This highly enjoyable 60 minute video, led by Wes Skiles and shown on PBS across the nation, is perhaps the finest explanation of the relation of karst to groundwater as supremely illustrated in the Floridian aquifer. Sensational cave diving combined with extremely effective conservation. All this and humor, too! 2003, Karst Productions. Water's Journey Special Edition DVD Includes the full documentary plus short film features, Expedition highlights and Florida Springs interactive Learning Site.
Images from the subaquatic caves of the Yucatan Peninsula near Tulum, Mexico. Author/Photographer Lalo Fiorelli participated in explorations which began in the 1980s. A lively text accompanies well-printed photos, many full page, which appear on almost every page. 9 1/2 by 11 inch format. 2004, 98pp., sb. $27.50 SALE $16.00
Sheck Exley. 1994. 16 color, 55 b/w photos, 16 maps. Caverns Measureless to Man is the story of the passion of an extraordinary individual who spent his life exploring underwater caves. For nearly thirty years, Sheck Exley was the leader. He set records, he developed the techniques, and he maintained the highest standards of excellence. Sheck lived a life of adventure, danger, and excitement of a degree that few people can ever dream of; or, if they do, those dreams are nightmares. If you participate on the highest level, you know that some of your best friends are going to die. If you continue to push yourself and your equipment to the limits. If you persist in being a world class diver as Sheck was the chances are very high that you, too, will die. This book may terrify you, but it will unquestionably fascinate you, and in the end, Sheck Exley will convince you that his death came to him in the midst of the incredibly intense joy he took in diving into the depths of the earth.
Rick Stanton MBE served for years as a firefighter, but it was his “hobby” of cave-diving that was his passion He has quietly spent forty years exploring caves around the world, steadily building his unique skill set as he defied limits, pushed boundaries, and discovered parts of the earth that had never been seen before. Along the way, he and his dive partners became the ones to call for the most challenging cave rescue and recovery missions. In 2018, he found himself on the world's stage when he led the team that rescued a children’s soccer team that was trapped inside Thailand's flooded Tham Luang cave. Rick needed to rely on all the experiences and friendships he'd gathered along the way, as he carefully planned and then successfully executed one of the most noteworthy rescue missions in modern history.
This book tells the enthralling inside story of the Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand--told by the leader of the daring underwater rescue mission.
In July 2018, twelve boys and their soccer coach disappeared into the Tham Luang Cave in Thailand.
Trapped miles beneath the surface, not even the Thai Navy SEALs had the skills to bring them to safety. With the floodwater rising rapidly, time was running out.
Any hope of survival rested on Rick Stanton, a retired British firefighter with a living room full of homemade cave-diving equipment. As unlikely as it seemed, Rick and his partner, John Volanthen, were regarded as the A-team for exactly this kind of mission.
The Thai Cave Rescue was the culmination of a lifelong obsession, requiring every ounce of skill and ingenuity accumulated by Rick over a four decade pursuit of the unknown.
While the world held its breath, Rick, John, and their assembled team raced against time in the face of near impossible odds. There was simply no precedent for what they were attempting to do. . . .
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