Hole in the Wall 8 Proceeding Toward the Champagne Bottle

Hole in the Wall Cave. Near Marianna Florida. Merrit's Millpond. 5/18/24
3 diver team. Plan was an upstream dive taking the T toward Century Tunnel past Big Ben and London Bridge all the way to the Champagne Bottle which I had not been to see in several years and one of our team had never seen. Visibility in the cave this day was less than it is on many days. We each had rebreathers. We all had 2 DPVs - 6 DPVs total. We ended up dropping our tow DPVs at one point. The visibility was so poor that we ended up scootering past the Century Tunnel T and had to turn around. Once we were well beyond Big Ben and London Bridge, I noticed one of my buddy's regulators had started leaking from a swivel. It had not been leaking earlier in the dive when it had come unclipped, and I handed it to him. As this was his backup gas supply (open circuit bailout), we ended up turning the dive and never got the Champagne Bottle. I stopped filming when I saw the leak. You can see a steady stream of bubbles on the last video in this series near my buddy's right shoulder.
As usual the videos in this series are unedited. They are named for the dive site. Followed by a number indicating the order they were filmed in. Followed by a brief description. Each video series also appears under the playlist corresponding to the dive location.
I have no endorsements etc but will list a few pieces of gear we had. Shearwater Petrel 3 computer. KISS Sidewinder rebreather. Divesoft Liberty rebreather. Seacraft Ghost DPV. Seacraft Future DPV. Seacraft DPV lighting system. Genesis DPV. Suex DPV. Submerge DPV. Underwater Light Dude primary lights. Hollis BC. Multiple GoPro Cameras.

[@paulsbaldsac]

What did you lose your alphabet block down there?

[@Bubbles2k]

wut

[@paulsbaldsac]

@@Bubbles2k Exactly my question. What is it that you seek in the depths?

[@Bubbles2k]

@@paulsbaldsac people do it for adrenaline or because its fun

[@paulsbaldsac]

@@Bubbles2k Sounds made up.