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- From: tierney@nevada.edu (TIMOTHY P TIERNEY)
- Subject: Re: Diving in CA over Thanksgiving
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.175459.19496@nevada.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:54:59 GMT
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- In article <1eh4e4INNf18@fido.asd.sgi.com> leej@sgi.com (Lee Jones) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov19.204644.5342@nevada.edu> tierney@nevada.edu (TIMOTHY P TIERNEY) writes:
- >>
- >>You can also dive the Colorado River below the dam.
- >
- >Tim - years ago I read about a guy that runs dive charters on the Colorado -
- >supposedly it's a real E-ticket ride zipping past surprised trout at
- >Warp 3. Do you know of such a charter - names, phone numbers, etc., and
- >what the reputation of things is? (Like, is it safe for open water
- >type divers that don't have "white water diving" experience?)
- >
- >Regards, Lee
-
- Hi Lee,
-
- I don't know of anyone organizing dive charters on the Colorado. Perhaps
- they do that up toward the canyon. The Colorado below Hoover Dam is pretty
- sedate with not more than a 2 to 3 knot current. There is one place with
- a *pretty good* underwater rapid called Monkey Hole where it's probably
- 5 to 7 knots for a hundred or so yards. Nevertheless, drift diving this
- part of the Colorado is great fun.
-
- Regards,
-
- Tim Tierney
- NAUI Advanced
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