Forgive me for the echo but what you said here almost sounded like a troll
to me .... did any one else react that way ?

 > Robert,
 > I really appreciate your very informative letter. I am not cave or
 > cavern certified, but plan to get a good taste of some caves. I will be
 > diving with two SCUBA instructers, and several other people whose diving
 > experience ranges from beginner to advanced. Peronally, I was certified
 > in September, and have only logged about thirty dives. I realize my
 > limitations, but expect my instructer to be the first to say, turn back.
 > But that doesn't mean that we can't go in for a look as long as there is
 > some light and the cave itself is not too complex.


My God, Please don't let ANYONE take you ANYWHERE that you know that you
shouldn't be ....ie: in a cave !
NOT TO COMPLEX !?   Come On !

This is the holiday season... we don't need more dead list members ....
listen to Lee Bell below

I am now off my soap box



At 08:00 AM 12/11/2000 -0500, Lee Bell wrote:
>Brad,
>
>I suggest caution, a lot of it.  At your experience level, you have no
>business in a cave except, perhaps under the direct supervision of a cave
>instructor and even then, only after he's confirmed that your skills are
>adequate for a supervised dive with shallow penetration.  Of the places
>mentioned to you, there's only one that I think is good for open water
>divers to get their first taste of cave/caverns.  Blue Grotto has a swim
>through (max depth about 100 ft) that is near cave conditions.  You can see
>light for the entire dive if you are looking in the right direction, but
>will feel like you are in a cave if you're not.
>
>Caves are very dangerous and full of risks not easily recognized by open
>water divers and not easily managed by any diver not specifically prepared
>for them.
>
>Lee