I do wonder if it was enlarged...it never seemed much worse to me than the keyhole/birth canal. Does anyone have a section/vertical profile of it? I'm not sure exactly what you mean by 120 degree bend...
-Andy On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Preston Forsythe <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > To the best of my knowledge, Bill Russell pioneered that famous route at > the back of Airman's Cave. I know my trip there was with Bill. That section > of the cave has some amazing long thin selinite needles. But, the 120 > degree tight bend in the Wire Wiggle is a killer as the knees will not > easily bend to accommodate the maneuver. Rumor is that passage was > enlarged, somehow, by blasting? > > As for other interesting cave passage names, I particularly like the > secondary entrance name to Cool Springs Cave, KY. That crawlway is known as > Roach's Runway. Reminds me of the old days at 1307 1/2 Kirkwood and the > huge numbers of roaches before I led the boric acid attack in the kitchen. > Roach's Runway is another tight passage, similar to the entrance crawl in > Airman's. However, The Wire Wiggle in the back of Airman's is way tighter > than it's entrance crawl. > > The current most incredible tight passage that I know of is the new > connection at Mammoth Cave between Donkey Cave and Pohl Avenue under Flint > Ridge. This tight virgin passage was pushed hard by Joyce Hoffmaster on May > 28, 2011. Donkey Cave became the Eleventh Connection to Mammoth Cave. If > you have access, see Roger Brucker's write-up of this story in the Feb.. > 2012 CRF Newsletter. I do not know if the crawl was named or not. It may be > the Donkey Kong push (?) as the lead was a drain out of the Donkey Kong > Pit. > > And, while I am running on: how about that *Drama in Lukina Jama* in > Crotia by Bruce White in the new Feb., 2012, NSS News. One of the best > caving stories I have read. > > > Cavingly, > > Preston in Muhlenberg Co., KY > ========================================== > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* [email protected] > *To:* Preston Forsythe <[email protected]> ; [email protected] ; > [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, February 13, 2012 7:36 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Texascavers] Schetromph cave > > The Wire Wiggle in Airman's. Now there's a noble destination. All Texas > cavers should aspire to passing through its confines at least once. We > should have a club for those who have been through it. > > Bill > >
