Location: Ogden Pond, O'Leno State Park
Divers:
Michael Poucher, Sandra Poucher
Profile:
6 minutes to a depth of 51 feet
Conditions: 81 degrees,
visibility was approximately 1 foot
Description: Had planned a
double stage penetration dive. Visibility in the pond was extremely tannic. Swam
through floating vegetation to find the down line hoping the vis cleared on the
way down. Turned when apparent the vis was not clearing. Large bullfrogs we
heard calling turned out to be happy alligators with a deer carcass on the other
side of the lake (per one of the rangers).
Location: Ogden Pond, O'Leno State Park
Divers:
Michael Poucher, Sandra Poucher
Profile:
229 minutes to a depth of 129 feet
Conditions: 65 degrees,
visibility was approximately 40 feet
Description: Adding line to
Ogden and survey of the cavern. Vis was not as good as Mike had hoped. High
amount of hydrogen sulfide. During deco on vertical limestone wall noticed very
small clams in all of the crevices and cracks and ledges.
Location: Ogden Lake, O'Leno State Park
Divers:
Al Heck, Michael Poucher
Profile:
dive 80 minutes to 134 feet
Conditions/Description:
Visibility 10 to 30 feet. Clear lenses in many spots. Went over a hydrogen
sulfide pond with several catfish and one eel in the bottom in a hole. Ogden had
many dead crayfish - red is color probably saw 20 - 30. Saw one live one as we
exited. East side has sheer walls cut by fissures. Walls 50' down and slopes
into cave. Large breakdown at beginning. Large passage, sheer walls, curved
ceiling.
Location: Sweetwater Lake
Divers:
Michael Poucher, Sandra Poucher
Profile:
115 minutes to a depth of 103 feet
Conditions: 73 degrees,
visibility was approximately 15 feet
Description: Scooter dive to
check visibility in upstream and downstream passages. White clouds of hydrogen
sulfide in the water clouded the vis.
Location: Derickson Sink
Divers:
Michael Poucher, Sandra Poucher
Profile:
90 minutes to a depth of 143 feet
Conditions: 71
degrees, visibility was approximately 25 feet
Description: Vis check in
upstream Derickson to around 1200 feet. Wonderful dive. Downstream vis was not
as good. Jerry Murphy showed up to cheer us on.
Location: Sweetwater Lake, O'Leno State Park
Divers:
Al Heck, Michael Poucher, Sandra Poucher
Profile:
114 minutes to a depth of 53 feet
Conditions: 69
degrees, visibility was approximately 20 feet
Description: Vis check
upstream and downstream. Vis downstream was around 20 feet.
Location: Sweetwater Lake, O'Leno State Park
Divers:
Michael Poucher, Sandra Poucher
Profile:
75 minutes (35 min downstream, 40 min upstream)
Description: Went to check
siphon side and collect some clams in the debris mound at around 120 feet as the
passage turns out of the cavern zone for district biologist Suzie Hetrick.
Checked upstream, about the same as downstream.
Location: Ogden Pond, O'Leno State Park
Divers: Al Heck, Cindy Butler
Profile: 114ft/121min on 26% EAN with 18min deco on O2
Conditions: 10ft vis. Temp 71degF
Description: Entered Ogden lake at the SW end. Swam along the left hand wall of a fissure until we entered an overhang area that turned into cave. Swam along the left hand side of the wall until we reached a swallow area with a silt mound that we believe is the sink located between the pond and river sink. Swam again along the left wall until we reached an area that was littered with large trees and debris. Tied off the line in River sink and ascended to 10 feet in the daylight zone. We did not surface due to deco. obligation. Survey done on the way back to Ogden Pond.
330deg 20feet 56deep
10deg 75 103
40 60 96
60 65 68
30 40 61
50 60 46
60 35 40
20 20 51
60 25 54
30 50 68
10 25 65
90 20 59 line goes directly to the surface from this point.
