Re: [Texascavers] Solo caving in Castleguard: Mike Boon's epic trip

2013-09-13 Thread dirtdoc
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

Re: [Texascavers] Solo caving in Castleguard: Mike Boon's epic trip

2013-09-13 Thread Logan McNatt
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

Re: [Texascavers] Solo caving in Castleguard: Mike Boon's epic trip

2013-09-13 Thread Frank Binney
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

RE: [Texascavers] Solo caving in Castleguard: Mike Boon's epic trip

2013-09-13 Thread Marvin and Lisa
in 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 bolted/free