In the article at this link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39989992
It says this: "Mountaineers said the Hillary Step may have fallen victim to Nepal's devastating 2015 earthquake." Forty years ago, in 1977, there were three expeditions to Huautla caves (they were given the name Sistema Huautla in 1980). Between the second and third expeditions in 1977 there was a major earthquake in the area. There was still building rubble on the streets in towns. We watched closely for anything changed in the cave we were working, La Grieta. We only saw fresh rockfall on the floor in one place, a dome 500 m deep in the cave that had a breakdown ceiling. Last month cavers were in that part of Sistema Huautla for the first time since 1977. There are plans for the dome with the unstable ceiling to be climbed next year. Cavingly, Bill Steele cwilliamste...@gmail.com > On May 21, 2017, at 12:53 PM, David via Texascavers > <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > > In the news today, a mountain-climber is reporting that an earthquake > has removed the Hillary Step from Mount Everest. A photo he posted shows > about a 20 foot piece of rock missing, and the area covered in snow, making > it just a > hop over some very slippery boulders. > > I guess one could assume that the piece of rock tumbled down the mountain. > > I do not see any reports of when the climbers think that that might have > happened. > > Has anyone ever noticed a major cave feature destroyed by an earthquake ? > > Here is Houston, we had a major natural landmark destroyed by Hurricane Ike. > It was a big cypress tree in the middle of White Oak Bayou visible while > driving west > on Interstate 10 just north of downtown. > > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Cypress_Tree%2C_White_Oak_Bayou%2C_Houston%2C_Texas_1002101548_%285066288746%29.jpg > > David Locklear > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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