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Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Solo Caving
Many, many years ago (1973?) I was in Waynesville MO over the
Christmas holiday on leave from the Army. I didn't know any cavers
there anymore, but did want to visit Christmas Cave which is listed
in J. Harlan
quote by Edward Whymper
Rune
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From: James Jasek
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 11:20 PM
To: TexasCavers Tex
Subject: [Texascavers] Solo Caving
What is the general feeling regarding solo caving? I am not talking about
solo climbing for exiting deep vertical cave
, September 12, 2013 11:20 PM
To: TexasCavers Tex
Subject: [Texascavers] Solo Caving
What is the general feeling regarding solo caving? I am not talking about
solo climbing for exiting deep vertical cave. This is abut going in 500 to
1000 feet crawling walking with some short down/ up climbs
I don't get much time to discuss caving with people where I work, but last week
I had someone in my office that was admiring the Speleoprojects postcards I had
posted on my outer door (I save these from their calendar every year, and post
them in rotation as my mood changes). It turned out that
Thank you for the interesting history of you past and early caving years.
Jim
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On Sep 16, 2013, at 1:08 PM, Diana Tomchick diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu
wrote:
I don't get much time to discuss caving with people where I work, but last
week I had someone in my office
Many, many years ago (1973?) I was in Waynesville MO over the
Christmas holiday on leave from the Army. I didn't know any cavers
there anymore, but did want to visit Christmas Cave which is listed
in J. Harlan Bretz' Caves of Missouri. Since it was a horizontal cave
I figured I could at least
Thanks. Cool account if the solo trip. Made me feel as if I was there. This is
more or less the type if cave I was asking about as to a easy cave to do a solo
trip.
Others have contributed solo trips I feel are well beyond what I was asking
about. Being alone in the water crawl is an easy
It isn't *really* solo, but the only time I have been in the cave at Kiwi I
explored a little by myself. One of the diggers working inside was kind enough
to tell me what to expect. I headed for an upper room and ended up belly
crawling in wet muck - I was so hungover I felt like I was going to
Thank you. I raised you right. I was there when you crawled into this hell hole
of mud in tight breakdown in Kiwi. Your mom and me were helping with the dig.
When you came you told me not to go in there. You were covered in wet mud
Your father :)
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On Sep 16, 2013, at 2:24
Let me rephrase my solo caving question. I was hoping an active caver, who has
done, or has recently done, some non vertical, solo caving would reply. What is
the mind set and why go solo caving? What are the limits set to what
difficulty or degree of caving while underground? What is included
Subject: [Texascavers] Solo caving
Let me rephrase my solo caving question. I was hoping an active caver, who
has done, or has recently done, some non vertical, solo caving would reply.
What is the mind set and why go solo caving? What are the limits set to what
difficulty or degree
There is a certain peacefulness. And quiet satisfaction.
DirtDoc
No friends? ;-)
(Sorry, it's Friday...)
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From: Diana Tomchick [mailto:diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu]
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 11:01 AM
To: James Jasek
Cc: TexasCavers Tex
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Solo caving
Why go solo caving when there are so many
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Sent: September 13, 2013 9:14 AM
To: TexasCavers Tex texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: [Texascavers] Solo caving
Let me rephrase my solo caving question. I was hoping an active caver, who has
done, or has recently done, some non vertical, solo caving would reply. What is
the mind set and why
OK, so it's a slow morning at work, so I'll bite on this subject.
I don't go solo caving. But I do like to cave solo on occasion. What do I
mean by that? For example, when you're caving with a large group of people that
move at different rates through a cave, sometimes it's nice to break away
Dwight, remember the Turtle Hurdles? You, Karen and myself were off in the
boonies at the edge of known cave, just past Kaemper's map of Mammoth Cave. We
went just past long ago footsteps, through an apparent virgin area, and into an
area where we starting to see signs of human scuffs again. We
Yes, Pete, I certainly do remember the Turtle Hurdles!
I figured Max must have come down out of a crack in the ceiling somewhere, and
finally gave up searching. I was doubting that even if I found a traveled
route, I still would not know how to get to a main tourist trail and
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Subject: [Texascavers] Solo caving in Castleguard: Mike Boonapos;s epic trip
Date: Fri, Sep 13, 2013 1:36 PM
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
Diana raises some interesting points about safety. But how do we really weigh
relative risk. Is the chance of breaking a leg while caving any different
soling or with a group of cavers. What caving with a group of cavers does is
cut down on the response time in the event of this sort of
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
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
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
I have nothing but respect for someone who has the mental and physical
fortitude to do something like that.
Marvin
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From: Logan McNatt [mailto:lmcn...@austin.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 5:42 PM
To: Frank Binney
Cc: Texas Cavers
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Solo caving
So, how is solo caving different from solo trail running, solo hiking, or
solo driving on rural roads?
And THERE is the key question, Geary. Thank you.
How about solo walking to the mail box? Or solo cave diving? Personally, I
don't have the needed experience or
stefan.crea...@arm.com wrote:
Tie a long elastic band to yourself and a tree near the entrance.
From: James Jasek [caver...@hot.rr.com]
Sent: 12 September 2013 23:20
To: TexasCavers Tex
Subject: [Texascavers] Solo Caving
What is the general feeling
Always bring someone else to blame.
Z
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On Sep 12, 2013, at 11:20 PM, James Jasek caver...@hot.rr.com wrote:
What is the general feeling regarding solo caving? I am not talking about
solo climbing for exiting deep vertical cave. This is abut going in 500 to
1000 feet
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To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: [Texascavers] Solo Caving
What is the general feeling regarding solo caving? I am not talking about
solo climbing for exiting deep vertical cave. This is abut going in 500 to
1000 feet crawling walking with some short down/ up climbs
On 9/13/2013 3:18 PM, Geary Schindel wrote:
So, how is solo caving different from solo trail running, solo hiking,
or solo driving on rural roads.
At least on the solo hiking I'll offer some fairly critical differences
vs. solo caving as I do a section of the Pacific Crest Trail each
What is the general feeling regarding solo caving? I am not talking about solo
climbing for exiting deep vertical cave. This is abut going in 500 to 1000 feet
crawling walking with some short down/ up climbs.
James Jasek
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To: TexasCavers Tex
Subject: [Texascavers] Solo Caving
What is the general feeling regarding solo caving? I am not talking about
solo climbing for exiting deep vertical cave. This is abut going in 500 to
1000 feet crawling walking with some short down/ up climbs.
James Jasek
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Although I like and support solo caving by properly experienced and thinking
cavers, there was that horrible and tragic case of the guy in Black Cave,
Arizona, about 10 years ago who went solo caving (without telling anyone his
intentions) and his trapped body wasn't found for something like six
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