Cavers, Huge thanks to the 14 volunteers who came out this weekend for the work day on the Texas Cave Management Association (TCMA) Rolling Oaks cave preserve in Northwest San Antonio. Volunteers loaded up and hauled out off a huge trash pile dug out of Niche Cave last fall and removed several large rocks from Niche Cave.
Volunteers began the day by cheerfully loading up piles of glass bottles into a trailer that Peter Sprouse graciously lent for the project. Once the trailer was loaded down with trash, Ron Ralph and 6 hard workers unloaded the trailer at a nearby dump. The trash is now off the property! The remaining crew continued digging on the void lead left from last fall where volunteers broke into 4 ft pit. The lead was covered with large rocks, and when removed the passage did not extend any farther down but continued horizontally with clean-washed breakdown. Many large rocks remain and the entire pit will need to be cleared from the surface down to where the lead continues. Thanks to: Ron Ralph, Tom Florer, Journey Bissett, Jules, Joseph Schaertl, Missy Egan, Jill Orr, Gary Donham, Joe Mitchell, Kayla Mitchell, Tom Rogers, Gregg Williams, and Ryan the neighbor. We ended the day at 2pm and Joe Mitchell took all interested cavers to Wurzbach Bat Cave. Thanks Joe! Photos from 4.20.2013 http://www.flickr.com/photos/67526340@N08/sets/72157633354201414/ Thank you for your support of TCMA and cave management, Ellie Watson Rolling Oaks Preserve Manager --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
