There are wet cold caves like this one in upstate New York near next year's convention ; Single X, Spider, Nature's Way (which has a 12 foot free dive in it). I mapped one, ANC. The water is 7 degree Celsius (42 degrees Fahrenheit). On our first survey we barely got five shots. When we came out, Peter Haberlain showed me his book. "That wall" he said "is not that jagged." Most of my surveyors made only one trip but Peter stayed with me to the end. Great caving.
Josh On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 1:22 PM, John Brooks <[email protected]>wrote: > Watching that video reminded me of caving in southern Oklahoma. Lots of > cold water, low airspace....and the constant fear of flash floods....but we > never jumped up like that....unless one stepped on a rattlesnake. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 11, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Mixon Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > > That Little Neath River Cave (subject of the video David pointed us to) is > rather typical of caves in Britain. A guidebook says about it, among other > things, that a 150-meter crawlway "becomes impassable in wet weather," and > another place "sumps in wet weather." There is a lot of wet weather in > Britain, and a large fraction of rescue call-outs are due to cavers being > trapped (or worse) by high water. Runoff from the long-since deforested > hills is swift, aided in some places by channels dug to help drain bogs. > Lots of cave descriptions say things like "enter only in extremely settled > weather."--Mixon > ---------------------------------------- > Rules to live by: Don't, and don't forget to. > ---------------------------------------- > You may "reply" to the address this message > came from, but for long-term use, save: > Personal: [email protected] > AMCS: [email protected] or [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > >
