Monthly Archives: July 2010

Taj to Cheers to Sagrado. The White Line

Posted on July 28, 2010 by alanf

It has become increasingly important to survey the line that runs directly from Cenote Tajma Ha to Cenote Sagrado  South. Something is wrong in the survey data and I need to reorder everything so that the cave is surveyed from … Continue reading →

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Above the Jumna ‘T’

Posted on July 27, 2010 by alanf

On my way to Taj I stop off at Cuzel to pick up  my tanks, where I am shown the remains of a dead Coral Snake. The Central American Coral Snake is the most venomous snake found in North America. … Continue reading →

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No Knots

Posted on July 26, 2010 by alanf

Yesterday’s survey of the Nachich line was a good one. Lots of data and a thoroughly enjoyable dive. I decide its time to forget the City of Agre region for the moment, even though there are some small sidemount passages … Continue reading →

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City Of Agre to Cenote Nachich

Posted on July 22, 2010 by alanf

Cenote Nachich is the most western  cenote currently known in  Sistema Tajma Ha. It makes for a nice varied dive especially if you try to make it from Cenote Tajma Ha. In my case I need every minute of survey … Continue reading →

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Back To the City Of Agre

Posted on July 21, 2010 by alanf

With Jason not being available to hold the tape,  I decided to head back into the City of Agre (COA) where I could count knots, My intention was to  finish the survey of the line to  Northern COA Cenote and … Continue reading →

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Scouting the Waterfall Line

Posted on July 20, 2010 by alanf

I really want to start pushing the survey into the Waterfall /  Chinese Garden area of Tajma Ha. We have already established a good portion of the cavern, but not enough yet to tie in. With this in  mind I … Continue reading →

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Gear Configuration – Part 1

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Jason

Hogarthian or Bogarthian As far as cave diving goes, most of the divers are using what we call a backmounted Hogarthian configuration. Named after it’s founding father William Hogarth Main, the Hogarthian gear configuration is constantly being improved and copied. … Continue reading →

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Sidemount and 3D Survey

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Jason

Hand Held Sonar As a transition to my new gear configuration (see previews post) here goes our last dive at Tajma Hal. Alan had ordered an Sonar, hand held version, used usually for fishing but proved useful for underwater cave … Continue reading →

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Hindu Line

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Jason

Silt, percolation but no coffee!! Another rainy day in Puerto Aventuras and two days without cave diving, it really started as another rainy boring day…But that was without counting on our God of circumstances and Alan’s schedule! After a chat … Continue reading →

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Water Level and Tannic Water

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Jason

Sacred Cenote After what we could call the rainiest days of the year we decide to get a bit more wet… Our surprise is when we actually step to the edge of the entrance pool at Taj. The water is … Continue reading →

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