Castleguard: Mike Boon's epic trip
Mike Boon's epic 10 day solo trip is a must read. It included 2 days
traversing a glacier with deep crevasses, and 8 days in a very challenging,
cold cave with about 1,000 ft of vertical extent. He went almost 6 miles to
the back of the cave and b
The truth is that ³Cave Carson² had to flee to California to escape the
thousands of dollars in parking tickets he racked up at the UT campus by
parking daily in a red zone outside the School of Communications ³Big Rusty
Building² on Guadelupe. At that time there was no extradition treaty for
parki
Mike Boon's epic 10 day solo trip is a must read. It included 2 days traversing a glacier with deep crevasses, and 8 days in a very challenging,
cold cave with about 1,000 ft of vertical extent. He went almost 6 miles to the back of the cave and bolted/free-climbed up a 30 ft lead to
explore vir
Thanks, Frank.
I remember that article well! A classic story in a classic publication.
(And Jewel Cave had finally reached 50 miles to become the World's fifth
longest cave --)
By the way - - in cleaning up the basement in the aftermath of too much
flooding, I ran acros
Everyone knows solo caving is way too dangerous. I always bring a buddy,
usually one I can easily outrun when chupacabras start chasing you out of
the cave
El viernes, 13 de septiembre de 2013, Frank Binney escribió:
> I’ve always believed that those who regularly pursue solo caving either
> h
I¹ve always believed that those who regularly pursue solo caving either have
a death wish or suffer from mental illness. Case in point, back in 1970
Canadian caverand frequent visitor to Austin on his way to deep caving
expeditions in MexicoMike Boon made an epic mid-winter solo trip to
Castlegua
