We hosted our first online seminar and were proud to welcome half a dozen attendees. Vanessa Belz was able to join us from the States and kick of introductions.
The object of the seminar was to give visiting divers, cavers and walkers a better and more concise guide to what we would like them to do when they visit the sites and stations.
This covered how and where to take the 'stake in the sand' photos and how to record visibiity measurements (ongoing) and temperature readings.
The seminar was well received and we are very excited that several attendees would be visiting Porth yr Ogof this coming weekend to try it out for themselves.
To view the slides and information therein, here is the link to the presentation:
PB SWC Seminar #1 23rd February 2015
We have also just received some secci discs so that we can really get down to the nitty gritty of getting some accurate visibility readings.
Visibility is always a guesstimate and depends on so many factors:
The lights the diver is using; where the lights are mounted; the brightness of the lights; any silt or mud previously stirred up; other divers in the sump etc.
We have some anecdotal visibility measurements already but would now like to begin measuring it more accurately.
We'll be putting up a special Blog post and also running a brief seminar once the secci disc is installed, to explain to divers how to take the readings.
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We would like to thank Metrosigns for providing us with over a dozen hard wearing secci discs which will enable the project to continue for a very long time!
