I'll check with the other members of Team Troglobrau, as my notes burned up in the fire.Steve
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 2:49 PM, David Ochel <li...@ochel.net> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > Exciting! > > The main thing "wrong" with it was that I was not able to get a hold of > a complete set of the notes, and that some of the sketches I did get > were not easy to read for me. (In fact, I was told that the notes for > the side lead were completely lost; that data is not even in the Walls > files from the late-90s survey.) I'd be very glad to see your notes if > it wasn't too much effort for you to come up with them! > > Cheers, > David > > On 1/16/13 9:12 AM, Steve Keselik wrote: > > What was wrong with the last re-survey we took part in back in the late > > 90's ? I'm pretty sure I could come up with our notes of the upstream > > passage including the little side passage. Steve > > > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 7:28 PM, David Ochel <li...@ochel.net > > <mailto:li...@ochel.net>> wrote: > > > > Howdy y'all, > > > > We had a successful continuation of our re-survey of O-9 Well last > > weekend. All previously ('98-'10 or so) surveyed passage has now been > > re-surveyed, the data is being scanned and backed up as we speak, and > > the tasks that remain are: a) surveying the previously not surveyed > (but > > explored) parts of a continuing lead, and b) drafting the upstream > part > > of the map. > > > > Getting to the cave in the dark yielded a surprise: the last part of > the > > road is now free of any obstacles that would prevent 2-wheel drive > > low-clearance cars from making it to the cave entrance. Apparently a > > result of the vibroseis studies that were performed there last year. > The > > grazing lessee is down to 21 cattle, he sold the rest a while ago > since > > it's too expensive to feed them in the ongoing drought. > > > > Anyway, Saturday morning saw the slow organization of three survey > > teams, and with the last person being finally in the cave shortly > after > > noon, the following feats were accomplished: > > > > Saj Zappitello, Ben Hutchins, and Tom Rogers accepted the task to > survey > > a side lead taking off from the main upstream passage for over 110 > > meters, before running into technical difficulties with gear that was > > inadequate for being stuck in a tiny passage frequently described on > the > > sketch as "small muddy water" for a prolonged time. The passage > > continues. They then proceeded to dig at a high lead in the main > > upstream passage, which sadly remains too tight to let humans go > > anywhere. > > > > Andrea Croskrey, with Jill Orr and Matt Zappitello, surveyed the main > > upstream passage from where a previous survey trip had ended, toward > the > > upstream sump, for 188.4 meters in (typically) knee-high water with a > > ceiling not high enough to stand, and mud (mixed with sand from what > may > > have been calcite rafts?) constantly trying to snatch everyone's > boots > > from their feet. > > > > David Ochel took Geoff Hoese and Bennett Lee to the upstream sump, > from > > where they proceeded to survey out toward Andrea's team for 232.8 > meters > > in similar conditions. > > > > Andrea's and David's team finally tied into each other's survey > around 7 > > pm, completing the re-survey of all main passage of O-9 Well. While > most > > folks made their way to the entrance (exit!) after this, Bennett and > > David proceeded to tour the downstream part of O-9 Well. David got > to be > > thankful for having practiced change-overs so much when messing > around > > with a drop that needed re-rigging due to a frayed rope, while > Bennett > > wished he had brought his rope-walker (or frogging gear?) for the > longer > > drops. They got out of the cave just before midnight. > > > > A line plot of the current survey status can be found here: > > > http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wu__YDjGkPo/UPX6wvbLETI/AAAAAAAAAdg/QkbwAqBnnxs/s640/2013-01-15_O-9_survey_status.png > > > > Cheers, > > David > > > > -- > > David Ochel -=> http://blog.ochel.net <=- > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > > <mailto:texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com> > > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > > <mailto:texascavers-h...@texascavers.com> > > > > > > -- > David Ochel -=> http://blog.ochel.net <=- >
