The landowner is named Kiwi. He said it is a childhood nickname but wouldn't elaborate. Great guy!
Sent from my iPhone On May 20, 2013, at 3:47 AM, "Preston Forsythe" <pns_...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > E-DIG-er that was an interesting Kiwi digging report with a lot of progress > made. Glad it was not too hot on a Sunday afternoon. > > Is it possible to sometime attach a simple plan and profile map of the > progress as it may be awhile before some of us can see Kiwi? Some of us > "older" cave surveyors love our maps. > > By the way I have already forgotten where the name Kiwi comes from? > > Preston > > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gill Edigar > To: Cavers Texas > Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 9:24 PM > Subject: [Texascavers] KIWI SINK Dig > > KIWI SINK Dig Report--19 May 2013--Pretty nice day today with but 6 diggers > in existence. The place was a bit crowded with 7 barrels waiting to be filled > and lots of back fill, soaked by the recent rain, waiting to be dug. Having a > short crew was pretty much a good thing as we were a bit crowded and there > being a shortage of places to put the barrels. We filled 7 barrels by noon > and undermined and isolated a few rocks that would need hoisting. As soon as > the barrels were all loaded we started hauling them out of the pit and to the > dumping grounds. That job was finished by a little after one o'clock and we > set back to digging and loading barrels again. Come 3:30 and we had 4 barrels > and several more rocks, some weighing 4 or 5 hundred pounds, waiting in line > to be hoisted. Some of were working in the sun on a hot day (low '90s) and > were becoming weary. We set about to hoisting some barrels to provide space > to dig floor material away but by the time that had been done most of the > people left were ready to quit. So we did. > The winch got wanky on the last couple of lifts. Need to suss out the cause. > Totals fore the day: 11 barrels and 3 rocks, 2 being relatively large. > > Those who attended: > Don Broussard > Gill Ediger > Ernie Garza > Amdy Gluesenkamp > David Locklear > John Schneider > > Visitors were: > Bob West > Cindy Chamberlin-West > Thanks to everyone for helping out. > > --Ediger
