Nuevu récord en Wakulla!
Wakulla Springs, Florida. Semeya: Sonya Tittle (WKPP)
Josep Guarro mos da anuncia de que, nuna inmersión fecha'l pasáu fin de selmana, los de la WKPP afitaren un nuevu récord de distancia, poniendo la nueva punta d'esploración a 7.250 m. (más de 7 Km!!) de la entrada de Wakulla Springs, a una fondura media cuasi constante de -80 m!!. Tiempu de fondo: 10 hores a -80 m!!!. Deco: 15,5 hores. Tiempu total somorguiaos: 25,5 hores!!!!. La mecedura con Leon Skins System se-yos resiste, pero va cayer...
Esti ye'l mail de Casey McKinlay, direutor del proyeutu, cola anuncia:
«Huge thanks to everyone that assisted with this past weekend's recorddive. The goal was to push north and west from the Wakulla side for aconnection between R-Tunnel and Leon Sinks. Jarrod and I gave iteverything we had and then some but the cave refused to give it up despiteadding 7,640ft in some of the most incredible cave discovered to date inthe WKP. The cave stayed large and deep as we worked our way upstream;first west, northwest, north and eventually breaking it open into massiveconduit bearing northeast. We believe we worked our way around a largecollapse of some sort and are back on track to intersect Leon Sinkssomewhere downstream of Turner Sink. Along the way we observed multipleleads, parallel conduits, tannic tunnels and a 2,000ft section containingmilky white water, abundant crayfish and bacteria covered floors. Weeventually tied off in massive, deep, clear conduit with noticeable flow. Todd Kincaid has the data and is updating the map this week.
The dive:
Bottom Time - 580 minutes at 270ft
Decompression - 15.5 hoursEsti ye'l mail de Casey McKinlay, direutor del proyeutu, cola anuncia:
«Huge thanks to everyone that assisted with this past weekend's recorddive. The goal was to push north and west from the Wakulla side for aconnection between R-Tunnel and Leon Sinks. Jarrod and I gave iteverything we had and then some but the cave refused to give it up despiteadding 7,640ft in some of the most incredible cave discovered to date inthe WKP. The cave stayed large and deep as we worked our way upstream;first west, northwest, north and eventually breaking it open into massiveconduit bearing northeast. We believe we worked our way around a largecollapse of some sort and are back on track to intersect Leon Sinkssomewhere downstream of Turner Sink. Along the way we observed multipleleads, parallel conduits, tannic tunnels and a 2,000ft section containingmilky white water, abundant crayfish and bacteria covered floors. Weeventually tied off in massive, deep, clear conduit with noticeable flow. Todd Kincaid has the data and is updating the map this week.
The dive:
Bottom Time - 580 minutes at 270ft
Total Run Time - 25.5 hours
Exploration - 7,640ft added
Total Distance from Wakulla Springs - 23,810ft
The goal of the dive was to connect the systems and update the map as tothe specific locations of the cave conduits. The map data is then used bythe State of Florida as part of their land use and land acquisitionprocess to protect the water sources feeding Wakulla Springs. 23,810ft from Wakulla Springs exceeded our 20,000ft May, 2006 push into Wakulla's Q-Tunnel and firmly establishes a new cave penetration record for the WKPP.
The entire team should be proud of a challenging, yet exciting weekendwhere everyone pulled together and adapted as needed to get the job done. Running a 30 hour operation takes a great deal of preparation and ToddLeonard along with the entire support and setup crew did an outstandingjob. Each team member shares in the success and I was glad to seeeveryone refocus and come back strong after the May 19 dive at Turner. You guys are the best.
Casey McKinlay, Project Director
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Gracies, Josep!. Más info:
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posted by Xosepin at 27.6.07
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