Location Mae Callie Sink
Divers
: C. Butler, A. Heck
Profile 111ft/84min
on 30% EAN with 36min deco on O2
Conditions 64deg in basin; vis in system about 10ft
Description After swimming around in circles on Saturday, we
returned Sunday with a plan. Entered at 'No Name' Sink and immediately tied into
line at the first overhang (30ft). Swam directly to the left wall and followed
it entire dive. Got into a low silty possible side tunnel at one point but
backed out and relocated main tunnel and continued. Didn't connect to Two
Hole/Vaughn line but it felt close. Surveyed on way out.
Survey data
45deg 70ft
102ft deep
30deg 30ft
99ft
90deg 40ft
100ft
100deg 40ft
98ft
105deg 110ft
91ft
60deg 120ft
94ft
0 deg 50ft
85ft
45deg 30ft
86ft
60deg 60ft
86ft
85deg 25ft
86ft
105deg 25ft
80ft
95deg 90ft
85ft
60deg 30ft
86ft
20deg 65ft
71ft
0 deg 60ft
30ft ('t'ed into line at mouth
of 'No Name' Sink)
Location: Two Hole
Divers:
Cindy Butler, Al Heck
Dive Profile: 107ft/94min on 30% EAN w/single stage and O2
deco
Water Conditions: 25 to 30ft vis and 73degF in Two Hole tunnel
10 to 15 ft vis and 68degF in tunnel east of sink
Description: Followed south-heading line out of Two Hole to he ‘T’ by
Vaughn Sink. Dropped stages and ‘T’-eed into the line.
swam due east until we hit the east wall of the collapse area and followed the
wall southeast until we could again resume
a due east path. Swam east up and over the silt mound getting as shallow as 50ft
in one spot. Swam down into clearer, cooler
water on east side of silt mound and followed right wall until I hit the end of
line on the reel. Staked the line as we went and
tied to a stake at the end of the line. Surveyed on way out. Reeled up redundant
line after finishing survey.
Survey: (On way out)
240deg
125ft
106ft
270deg
10ft
50ft
245deg
130ft
80ft
250deg
45ft
86ft
270deg
10ft
90ft
300deg 310ft
‘T’
630ft
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14 February 2002 -Location: Hawg Sink Divers:
Cindy Butler, Al Heck
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Location: Two Hole, O'Leno State Park
Divers:
Al Heck, Michael Poucher, Sandra Poucher
Profile:
127 minutes at a depth of feet
Conditions:
degrees, visibility was approximately feet
Description:
Location: Derickson Pond
Divers:
Al Heck, Michael Poucher
Conditions: 74 degrees,
visibility was approximately 15 feet
Description: Al and Mike went
towards Mae Callie/Vaughn Sink, measured 40 feet across the passage. Saw a
"line" where the sulfide was flowing.
Cindy Butler, Al Heck, Beth Murphy, Jerry Murphy, Michael Poucher and Sandra Poucher met at Harley Sink to remove the motorcycle. After Al and Cindy attached a 500 pound lift bag, courtesy of John Moseley, we were able to get the motorcycle to the surface. We tried to use a pulley with a line stretched across the sink between two trees, but the weight of the motorcycle quickly dictated another method was needed. After several more hours of wrestling with the beast, we were finally able to move it onto the bank using a come-along. Once we had it on the surface, we found out it was indeed a Harley Davidson and we re-christened the sing "Hawg Sink" after the chrome "hawg" on the back rest.
Dive
profile:141ft/89min; 28% nitrox w/single stage; O2 deco; 85 min total deco
Description: Descended down the upstream line and followed it to the end.
Switched to back gas and layed 475 feet of line. Surveyed on way out. Cindy
Butler and Al Heck dove in Harley sink. Visibility was about 5ft. No noticeable
flow. Less gas on the surface. Brief attempt to retrieve the motorcycle failed
as it became dislodged on ledge at 110ft and fell to 140. Also a lot of
overhangs and tree branches to negotiate. Need to cut a lot of tree branches
before raising it.
