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Glory be Unto Your House!
Every once in a while we get a guest or guests that you hate. You don't want to say why you hate them, but you do. Because you're...
Jan 6, 20253 min read


Accept This Sacrifice Ye Gods
Saw the damnedest thing yesterday at Nohoch. Nohoch, historically, has been a hard no-training cave. I am, as an instructor, not allowed...
Jan 2, 20253 min read
Get CALM
I'm starting a new class. Sort of. Not a prerequisite class... not exactly... though sometimes it will be useful as a prep curriculum....
Jun 14, 20243 min read
Gotcha!
Dirty Confession: When I'm moving painfully slowly through an area of cave which is heavily restricted and heavily decorated - such as if...
Jun 14, 20242 min read


Do Witches Sink in Water?
"If you can float, neutral, two feet below the surface without moving a muscle, that's when you've really got your buoyancy dialled in."...
Oct 5, 20235 min read


Underground (Filth) Rivers
You ever get lost and wander into the back areas of a Walmart parking lot? I'm not talking about the out-of-the-way parking spaces. I'm...
Sep 5, 20232 min read


Flatly Fighting Foot Float
Student ambitiously decided to go for a sidemount class (having never worn sidemount before) and Cavern. All in a drysuit that they...
Sep 1, 20232 min read


Lightfoot / Heavyfoot
It happens enough that people show up with the wrong fins. I’m not talking about the fins YOU’RE using, of course: I am certain that you...
Aug 31, 20232 min read
"Progressive Penetration"
Cavern has, by and large, by most agencies, been moving in the direction of being more of a recreational-level safety class. This rather...
Aug 31, 20232 min read
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