2008 NSS-CDS Mini Workshop 10 August

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Mini-Workshop Schedule

On 11 August, the first day of the NSS Convention, cave divers can get an Introduction to Dry Caving.

William Huth, Ph.D. is the Master of Ceremonies throughout the day.

Start End Speaker Event
8:00 AM 8:15 AM Bill Huth Welcome
8:15 AM 9:00 AM Forrest Wilson and Joe Dabbs History of the CDS, its relationship with the NSS, Early Sump Dives in the US, and Early Cave Diving Accidents
9:15 AM 10:00 AM Jim Stevenson Protecting the Ichetucknee River
10:15 AM 11:00 AM Lamar Hires The Trace at Rose Sink
11:00 AM 12:30 PM Lunch
12:45 PM 1:30 PM Marbry Hardin Caving and Cave Diving - What the H*** Is That All About?
1:45 PM 2:30 PM Brian Williams Sump Exploration Logistics Gear Transport and Rigging: Keys to Successful Exploration
2:45 PM 3:30 PM Paul Heinerth Fossils at Sawmill Sink: Evidence of Prehistoric Bahamian Crocodiles and Tortoises. A cave diver's view on the merging of the skills of cave divers and scientists in a sink hole on Abaco Island in the Bahamas. Ancient tortoises and crocodiles remains were discovered by cave divers and no one knew that these creatures had ever existed in the Bahamas. History is again rewritten due to nosy divers...
3:30 PM 4:30 PM All Q&A