part of the
system, at least we are pretty sure that Big D
is connected - we will soon know.
The other entrances, including Cheryl and
even Emerald, are in fact on private property.
These are the areas we must be careful of so
that they don't gate them off. Fires will obviously
get them closed off. Enough accidents will get them
closed.
Now that everyone is a big time tech diver
and has deep scooters and all kinds of nitrox
modelling certifications its time to get smart:
dive the right gas.
These caves are big, black, deep and scary
(at least to me). They are harder to reference.
There have been accidents of every kind, but
mostly deep on air accidents, some involving
confusion about the way out, others just confusion.
The other big problem is changing lines and
missing line arrows. Do not change the lines or
remove WKPP or "trey" arrows. Every arrow and line has a
reason. We want the lines to run into the daylight
zone. We want the T's where they are. Keep in
mind that for us it is easier to dive "through"
for exploration, so we depend on our arrows, lines
and bottles being where they should be. Any bottles
left in the cave are intentional.
- George Irvine
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