2010? On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Gill Edigar <gi...@att.net> wrote:
> Sunday 11 November 2010--Marion Akers (IN), Simon Akers (IN), Tony > Akers (IN), Don Broussard, Gill Ediger, Ernie Garza, Jim Jasek (Waco), > Mimi Jasek (Waco), Ryan Monjaras, Justin Rader (Galveston) Terry > Raines, Ron Rutherford, & Melinda Tuley (Galveston). Visitors whom I > saw included James Brown, Kiwi, and most of the Gluesenkamp Clan. > The Jaseks undertook to clean the slope above a couple of perilous > and pendent rocks, that have been the subject of much trepidation of > late, so that they might be removed later in the day without tons of > soil and rocks coming down along with them. Tony Akers went down with > a jackhammer and reduced a couple of blocking rocks in the North Lead. > Then Marion went in and cleaned up the residue. Melinda and Justin > showed up from Galveston and I sent them in to explore the cave prior > to getting to work. Meanwhile people dug down where convenient and > practical around the barrels and dug out around some large rocks that > would need hoisting before much more work could go on. We'd started > with 2-1/2 barrels already filled from the 7 October dig and had > filled 2-1/2 more by 1:30 so, with almost no place to put another > barrel--or more diggers--and still work, I declared the day over. It > was about that time that Ryan and Ron showed up and filled another > barrel having gained some space and opened a new face. Terry showed up > with his winch truck and we hoisted all 6 barrels out before the winch > heated up. Most of the early arrivals left. Terry and I took an hour > to allow the winch to cool to tend to some other matters, during which > time Ron and Ryan filled 2 more barrels. Upon our return the winch had > cooled and the remaining 2 barrels were hoisted and a half-dozen or so > rocks lifted out, including the perilous one. We stashed the tools, > cleaned up the work area, and went home. > Totals included: 2-1/2 barrels already filled, 2-1/2 barrels > filled by the morning crew, and 3 barrels filled by the afternoon crew > for a total of 8 barrels. 5 or 6 medium to large rocks were also > hoisted, leaving about that many more to remove before the next dig > which, by the way, is scheduled for the 25th November. The north lead > requires a bit more clean up work and, visually, seems to have pinched > into a washed gravel filled (almost) lead--not what I was looking for. > --Ediger > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > >
