Love it. One Xmas/New Years trip to a cave in Mexico, my friend Michael and I and our half dozen newbies got caught in a bat exodus which lasted more than 45 min. We tried hunkering down in side passages trying to keep from getting pooped on--not entirely successfully.
> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:25:32 -0400 > To: diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu; ca...@caver.net > From: pw...@dca.net > CC: texascavers@texascavers.com > 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 Bretz' Caves of Missouri. Since it was a horizontal cave > I figured I could at least check it out. > > So I drove up the valley, parked and walked across the field to the > cave entrance which was a large walk-in with standing water in the > entrance. Several cows were sheltering just inside. I crossed the > entrance and began hands and knees crawling the meandering stream > bed. I had 3 sources of light, etc., etc., but I do know I did not > feel entirely comfortable. > > After about an hour of crawling the passage seem to be getting > smaller and I was getting tired. Then I turned the next corner and > someone had left a small red & white sign on the side saying "How > sweet it is!". I laughed and turned around to go out. > > As I near the water in the front I heard what sounded like a large > flying something coming from inside the cave and getting closer and > closer. I really, really was creeped out thinking it a huge bat or > something. It was an owl and its wings were echoing off the walls > magnifying the sound. > > I've never soloed again. > > Phil > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com >
