It really goes without say anyone doing a solo trip make the necessary surface precautions to come looking for you after a prescribed time period.
Even at time time the caver is to be out of the cave, it will be a fairly long time before a rescue is started. The trick is not have an accident. This sounds dumb, but think of the hundreds of times we have gone caving without a single problem. Solo is different? Only different in that one is alone. Every move, every step I make is calculated in a slow deliberate manner. I never jump, watch my head clearance, and pay attention where I am all the time in the cave. I never take the slightest risk, but them again I cave this way even today. Is solo safe? No! Jim Sent from my iPhone On Sep 17, 2013, at 1:05 PM, Steve Keselik <skese...@gmail.com> wrote: > While this thread is still running I would like to reiterate,if you're going > to do some thing adventurous solo from caving,climbing,boating,hiking,biking > ,back country sking to useing a chain saw,leave a detailed note somewhere and > if you can have a contact person to call on your return all the better. A few > clues are better than none.And always wear a PFD on the water it saves a lot > of effort on the rescue/recovery team. > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Louise Power <power_lou...@hotmail.com> > wrote: >> 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 >> > >
