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
>
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