Great article, but Edwardian Limestone? Maybe the explains the decorative touches.
The link for the article is http://www.tpwmagazine.com/archive/2011/dec/ed_2_cavediving/ Josh On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Logan McNatt <[email protected]> wrote: > Austin-based caver Rae Nadler-Olenick has written another interesting > article for the Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine. The article in the Dec > 2011 issue is titled "Deep, Dark and Dangerous" and describes the > exploration of Goodenough Spring, the 3rd largest spring in Texas with a > discharge of 100 to 200 cubic ft per second. The entrance was inundated by > Lake Amistad (on the Rio Grande in Val Verde County near Del Rio, southwest > Texas) in 1968 and is 165 ft below the surface of the water. In the early > to mid- 1990s, Dallas based diver R.D. Milhollin, with Ise Kalsi, Terry > Scoggins, and Robert Laird were the first to successfully overcome the very > formidable challenges of entering the cave and mapping it to a > gravel-filled passage at -200 ft. Exploration resumed in 2000 by the > Houston-based Goodenough Springs Exploration Project, whose divers received > the NSS Cave Diving Section's Exploration Award in 2009 for making the > deepest cave dive in the U.S. They reached -515 ft, and IT GOES. The > article includes lots of photos, and a list of "Five rules for cave > diving", and "Four stages of cave diving certification". > > The same issue has a photo essay on the drought and recent wildfires in > Texas. TPWD magazine sells for $3.95 at stores; an annual subscription is > only $12 for 10 issues (reduced from 12 issues because of budget cutbacks). > > Logan > TPWD Archeology Survey Team, Austin > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > texascavers-unsubscribe@**texascavers.com<[email protected]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > texascavers-help@texascavers.**com<[email protected]> > >
