WKPP Details & Photos of Their Recent World Record Dive To "Q"
Posted Jun 14th 2006 2:23PM by Willy Volk
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About two weeks ago, we told you that the WKPP pushed the Wakulla Cave system, found a new tunnel (imaginatively named "Q"), and achieved a world record. Ultimately, the divers spent 7 hours at 260 feet and endured a 14-hour decompression. If you're the kind of diver who's interested in the details of the push, they've posted a "trip report" online.
For those Divester readers who aren't that interested in the technical details behind WKPP's endeavor, at least take the time to scroll through their image bank. Featuring both topside and underwater images, some of the pictures show divers wearing 6 full-sized tanks, 1 pony tank, and hauling 3 scooters a lot of gear.
[Via Scuba Geek]
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1. That looks like JJ with those tanks.
He is actually wearing a Semi-closed Circuit rebreather (Halcyon RB80) which is that black thing, it contains the CO scrubber. It in turn is connected to two tanks on the side of it via a manifold, these usually are not breathed and only used for emergencies. The small tank on the side of one those tanks is for his drysuit, it contains argon, to inflate it. They are breathing Heliox 10 (10% O2 and 90% He), you can't pump that into your suit, it makes you cold.
The other tanks are stage tanks, which he is actually breathing thru a switchblock on his chest, it's plumbed into the RB80. There are dozens of bottles for him to breath that are already inside the cave and additional scooters as well. He picks up/drops off those tanks as needed. The stages are used as drive gas or decompression gas.
Talk about task loading....
Posted at 4:08PM on Jun 14th 2006 by Bill Reals