But then you would deny future cavers the thrill of re-discovering the
signatures. Although I love to survey, I have to admit that the
discovery of those signatures was a highlight of that particular trip.
One of the other people on the survey crew had seen many of these
historic signatures in this cave, and still was awed that the
signatures in the mud had survived for so long. They looked as if they
had been scrawled in the mud yesterday. It was a real testament to how
stable the cave environment can be (in select places).
Diana
On Sep 25, 2008, at 1:38 PM, Mixon Bill wrote:
Now there's another subject on which I am willing to be in the vocal
minority. Those are graffiti, 1891 or not. I say give the history
buffs 30 days to photograph them, then have a restoration trip. Of
course, since it's US property, this won't happen. How come
historians have so much more pull than cavers do? Probably just
because more of them get paid as professors, etc.. (I've never
bought into the notion that professional archaeologists and museums
have any special claim to ancient artifacts, either.)
-- Mixon
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