Gary Poole also has a place named for him in Honey Creek: Poole's Pool. We were surveying beyond the Trifurcation in waist- to chest-deep water. Gary was sketching and suddenly stepped off into a deep pothole. He went in over his head, but managed to keep the book dry by holding one arm up over his head. That single hand with the book sticking out of the water looked like "Thing" on the Addams Family.
In Cueva de la Peña (SLP, Mexico) Jeff Horowitz dropped a coil of rope into a deep pothole full of water at the base of a short drop. He managed to retrieve the rope after diving for it. That place became known as Horowitz Sunk. Then there's the "Can You Stay Dry" passage in Joya de Salas. There was a deep pool covered with scuzzy organic debris that one could tiptoe around on skinny ledges while doing an undercling on small nubbins. It was a totally committing move, because you had to lean back over the water. If it worked, you got off dry, but if you missed a foot- or handhold, you got totally submerged. More than one person took the plunge, as did another coil of rope. We finally got the rope back by fishing it out with a tent stake lashed to a pole. Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net On Mon, 28 May, 2018 at 1:44 PM, George Veni <gv...@nckri.org> wrote: To: texascavers@texascavers.com Actually, Logan’s description pretty much says it all. A handhold broke and Gary made the first descent of the waterfall. That was in October 1979 when we broke the Texas depth record and on our first exploration of that lovely stream passage. We were too excited to be phased by the plunge, but were disappointed when we found a sump around the corner. We bypassed it via an upper level on a later trip, found a second sump that we also bypassed by climbing high, and downstream exploration remains stopped at a third sump that will need diving. George ******************** George Veni, PhD Executive Director National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) and President International Union of Speleology (UIS) Direct address at NCKRI 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA Office: +1-575-887-5517 Mobile: +1-210-863-5919 Fax: +1-575-887-5523 gv...@nckri.org<mailto:gv...@nckri.org> www.nckri.org<http://www.nckri.org/> UIS address: Titov trg 2 6230 Postojna Slovenia www.uis-speleo.org<http://www.uis-speleo.org/> From: Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf Of Logan McNatt Sent: Monday, May 28, 2018 11:06 To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Appropriate cave place names In the stream passage at the bottom of Sorcerer's Cave (originally called Adam's Cave) in Terrell County, TX, there is a 1.5 m waterfall into a plunge pool. During a 1978/79 survey by the San Antonio Grotto (SAG), a caver took an unplanned dip into the pool. The place was christened Poole Plunge in honor of the caver--Gary Poole. George Veni can provide more details if requested. Logan McNatt lmcn...@austin.rr.com<mailto:lmcn...@austin.rr.com> On 5/28/2018 9:25 AM, Mark Minton wrote: Bill Steele's mention of Kerr Plunk reminded me of another similarly appropriate place name in a cave. Actually, it was in the Buenavista Mine at Minas Viejas. Brian Burton (RIP) had his dog along on one trip into the mine. The dog suddenly raced ahead and jumped to its death down a 100-foot shaft. We have no idea why the dog did that; best guess is that it thought it was a pool of water. We named the shaft Dog Gone Pit. Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net<mailto:mmin...@caver.net> -------------------------------- On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 5:10 PM, Bill Steele <cwilliamste...@gmail.com<mailto:cwilliamste...@gmail.com>> wrote: Tennessee caver Chris Kerr fell in Sistema Purificacion in 1978 and fractured his femur. Cavers from Austin drove Terry Sayther’s caving truck up into a military C130 cargo plane and were flown to Victoria, Tamps., Mexico to rescue him. The spot where he fell is named Kerr Plunk. Bill Steele
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