The two guys in this film tagged along with the Cowtown Grotto trip, and turned around right after the first long crawl, because one of the boys got scared. They don't know anything about taking off their helmets (which, for a trip to the Aggie Art Gallerie and back, they shouldn't need to).
Preston, The City of Austin controls the key. These kids went in last Saturday, which was the day of the Open House. On 28 April 2013 08:30, Preston Forsythe <pns_...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > ** > Ah, Airman's and memories of my classic trip to the very back of the > cave with Bill Russell, a few years ago. Who can forget the Birth Canal, > the One-Legged Man and to me the most famous passage, the Wire Wiggle. It > looked like the cave now has a gate. Does the UTG control the key? I > thought the video was pretty good for the 10 minute run. The primary light > must have been a Mummut. A very bright spotlight, too bright for the small > passage. Hope to see you in PA in early Aug.......Preston in Western KY > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> > *To:* Cavers Texas <texascavers@texascavers.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, April 27, 2013 11:19 PM > *Subject:* [Texascavers] Airman's Cave related > > One of the newest caving related videos on YouTube was uploaded last week > and is > an amateur helmet-cam video of the first section of Airman's Cave. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHz-KatiuUE > > Their is no narrative, but a few captions are added, which is a good > thing. There are three 70's mellow-rock songs for background music ( > Crosby-Stills-Nash, Fleetwood Mac, & Eric Clapton ) > > There are at least 4 guys and they seem equipped enough for a trip like > the one they plan > to go on. And maybe there is somebody waiting near the entrance in case > they don't come > out. The videographer writes that this is his first Airman's trip. > > I am sure he only posted this to show all his friends and subscribers and > is not meant to be > scrutinized by caver video enthusiast. But just for the sake of it, I > would like to point out the > helmet-cam is too shaky, the spot-light in the center of then entire video > is annoying. The > captions should mention that this is a warm dry dusty cave, and > lightweight cotton clothing is desired. And since you might be pushing > your helmet in front of you a few times, it is better > to use a crappy old lightweight helmet. And that you don't need a fancy > headlamp, but it > needs to be reliable and have extra batteries. > > I haven't been to the cave in 20 years. I wish I could have gone there > when I was a teenager, because I would have enjoyed it a whole lot back > then. Had I seen this video as a teenager, > it would have most likely inspired me to go there. > > David Locklear > > -- *Go find out!* -Heather Tuček UT Grotto, DFW Grotto TSA Secretary & Membership Chair NSS 59660 (512) 773-1348 trog...@cavechat.org
