Bob and I surveyed some of the cave for the Park Service. we found a flow stone wall that had a small crawl way half way up it that blew out our carbide lamps. That was a few years back.
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Charles Goldsmith <wo...@justfamily.org>wrote: > Very interesting indeed. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: DONALD G. DAVIS > Date: Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:40 PM > Subject: [SWR] Carlsbad Cavern: old lead goes to big new room in Spirit > World > > > > Appended below is interesting correspondence with Derek Bristol. > > --Donald > > --------------- > From: Derek Bristol > Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:22:31 -0700 > To: "DONALD G. DAVIS" > Subject: Re: Spirit World Discovery > > I can't say I noticed any airflow, but the passages were large, and I'm > not very good at detecting airflow. I'm pretty confident this is the same > lead you talked about - Dilation Theory at work again! > > It's fine to talk about it. I bumped into Jim Goodbar the day after the > climb and gave him the story. > > We'll be going back to continue the work, but unfortunately schedules have > delayed this until February. > > Derek > > > On Nov 12, 2013, at 9:08 PM, "DONALD G. DAVIS" wrote: > > > > Derek Bristol wrote: > > > >> Hi Donald, I hope you're well. I figured you might be interested to hear > >> the news since you specifically asked me about the one remaining lead up > >> in Spirit World. I was down at Carlsbad Caverns a couple of weeks ago > and > >> got permission to go up to do the climb up to the ledge that was ~150' > >> from the too tight constriction where Spirit World ends. It didn't look > >> very promising to me, but the climb didn't appear to be all that > >> difficult. Shawn Thomas belayed, and I led up the 20' wall using a rope > >> trick, one bolt, and a little free climbing at the top. Once up on the > >> ledge, we found a flowstone and popcorn floored passage leading away to > >> the SW. This flowstone is the source of the nice drapery hanging off the > >> south end of the ledge. This passage only goes about 80' where it > >> intersects a large room. We ended the survey here but took some Disto > >> readings that show the room to be roughly 100' long and wide, and > >> averaging 20' high. On the far end of the room is a flowstone cascade > >> coming out of a dome that is another good lead. The flowstone here is > >> covered in bat bones. There may be other leads out of the room, but we > >> resisted the urge to scoop. We made the climb on Halloween eve, which > >> seems appropriate for Spirit World, and have named the room Halloween > >> Hall. > >> > >> Derek Bristol > > > > How very interesting! I'm pretty sure that has to be the lead I > > thought years ago was worth taking a ladder up to check. Looks as if I > > was right. Did there seem to be any airflow in the passage? Is it OK to > > tell others about this? I presume there are plans for continuing survey? > > > > --Donald > > -- Charlie Loving
