Please...don't believe everything you read. Think about the difference between what the reporter wrote, and what the cavers actually told him (or her).
Diana * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Diana R. Tomchick Professor University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Department of Biochemistry 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214B Dallas, TX 75390-8816, U.S.A. Email: [email protected] 214-645-6383 (phone) 214-645-6353 (fax) On Nov 8, 2011, at 1:31 PM, Julia Germany wrote: > From a January 2011 article about this effort, they explain it this way: > > At 300 ft below the surface, the team are working in 10 bars of atmospheric > pressure. It means by channeling stream water through a simple hose, they can > fire the water they collect at ancient mud with great force - and blast their > way through. > > Note also that the author calls being suspended on rope in a 130m shaft > "stomach churning". > > Read more: > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1347451/Cavers-excavate-warren-underground-passages-north-England.html#ixzz1d8x6TOfe > > > julia > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Goff <[email protected]> > To: Lee H. Skinner <[email protected]> > Cc: texascavers list <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Nov 8, 2011 12:34 pm > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Cave connection in England yields 70 mile system > > "In the difficult conditions 300ft below, the team experienced ten bars of > atmospheric pressure..." > > The poor buggers. Have the bodies been recovered yet? ;) > > Ed > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Lee H. Skinner <[email protected]> wrote: > Great cave connections anywhere in the world always make good reading. > Boxhead Pot and Notts Pot have been connected to make up the Three Counties > System with 70 miles mapped! > > http://tinyurl.com/8xor92q > > Lee Skinner ________________________________ UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
