Duh, I can't believe it. I left off a name. Steve Webb of the DFW Groto was also there and did the whole trip to the sump and back. Thanks, Steve!
Bill ---- [email protected] wrote: > Twenty-one cavers went into Honey Creek Cave on Saturday and took all the > cave diving gear that Jean “Creature” Krecja and James Brown will use this > coming weekend to do their exploratory dive. Creature and James will first > dive the 1,435 foot first HS Sump, then traverse 1,000 of air-filled passage > only the two of them have seen, and then dive a second sump, which has not > been entered yet at all. > > Thank you very much to the following cavers who hauled dive gear on Saturday. > The lengths of trips were 7 ½ hours to 15. The 15 hour trip was due to two > cavers remaining with Creature and James for several hours to prep their gear > for their dive. > > Chris Butscheck GHG > James Brown UTG and DFW > Sandi Calhoun UTG > Galen Falgout UTG > Jared Fuller Living in Amarillo > Gerry Geletzke Lives in Waco > Lydia Hernandez UTG > Jean “Creature” Krecja UTG > Caleb Mayeux GHG > Mallory Mayeux GHG > Kurt Menking Bexar > Herman Miller Lives in Alpine, TX > Ryan Monjaras Cowtown > George-Paul Richmann GHG > Mike Roxichaux UTG > Shawn Ruzek DFW > Bill Steele DFW > Ellie Thoene Bexar and DFW > Diana Tomchick DFW > Jessie Walker DFW > > And a special big THANKS! Goes out to Don Broussard, who once again did > a superb job of driving the tractor and lowering and raising everyone in and > out > of the shaft entrance. He worked tirelessly from the moment the first load of > three > people went into the cave Saturday morning at 9:23 a.m. until the last two > came > out at 1:15 a.m. We could use some other people helping with driving the > tractor > both this weekend and April 3. Let me know who you are. > > Creature and James could use help this Saturday in getting some of their gear > out of the cave. Please, some cavers come forward to help. What you will do > is go in later in the day Saturday with someone who knows the way well, and > wait until Creature and James come back through the long sump. You will then > help them pack up the gear, carry some of it out, and leave the rest for the > people > who have spoken up and said they will go in on April 3 to retrieve the rest > of the > gear. Those people are: > > Branndon Bargo > Greg Bargo > James Brown > Sandi Calhoun > Michael Cicherski > Kristina Hager > Lydia Hernandez > Debra Heyer > Ben Hutchins > Christopher King > Jean “Creature” Krecja > Niki Lake > Ryan Monjaras > Patrick Olsen > George-Paul Richmann > Drew Wendeborn (and probably other ASS cavers) > > A NOTE ON APRIL 3 – IT’S EASTER WEEKEND. IF YOU DIDN’T REALIZE THAT WHEN YOU > VOLUNTEERED TO HELP ON APRIL 3, AND CANNOT MAKE IT BECAUSE OF THAT, PLEASE > LET ME KNOW. > > Bill Steele > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
