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
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