LOL! For those who weren't on the tank haul I feel like I need to explain myself:
On the January tank haul, I was told to bring a candle to keep warm, along w/ a trash bag. The only candle I happened to have lying around the house was a Bath & Body works "Moonlight Path" candle, which I brought and was the subject of many jokes and much laughter. Truthfully, it seemed other cavers loved it or hated it. I was going to get regular candles this go-round, but Bill loved the scented candle concept so much I packed a nalgene full of various scented candles to amuse him, and was going to offer him a choice of scents and light ONE candle in the passage. However, we ended up waiting almost 9 hours, so we ended up burning all six! In addition to "sweet pea" and "Butterfly garden" we also had "Fresh Bamboo", "Warm Vanilla Sugar", "Raspberry Citrus," and another one I can't recall...seemed most cavers would rather put up w/ a supersweet stench than get too cold.... If/When we ever do a tank haul again, I'll have to bring plain candles for variety. :) On the other hand...if I ever "pull a Puppy" and pass up the shaft, Diana & co. can track me & my scented candles down fairly easily.... Mallory On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Diana Tomchick < [email protected]> wrote: > Ha ha ha, the best part of this discussion is that while we waited for 9 > hours for the divers, we burned just about every scented candle that Mallory > had purchased at a Bath and Body Works blowout sale! Not only did we have > stale air from nasty smelling wet suits and heavily breathing sherpas, it > was intermingled with the enticing aromas of "Butterfly Garden" and "Sweet > Pea." In addition to adding heat to our trash sacks to keep us warm, the > candles also did an OK job of letting us know that there really wasn't that > much CO2 in the passage. > > Mallory packed up most of the candle stubs before we left; on the way out > of the cave, every time we'd come to a low spot in the ceiling, I could > smell those frickin' candles again. I suppose that those scents will always > remind me of this particular tank haul trip. > > Diana > > > On Jun 8, 2009, at 7:08 PM, David wrote: > > If you have 20 something cavers in a small passage with bad air >> breathing heavily >> for 9 hours, do expect the oxygen level to improve or get worse ? >> >> I propose future trips take precautionary measures and release some oxygen >> into the passage. >> >> It would be little use to install a big fan and flexible conduit to >> force some air into the shaft entrance >> because the air would distribute evenly throughout the whole cave and >> it would also block the entrance >> from easy in and out trips. >> >> Also, >> >> A tiny air shaft could be drilled, that could also be used to lower >> the diving gear into the room where >> the divers suit up at. >> >> Even a 3 inch diameter shaft would be helpful, because you could lower >> a telephone cable, or pump >> oxygen into the room, lower emergency food and water, etc. >> >> I propose a 3 inch shaft be drilled to confirm the exact location of >> the 1st sump, and then use the >> diver's survey to mark the surface where the cave is going. >> >> >> I would also like to propose that the TSA, TCMA, and every Texas caver >> unite behind a single goal, and >> I believe that goal should be to finish the map of Honeycreek. ( >> after ICS of course ) >> >> I hope I live long enough to see the TCMA acquire the Shaft Entrance >> and at least some sort of permanent >> access agreement to the Natural Entrance, like an easement. >> >> David Locklear >> caver in Fort Bend County >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Visit our website: http://texascavers.com >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Diana R. Tomchick > Associate 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) > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
