Re: [Texascavers] High Adventure

[Mark Minton]

Not dead yet! We still do a lot of bolt climbing in Germany Valley and
elsewhere. With modern, lightweight tools it is easier than it used to be.
I'll be 70 next month. I don't know who the oldest person to do bolt climbs
in Carlsbad is, but I must be in contention. :-)

 

Mark

 

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A geezer bolt climb, the Weazel is highly impressed!

 

Sleaze

 

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Minton
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Subject: [Texascavers] High Adventure

 

Last March Bob Alderson, Yvonne Droms, and I joined Dwight Livingston on his
expedition to Carlsbad Cavern. We did a lot of bolt climbing and discovered
significant upper-level passages. I wrote an article for Inside Earth, the
NPS Cave and karst newsletter. You can read it here:
.

 

Mark Minton

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Re: [Texascavers] High Adventure

[Charles Loving]

Once upon a time I joined Ron Bridgemon at Carlsbad. Bob Burney and I
participated in a Parks thing where we mapped off the trail. We were party
to that doings twice. I have no idea what was virgin or not. At one point
Burney and my team of mappers scampered, we could scamper then, up a
flowstone wall to a hole. We tied off to something, crawled through the
hole and were at the top of a cliff. We rappelled down to what is the lake
of the clouds. Can't say that we discovered it or not. Our Smokey had never
seen it. I have some ancient photos of me in a cave surrounded by these
huge balloon shaped formations the size of barrage balloons.

Next  day we mapped Spider Cave.

On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 10:44 AM Mark Minton  wrote:

> Not dead yet! We still do a lot of bolt climbing in Germany Valley and
> elsewhere. With modern, lightweight tools it is easier than it used to be.
> I’ll be 70 next month. I don’t know who the oldest person to do bolt climbs
> in Carlsbad is, but I must be in contention. :-)
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> *From:* Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] *On
> Behalf Of *bmorgan...@aol.com
> *Sent:* Friday, November 13, 2020 10:28 AM
> *To:* texascavers@texascavers.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Texascavers] High Adventure
>
>
>
> A geezer bolt climb, the Weazel is highly impressed!
>
>
>
> Sleaze
>
>
>
> *From:* Texascavers  *On Behalf Of *Mark
> Minton
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2020 5:42 PM
> *To:* texascavers@texascavers.com; swrcav...@googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* [Texascavers] High Adventure
>
>
>
> Last March Bob Alderson, Yvonne Droms, and I joined Dwight Livingston on
> his expedition to Carlsbad Cavern. We did a lot of bolt climbing and
> discovered significant upper-level passages. I wrote an article for Inside
> Earth, the NPS Cave and karst newsletter. You can read it here: <
> https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/high-adventure-in-carlsbad-cavern.htm>.
>
>
>
> Mark Minton
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-- 
Charlie Loving
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Re: [Texascavers] High Adventure

[bmorgan994]

A geezer bolt climb, the Weazel is highly impressed!

 

Sleaze

 

From: Texascavers  On Behalf Of Mark
Minton
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 5:42 PM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com; swrcav...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [Texascavers] High Adventure

 

Last March Bob Alderson, Yvonne Droms, and I joined Dwight Livingston on his
expedition to Carlsbad Cavern. We did a lot of bolt climbing and discovered
significant upper-level passages. I wrote an article for Inside Earth, the
NPS Cave and karst newsletter. You can read it here:
.

 

Mark Minton

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[Texascavers] Hill Country SNA Karst Project

[Marvin Miller]

The Hill Country SNA Karst Project weekend is scheduled for December 5 and
6. Camping is available on the 4th and 5th. This weekend we will be
stationed at the “Group Lodge” at the north end of the Park Road, rather
than at Chapas. Have a look at the park map to see how to get there:
https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/park_maps/pwd_mp_p4507_115.pdf.
 The same rules apply. You don’t need to check in at headquarters. Form
teams of people you feel comfortable hanging around with and let me know
you are coming if you can. Attendees will be expected to wear masks and
maintain distance as appropriate.



Marvin Miller

(210) 415-5190
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