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June 2010 - The dive team of Gridley/Wallace gear up for an RB-80 survey dive in Blue Spring. |
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May 2010 - Finishing up survey and turning the dive at the end of the line in Blue Spring, Shannon County, Mo. |
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April 2010 - Wild Cave Tour volunteers gather at the start of the 2009 Devils Icebox Cave sump exploration. |
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March 2010 - Brian and Shannon gear up for a sump dive and cave survey in Devils Icebox Cave. photo by Ken Harrington |
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February 2010 - Just beyond the Missouri Mile in Roubidoux Spring. |
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January 2010 - Setting up a new exploration site by property owner request. |
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December 2009 - Team Safety Weekend practice includes simulated unconscious diver extraction from 20' depth. photo by Cyndi Lessard |
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November 2009 - Shooting cave survey thru unexplored passage in Devils Icebox Cave. |
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October 2009 - Long range safety equipment really takes a beating in Missouri springs. |
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September 2009 - Humping gear and canoes back into the far reaches of the Devils Icebox cave system. |
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August 2009 - WCT volunteers taking a break while OCDA divers checkout an unexplored sump in Devils Icebox cave system. |
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July 2009 - Preparing to start a biodiversity survey in Nesbitt Spring. |
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June 2009 - Checking out passage on the upstream side of an unexplored sump. |
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May 2009 - No surface support operation is complete without the OCDA's Tammy Zahner. |
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April 2009 - Shannon shooting survey during a recent Blue Spring push dive in December 2008. |
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March 2009 - A scenic ceiling area in the Hell's Creek cave system. |
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February 2009 - Shannon discusses options in the Devil's Icebox system before heading inbound to another lead. |
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January 2009 - Shannon and Michael return from a biodiversity survey in Hell Creek. photo by BK |
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December 2008 - The dive team of Bennett/Moore start off on a push dive in Blue Spring. |
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November 2008 - Old survey marker in Roubidoux Spring. |
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October 2008 - Unconscious underwater diver extraction and CPR practice during the team's annual Safety Weekend . |
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Septembert 2008 - Setting up Alley Spring for the annual Haunting in the Hills event. |
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August 2008 - Not all springs in the Ozarks are easy to get to. photo by BK |
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July 2008 - Roubidoux Spring flowing hard July 2, 2008. photo by Brian Moore |
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June 2008 - Hopefully we'll be seeing more conditions like this in the near future at Roubidoux Spring. photo by Kenny Houk |
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May 2008 - Getting all the pieces of the new habitat into Roubidoux Spring, photo by BK |
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April 2008 - Enjoying the Crinoid Glory in Jackson Blue. ImageGrab from trv-900 |
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March 2008 - Shannon Wallace performs line maintenance in a little known spring. |
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February 2008 - Steve Gridley directs the installation of the new team habitat in Roubidoux Spring. |
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January 2008 - 2 different sump connections deep under the Ozarks. photo by BK |
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December 2007 - Trout congregate in the cavern zone of Bennett Spring. ImageGrab from pd-100a |
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November 2007 - Brian Moore and Shannon Wallace return from a discovery sump dive in Devil's Icebox Cave. photo by BK |
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October 2007 - Jason Weisacosky performs a predive check on the RB80 rebreather before diving Blue Spring. photo by Mary Koch |
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September 2007 - Brian Moore enters another restriction while surveying a system in Arkansas. photo by Shannon Wallace |
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August 2007 - Steve Gridley handles inbound survey from Twister Rock. photo by Brian Moore |
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July 2007 - The Red Light sitting back in Jackson Blue spring. ImageGrab from trv-900 |
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June 2007 - Jeff Quam spots the 1996 end of line reel in the deep section of Blue Spring. Brian Moore lights up the way. ImageGrab from trv-900 |
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May 2007 - Gearing up for a November 2000 push dive in Maramec Spring located outside St. James, Missouri. photo by BK |
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April 2007 - Brian peers down a vertical shaft back in one of the tunnels beneath Oronogo, Missouri. ImageGrab from trv-900 |
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March 2007 - Support divers start placing gear in Blue Spring. Photo by Brian Moore |
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February 2007 - Michael Budde and Shannon Wallace prepare to dive sump 1 in Hell Creek Cave during a biosurvey. Photo by BK |
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January 2007 - Kenny Houk and Steve Gridley inbound during Blue Spring exploration in the fall of 2006. ImageGrab from trv-900 |
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December 2006 - Brian enters a tight and nasty sump entrance in the Ozarks. This was one hole in particular we were glad to exit safely. Photo by BK. |
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November 2006 - Shadow Bass at the 140' level in Blue Spring. This species wasn't previously known to school like this. ImageGrab from trv-900 |
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October 2006 - Brian Moore retrieving equipment from the habitat in Maramec Spring 2003. photo by BK |
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September 2006 - Brian Moore sails over the 210' hill in Blue Spring while laying line. Jeff Quam is just out of the picture. ImageGrab from trv-900 |
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August 2006 - Jeff Quam helps get gear ready at Alley Spring during a safety retrieval weekend. photo by BK |
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July 2006 - Steve Gridley admires a new sidemout system in Arkansas. Image grab from trv-900 footage by BK |
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June 2006 - Brian Moore lights up Jackson Blue during an off-season fun dive in Jackson Blue. Image grab from trv-900 footage by BK |
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May 2006 - Dirk Bennett and Shannon Wallace transport gear for a 3rd sump critter count in Nesbitt Spring, Arkansas. photo by BK |
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April 2006 - Jeff Quam spots Brian Moore tying off at 245' at the end of the line in Blue Spring. Image grab from trv-900 footage by BK |
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March 2006 - OCDA members join up with spelunkers for a rare connection effort in Arkansas. Photo by BK |
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February 2006 - OCDA RB-80 team of Shannon Wallace and Jason Weisacosky deco out at Blue Spring. Photo by BK |
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January 2006 - Brian Moore traveling down the deep high flow section of Blue Spring. Image grab from trv-900 footage by BK. |
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December 2005 - Support teams start setting up deco bottles for a Roubidoux Spring push dive. Photo by BK |
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November 2005- The entrance to Blue Spring along the Current River. Photo by Kenny Houk |
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October 2005 - Steve Gridley admires the cave formations above the rise pool of Welsh Spring. Photo by Jeff Quam |
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September 2005 - Photo from 70' of Blue Spring entrance. Photo by Kenny Houk |
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