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Like squeezes? Try these underwater!

Postby Squirrel Girl » Feb 28, 2010 5:35 am

For the dry cavers among you, you might like seeing what it's like to do squeezes underwater. We call 'em restrictions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIlreHwSm1g
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Re: Like squeezes? Try these underwater!

Postby Cheryl Jones » Feb 28, 2010 1:15 pm

:clap: Great video. Were they were laying or following a line? I couldn't see one.
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Re: Like squeezes? Try these underwater!

Postby Squirrel Girl » Feb 28, 2010 6:33 pm

Cheryl Jones wrote::clap: Great video. Were they were laying or following a line? I couldn't see one.

At least one clip I could see a line. I don't think they were laying line at the time they were filming (is that still a word? Pixeling?)
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Re: Like squeezes? Try these underwater!

Postby batrotter » Feb 28, 2010 7:35 pm

Wow! That gal has more ba!!$ than me.
Thanks for posting!
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Re: Like squeezes? Try these underwater!

Postby Chads93GT » Feb 28, 2010 7:54 pm

wow.............id be scared of snagging and ripping something that will cause a quick death. zoiks. how do y ou turn around when you push a lead that is narrow, like caving, sometimes we have to back out of a passage as its too tight to turn around and it dead ends. HOw do you do that under water??
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Re: Like squeezes? Try these underwater!

Postby Squirrel Girl » Feb 28, 2010 8:11 pm

Chads93GT wrote:wow.............id be scared of snagging and ripping something that will cause a quick death. zoiks. how do y ou turn around when you push a lead that is narrow, like caving, sometimes we have to back out of a passage as its too tight to turn around and it dead ends. HOw do you do that under water??

'bout the same way. Ya back out. But you have to be cautious. Most folks in this condition will be side mounting. The tanks taper forward to the valve and go in. But on the way out, they're blunt and can get stuck. This is hearsay. *I've* never had that happen. I've done some squirming restrictions, but I'm not too keen on restrictions.
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Re: Like squeezes? Try these underwater!

Postby Hek » May 15, 2010 6:44 am

I would have taken me bottles off
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Re: Like squeezes? Try these underwater!

Postby FW » May 15, 2010 6:35 pm

She only takes the tanks off in tight places :rofl:

One important thing to note is that the big camera, and photographer had to go through that same squeezes. One of thr reasons Wes is such a famous photographer.

The line has been in that cave a long time, and is the same color as the limestone, so it is hard to see.
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