I have no class report, just checking in to report that KMD and I finished Cave2 with Danny last week. Believe it or not I missed the FL trip for this abuse
Honestly there's not much "new" in Cave2 over Cave1. While the class is oriented around "scenarios" and generally supervised, everything is much more "real" than in Cave1. Real siltouts, real lost buddys, exiting in "negative numbers", etc.
Danny repeated over and over how each class is unique and ours was. Due to injuries and prior commitments we did 3 days with Danny, 2 days of "homework", and 2 more days with Danny.
Our longest dive was 96 mins, shortest about an hour, shallowest around 35ft, deepest 89ft, 14 dives (including the homework), 6 different cave systems.
Dive # and gist
1) Jump + series of restrictions in Taj Mahal
2) 2Ts + 2 jumps off Taj Mahal
3) Setup Circuit in Taj Mahal
4) Complete circuit including having to find a lost lightless Danny (who joined us as a "buddy"), and went OOA at the point of max penetration (35 min swim under normal conditions)
5) Jump + stage in Mayan Blue
6) 2 jumps, low vis restrictions, Mayan Blue
7) Homework Dive, Survey Chamber of Ancients in Carwash, stage + backgas
8) Homework Dive, Survey Chamber of Ancients in Carwash, backgas
9) Homework Dive, 1 jump, 1 T setup Circuit in Taj Mahal
10) Homework Dive, 1 jump, 1 T complete Circuit in Taj Mahal
11) 2 Ts, restrictions, no light OOG exit from Satan's Silthole, Carwash
12) Jump, restrictions, Room of Tears, Carwash. Unconcious diver tow and lost line drills on exit
13) 2 Jumps, 2 Ts, stage, deep, Tortuga
14) 3 Ts, no vis restrictions, Kim Ha
Most exhausting day:
Swim test + setting up and doing a circuit while hauling Danny's non-compliant OOA butt out from 35+mins back. He was heavy as a rock and neither KMD nor I could swim him for more than about 8 mins each.
Most metally demanding day:
Exiting Satan's silthole lightless and OOG in "negative numbers". We switched onto our deco gas with 300psi left in KMD's doubles.
After class KMD and I did a massive dive in Taj Mahal (we dove it alot this trip). Stage back to the jump to Chinese Gardens, jump into Chinese Gardens tour that on backgas. Return to stage, recalculate gas. Use stage and residual backgas to go to the upstream EOL at the "Waterfall". Total time, 2 hours 17 mins. That was a whupper.
On our last day we then did a 35 min penetration in Chan Hol. Tight no vis entry leads to Sac Actun like formations and just a maze of lines. I took this pic of the Mayan pots by the entrance with my point and shoot.
Cheers,
Richard