I'm certainly not on Facebook. This is
big news and certainly worthy of an announcement
on Texascavers. I presume something will be
forthcoming. I knew Mark Alman had expressed a
desire to pass the hat, but I didn't think it
would happen so quickly. Congratulations to all!
Mark
At 01:41 PM 6/19/2012, Lyndon Tiu wrote:
I see not everyone is on Facebook to hear about it :(
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:06 AM, <jerryat...@aol.com> wrote:
> A new editor for the TxCvr ? Â Anyone want to elaborate on this new
> development ?
>
> Jerry.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 19, 2012, at 6:29 AM, Heather Tucek <trog...@cavechat.org> wrote:
>
> And forward the trip report to Jill Orr, the
new editor of The Texas Caver!!
>
> -h
>
> On 18 June 2012 21:44, David Ochel <li...@ochel.net> wrote:
>>
>> How about a trip report for a change? It was just meant for Ben and
>> Terry's records and is thus lacking some context that is known to them,
>> but better than nothing, I suppose... ;-)
>>
>> The attachment referred to below can be found here:
>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10593174/CM%20Cave%20Climb%202012-06-09.png
>>
>> -David
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: CM Cave Climb 2012-06-09
>> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:22:10 -0500
>> From: David Ochel <d...@ochel.net>
>>
>> Hola,
>>
>> So this is my first attempt at using my iPad to sketch something. Let me
>> know if you think it's what you want for your records or not.
>>
>> Matt and Saj Zapp. helped me drag gear in, and Matt belayed me. The
>> actual climb (6 bolts, plus a seventh to make it more convenient to get
>> back down) took about 2 hours, I'd say? I climbed up to that about 40
>> degree sloped, maybe 2 meters deep shelf, too steep to scramble up,
>> which was covered in about 10-20 cm of crusted mud and would have been a
>> pain to set bolts in. At that time, it was apparent that there wasn't
>> any promising lead. That little vertical infeeder to the side had some
>> small formations in it and looked very much like it would be too small
>> to get into, although I have to admit that I decided that it wasn't
>> worth the pain and risk to actually make it over there and look up it to
>> be sure. So, I'm maybe a 96 % sure that it's not passable. All in all,
>> the rock was relatively shitty. The typical for that cave (I guess?)
>> limestone with pockets of soft sandstone-like filling.
>>
>> Feel free to forward this to Cavetex if you like.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David
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