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Madison Blue

These Images were taken on a trip to Madison Blue on August 29th 1999. There were five divers in the water at one time which makes things kind of fun. We did the Godzilla Room line which I hadn't dove since my Apprentice Cave course back in 1992.

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Spring

Spring

Divers gear up and get ready to go. This is going to be a herd dive with five divers in the water.

Drop

Drop

Divers drop off their Deco gas on their way into the cave.

Entrance

Entrance

Which way is the Hole? We are getting ready to go in the rabbit hole.

In

In

We do our primary tie off and head in.

Main Line

Main Line

With our primary reel tied off we swim down the first main passage.

Mainline 2

Main Line 2

Here we head up the main line to our first jump.

Jump

Jump

Here the lead diver ties in a gap reel to head over to the Godzilla Room Line.

GRL

Godzilla Room Line

I take the lead with the camera for some nice clear water.

Turn

Turn

The tunnel makes a turn here and we continue on.

Restriction

Restriction

As we make our way along we come to the first restriction.

RE

Restriction Entrance

The passage gets a little tight right here but not to bad.

Divers

Divers

The team swims along checking out the tunnel.

Divers2

Divers 2

They just keep coming out of nowhere.

Passage

Passage

The tunnel keeps going.

Restriction2

Restriction 2

We pass through a hole in the floor opening into a room below.

Ceiling

Ceiling

The floor to this tunnel becomes the ceiling of the next.

Steam

Steam

The team steams along to get to the cool stuff ahead.

Approach

Approach

Here we approach the Godzilla Room, the first objective of this dive.

Hole

Hole

The line disappears into the floor. This is the entrance to the Godzilla Room.

Down

Down

I drop down the hole into the large room below.

Godzilla Room

Godzilla Room

The first diver makes his way into the room. After which the vis drops somewhat.

Chilling

Chilling

One of the divers chills out and checks out the big room.