Deep Mud Adventures
A Dangerous Experiment
I’ve wanted to try this for years, but I couldn’t come up with a safe way to do it. Yesterday’s experiment underscored the danger. It didn’t end in catastrophe, but it easily could have. What I did different was to tie my ankles together and to a heavy lead weight (about 16kg). The reason this … Continue reading
Sometimes You Get Lucky
It looked like we were going to have a low tide this morning, so I hustled to get ready and go out in my kayak to see what might come of it. I didn’t take a lot of gear or have much of a plan. The light was harsh, but I shot video of pretty … Continue reading
First Total Immersion of 2019
Well, I finally made another trip to one of my favorite spots in the swamp. I didn’t go where I planned to go because, once again, the low tide was at least 4 inches (10 cm) short of the desired level. I wish I had ten or twenty years of tide level history to compare … Continue reading
Returning to the Beginning
Yesterday, I set out on an adventure with the goal of locating a spot I had last visited when I was still shooting on a VHS analog video camera (over 20 years ago). In my past exploration, I hadn’t been able to find a location without a lot of timber that made sinking nearly impossible … Continue reading
Mud Diving in November
I was asked to shoot a video of mud dives. It was a nice day, and I was up for the challenge. I set out into the swamp this morning, set up the cameras and took something like 15 dives. My next task will be to edit the video down to just the dives. I’ll … Continue reading