The Ozark Cave Diving Alliance

New Habitat in Roubidoux Spring

 


Steve Gridley arrives with the new habitat for Roub.

Each section weighed considerably as it was built to be rock solid.

Moving everything over to the spring pool.

Steve explains how it all goes together so underwater everyone will have the plan down.

Everything is ready to go into the spring.

Seat benches and supports will go in later.

Quite a few lift bags were needed for assembly in the cave.

Assembly is required due to the low entrance height of the spring beneath the walkway.

Steve used a lot of aluminum to keep the weight manageable both above and underwater.

Meanwhile the old habitat had to be emptied of air, disassembled, and brought out of the cave.

Team Director Gridley supervises.

Getting everything into the water went pretty smoothly.

Seems the bag for the habitat didn't want to cooperate and sink without a lot more weight.

Wonder if this gear failure got written up ??

Tammy Zahner is always on hand to make sure things run smoothly on the surface.

 

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