After being out of the water for a few a weeks, I was anxious to get back in to the swing of things. What better than a nice poke around dive in Taj to knock of the rapidly accumulating cave rust. I entered at Sagrado, with just two sidemount tanks. Instead of using the more common North side pool that leads through to the Room of Cheers with a jump off to the COA cavern and Twin Cenotes, I jump in on the South side and head off SW towards the Room of Cheers on the Taj to Sagrado line (Taj2Sag)
As the line dips before entering The top of the room of cheers I notice a little hole to the left that looks interesting. I tie in and head off scraping my helmet hard as I slide through a fairly easy restriction and into a decent sized passage. Definitely need to knock off more cave rust. The passage goes a bit and I am suprised. It can’t go far as either the French triangle or Backstreet must be in front of me. Right enough after about 100 feet I end up at the bottom of the French Triangle. I wonder why I never saw this passage before, as return back reeling in my line though its pretty big, it is well hidden. One for the memory and another detail that will be needed for the map. As I get to the restriction, visibility is pretty much zero due to my entry. I visually playback my awful first pass through it and orient myself where I expect to pass. A bit of grinding and I pop out the other side. Directly opposite where I tied in is another ‘lead’. I jump over the line and lay down line as I poke around what I guess to be the back of Sagrado. Suprisingly the passage opens and after 150 feet or so of Line I realize I am in an unlined part of Cheers that leads down through a small silty hole to the Sagrado to Cheers (Sag2Chz line, the line from the North side of Sagrado). I know this from before. Another mental note that I need to return and survey temporary lines that will nicely define this section of the Room of Cheers, but thats for another day. Today has been designated for poking around.
I reel back to my tie in and continue of the Taj2Sag line in to the middle of the room where the French Triangle starts and ends. I decide to poke around the SW wall and have a great time running through the unlined passage there until I hit thirds and head back out.
No survey this dive but a lot of fun and a plan for the future pretty much formulated.
Article posted by AlanF
