Bill, We were able to lower the water level at Dead Mans Cave in Kendall County during the caving accident by removing some rocks at the entrance. This lowered the water level a few inches which was enough to allow the recovery to occur without diving. It only worked because the rocks were controlling the level of the water in the cave where Thomas became trapped. So, there are occasions when this will work.
Geary -----Original Message----- From: Mixon Bill [mailto:bmixon...@austin.rr.com] Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 10:12 AM To: Cavers Texas Subject: [Texascavers] rescue in Bulgaria I know David posted something while this was going on, but I don't recall whether a link to the whole story has been posted. An interesting solution to rescue from a flooded cave; don't believe I've heard such a story before. More common is trying to dam or divert the water entering the cave. Anyway, here's a link.-- Mixon http://www.speleo-bg.com/lang-bg/bfs/25-aso/400-rescue.html ---------------------------------------- All the world's a stage, but the play is badly cast. ---------------------------------------- You may "reply" to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
