Thomas Stich said:
>You could return with a cave radio, get a proper reading, and then drill a new
>well into the current passage beyond the sump, correct? What's the cost of
>drilling the well? Is that on the order of thousands or tens of thousands of
>dollars?
>Then the challenge would be pushing the second sump into whatever untold
>wonder or third sump exists beyond, correct?
Yes, that could be done, but it would hardly be cost effective unless the
new sump could be drained enough to allow non-divers to get through. It would
indeed cost thousands of dollars to drill a new shaft, and it would not provide
access to going cave for anyone but divers, and even then it would be a gamble
that there is not a series of sumps ahead. Unless someone donated the cost of
the shaft, I doubt most cavers would think it worthwhile.
Mark Minton
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