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George
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From: Pete Lindsley [mailto:linds...@raytheon.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:04 PM
To: Texascavers@texascavers.com
Cc: speleoste...@tx.rr.com
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] The Hardest Caving Trip in Texas
Bill, here's some Powell's Cave history: Dave
It will probably now be argued whether or not a tank haul trip to the back of
Honey Creek Cave is the hardest caving trip in the state of Texas. However,
I’ve been an active caver in Texas for 30 years, and it’s the hardest trip I’ve
taken in the Lone Star State, and I've done several.
Last
Hey, good summary, Bill! This was a hard trip. Maybe James's trip was the
hardest in Texas since 1990--and after coming out and sleeping for 3 hours, he
did a marathon drive to Zacaton. For the rest of us, it could be the hardest
trip with a four-hour nap in the middle. ;) I think I remember being
Here's another hard Texas caving trop to throw out there: the end of the
upstream passage in Powell's Cave. If I remember the story correctly, the
beginning of that passage had been explored and mapped by Texas cavers in the
60s, but they didn't have wetsuits back then, so they reached their
Bill, here's some Powell's Cave history: Dave McKenzie was the first to
push upstream Powell's in the 60's. Then I went on several trips both up
and downstream. The lack of wet suits was not a big factor at first.
Each team pushing upstream surveyed about 1000-1200 feet per trip, so it
got
