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
