For those of you interested in cave-digging videos here
is one that is an ongoing project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqkDrpee8mk
Evan Robinson, the leader of this project, owns the
potential cave. I think it is in Florida.
( I can only guess that it is southwest of the Gainesville area )
https://www.facebook.com/events/1774147202873761/
Evan started this project with a hole about 6 inches in diameter
and just a few feet deep. He has been blasting and chiseling hard
for months with his caver friend, Brendan, and they now have a
belly-crawling
size cave about 100 feet long and 30 feet deep that takes on
water after a big rain.
I think Brendan's name is Brendan LaRock, or maybe that is
his pseudonym.
Evan's videos are sort of suspenseful, in that he is documenting
their slow progress inside the cave as the events are unfolding. Plus
you
can sense their enthusiasm by all the sweating and heavy
breathing.
Evan is an NSS member and affiliated with a the Tampa Bay Area Grotto.
He seems to be very optimistic about the potential of this cave and has
erected some nice signs around the cave.
Feel free to correct me on any of the above, as I did not put
much research into the post.
In theory, some Texas caver could try to go there and help him
dig and then come back and write a report for the Texas Caver
on their experience.
David Locklear
NSS # 27639
P.S. That area is about a 2 hour drive south of Ichetucknee River
State Park, which has a very fun river-float trip. Also, the commercial
tour of Florida Caverns State Park is worth checking out. I am just
saying you could make a big road-trip out of it and do several things.
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