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Gran Cenote (Straight behind sign) May 2007On the exit from the "Left side" dive, we left the reel locked at the "Have a nice day" sign in anticipation of our second dive.Richard had dived this line with Chris in dec 2006 so he had a pretty good idea of where to lay the reel. We surfaced in the Cenote, debriefed a little, reviewed the plan for dive 2, and quickly descended again.  We (obviously) reached the sign much more quickly this time, and set off looking for the other line (sorry, no map in front of me to get the name of this line)        I love the formations in Gran Cenote -- much different than the other caves we visited. In fact, all caves so far seem very different in their characteristics.   This weird hunk of rock seemingly didnt want to fall from the roof!  The shapes in this cave remind me of some kind of Disney Cartoon, big old gnarly monster-things.   Yet more ant hils too.  Pete -- looking very serious!  I just love the posts that stick up -- they remind me of Gandalf's staff.   This part of the cave looks like a monster with big teeth is lurking back there.  It's a pity this shot is not level because it really is an awesome sight to suddenly see these hundreds of column thingies.  Pete on the way home...  and back to the sign   And back to the cavern   This is a much longer line than the "left" side, but the density of "amazing" stuff is a bit lower. We made it to about 1-2 mins past where the line arrows change direction (right at a jump also?). Not that far, but hauling the camera definitely adds some drag (we tried to set the camera up in the car, but when extended, the lights were too wide to fit in the trunk/boot). Definitely need to work at being more efficient getting through the cave. 8:56 PM - 5/29/2007 - post comment
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