Susan Souby from Austin won the women's 30 m rope climbing contest in the "sit-stand" category, using the Frog system. Her time was 1 minute 39 seconds. It was a close competition, with a 19 year-old doing it in 1 minute 40 seconds. When the 19 year-old found out that she lost to a woman in the 50 to 60 year-old age group, she tried again, but her time was even slower.
Having barely broken a sweat or breathing hard, Susan later climbed the 120 m rope in 10 minutes and ?? seconds, breaking the women's record by about 5 minutes. The old record was held by Miriam Cuddington. CONGRATULATIONS SUSAN! (As Bill Mixon mentioned, Susan's husband Rune Burnett was designated a Fellow and received the NSS Conservation Award. Like Susan, he is also older than 19.) Texas cavers were well represented by this couple.
