On December 15, 2007, WKPP divers Casey McKinlay and Jarrod Jablonski completed a traverse from Turner Sink to Wakulla Springs, covering a distance of nearly 36,000 feet (11 km). This traverse took approximately 7 hours, followed by 14 hours of decompression.
Many projects evolved including exploring, surveying, and mapping of the Wakulla-Leon Sinks Cave system, as well as coordinating between private, state, and federal agencies to help protect the flooded caves of the Woodville Karst Plain. In 2011, the Florida House of Representatives adopted a resolution recognizing the Woodville Karst Plain Project for its outstanding contributions to the State of Florida through scientific research and its dedication and tireless efforts to promote the protection of the state's precious natural water resources" (HR9053).
My memories of Bill McFaden are always positive. His wide grinning smile and his joyous attitude for both cave diving and caving I will never forget. I will always wonder if he had lived how many more wonderful maps he would have produced for cave divers to enjoy and learn from.
Bibliography::
The NACD Journal, May-June, 1998, pages page 27, 29 and 30. “We Lost Our Friend” by Steve Gerrard.
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Many thanks to Trisha Radulovich, Mike Wisenbaker, and Mike Sasnett for their help with this story.