Cavers totaled over 2,000 volunteer hours over the two weekends. 115 cavers
volunteered to support 4 divers and 42 loads with 98 going in the cave and 17
surface support.
I want to send a special shout out to those who hauled 2 weekends in a row, to
our sponsors and to Bennett Lee who made 28 trips from Sump 1 to Camp Awesome!
Jean Krejca's description of the dive:
Objective 1: Establish camp B. Done. We leveled two campsites and put up 6
bolts for three hammocks plus a gear line on the far side of sump 1. This
advance camp will make it vastly more safe for future exploration.
Objective 2: Familiarize support divers. Done. Two cave divers, Matt Turner
and Laura Battle, became the second two people in the world to see the half
mile of passage (submerged and dry) after sump 1. In addition to setting our
team up to make future exploration beyond sump 4 possible, this is a huge
safety factor for all diving operations in the cave.
Objective 3: multi flash still photography. Done. The first ever shots taken at
sump 1 and beyond. Thanks to underwater flashes loaned by USDCT from Bill
stone, and the haulers that carefully made this fragile gear arrive safely at
the sump.
Objective 4: new exploration. Well, this didn't happen. We were ambitious in
our goals. We realized halfway into our efforts at advancing gear that we had
about an hour of time savings from last years efforts which were at the limits
of our capacity. To push the team into that scenario was one of low reward (one
hour of new exploration) and high risk (no resources at our camp B for dealing
with exhaustion and hypothermia). We abandoned that objective in favor of
safety for the team and prep for future efforts.
Hauled both weekends:
Lydia Hernandez (UT)
Bryce Smith (UT)
Matt Zap (UT)
Daniel Rossi (ASS)
Gabby Obkirchner (ASS)
Sami Carley (ASS)
Greg Sullivan (ASS)
Gary Donham (Bexar)
Sponsors:
UT Grotto
Bexar Grotto
DFW Grotto
GHG Grotto
TSA
Stone Aerospace
HAULERS-All
1 Lydia Hernandez-both (UT)
2 Bryce Smith-both (UT)
3 Matt Zap- both (UT)
4 Galen Falgout-Jan 24 (UT)
5 Guin McDaid-Jan 24(UT)
6 Bev Shade-Jan 24th (UT)
7 Joey Fannin-Jan 24 (UT)
8 Sofia Casini- Jan 24 (UT)
9 Ron Rutheford (UT)
10Kevin Rutheford (UT)
11Rich Zarria (UT)
12Amin Gharabati (UT)
13Colin Strickland (UT)
14Andy (UT)
15Brittany Buchanan-Jan 24 (UT)
16Clint-Jan 24 (UT)
17Ryan Monjaras-Jan 24 (UT)
18David Ochel-Jan 24 (UT)
19Keenan McDonald-UT grotto
20Devyn Stewart (UT)
21Spencer Ryan West- Jan 24 (UT)
22Carlos Ortega-Jan 24 (UT)
23Jessica Gordon (UT)
24William Quast-Jan 31st (UT)
25Kris Pena-Jan 31 (UT)
26Heather Tuckek-Jan 31 (UT)
27Aubri Jensen, Jan 31st (UT)
28Justin Camp-Jan 31st (UT)
29Andy Edwards-Jan 31 (UT)
30Taylor George- Jan 31 (UT)
31Casey Tucker-Jan 31 (UT)
32Joe Datri-Jan 24 (UT)
33Jeff Nichols (UT)
34Daniel Rossi-both (ASS)
35Gabby Obkirchner-both (ASS)
36Sami Carley-both (ASS)
37Brooke Tolson- Jan 24 (ASS)
38Greg Sullivan-both (ASS)
39James Hunter (ASS)
40Ray Hertl-Jan 24 (GHG)
41Nicole Garcia-Jan 24 (GHG)
42Anh Woodmansee-Jan 24 (GHG)
43Wes Rosenstein-Jan 24 (GHG)
44Tom Sims-Jan 24 (GHG)
45Bryce Lewis (Puppy Lewis' son) (GHG)
46Kendall (Puppy's son's friend) (GHG)
47Evan Strickland-Jan 31st (GHG)
48Amy Morton-31st (GHG)
49Mallory Mayeux 31st (GHG)
50Caleb Mayeux-Jan 31st (GHG)
51Steve Beckwith- Jan 31 (GHG)
52Matt Zaldivar Jan 31 (GHG)
53Kathryn Hutchons-Jan 24 (Sea Aggie)
54Sarah Cline- Jan 24 (Sea Aggie)
55Stefen Pardo-Jan 24 (DFW)
56Susan Darby-Jan 24 (DFW)
57Jake McCloud- Jan 24 (DFW)
58Jacqueline Hawk - Jan 24 (DFW)
59Diego (DFW)- Jan 24
60Bill Steele-Jan 31 (DFW)
61Diana Tomchick-Jan 31 (DFW)
62Richard Thomas-Jan 31 (DFW)
63Janna Charette -Jan 31 (DFW)
64Laura Robertson-Jan 31 (DFW)
65Jessica Smith- (DFW) Jan 31
66Casey Irocs (DFW)
67Dillon Krauss-Jan 31st (DFW)
68Brian Freyling-Jan 31 (DFW)
69Gary Donham-both (Bexar)
70Chris Lafferty- Jan 24 (Bexar)
71Brandon Stowe- Jan 24--(Bexar Grotto)
72Leia Hill-Jan 24(Bexar)
73Niki Lake, Jan 24 (Bexar)
74Wade McDaniel (Bexar)
75Kim Hartzog- Jan 31 (Bexar)
76Michelle Smith-Jan 31 (Bexar)
77Pam Campbell-Jan 31 (Bexar)
78Michael Cicherski -Jan 31 (Bexar)
79Ted Lee -Jan 31 (Bexar)
80Bennet Lee- Jan 31 (Bexar)
81Jess Buckles (Bexar)
82Berna Flehmer (Bexar)
83Tom Rogers (Bexar)
84Arron Wertheim
