According to the Peter Quick (Fisher Ridge project leader), they have tried hard to find passages heading in the Mammoth Cave direction and have so far not been successful. That does not means its not possible - its just not currently imminent.
The next potential viable connection to Mammoth Cave is Whigpistle Cave which would add about 37 miles to the system - and efforts are currently ongoing for making that connection. Note NSS New about connection potentials and length of Maca - the "dark horse" referenced in the article is the great underwater caves of the Yucatan! pk On 12/6/12, Preston Forsythe <pns_...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > More than a few years ago I went to the closest spot between Fisher and > Roppel (MaCa). Joe Saunders led me to this upper rocky crawl where I went to > > the bitter end, rocky collapse, and placed a sign Joe had given me, stating > > something to the effect, we (Fisher Ridge) does not want to be swallowed. Do > > not come any closer! I wonder if that is still the closest spot? Since it > was an upper level rocky crawl that area is not given much hope to connect. > > We went in from the Remington Entr. to Fisher. Fun times with Joe. > > Cavingly, > > Preston Forsythe > > ------------------------------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Minton" <mmin...@caver.net> > To: <texascavers@texascavers.com>; <s...@caver.net> > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 10:06 PM > Subject: [Texascavers] Re: La segunda cueva mas larga > > > Minor update. According to Jim Coke > (QRSS), another connection has pushed the length > of Sac Actun to over 308 km. The longest cave in > the world might well end up in Quintana Roo, > although if (when) Fisher Ridge connects to > Mammoth, that'll add another 200 km to the latter. > > Mark > > At 07:21 PM 12/6/2012, George Veni wrote: > >>In case you haven't heard or can't read the Spanish below, Sistema Sac >>Actun and Sistema Dos Ojos, two massive underwater caves in Quintana Roo, >>Mexico, have been connected for a combined length of 303 km, making it the >> >>second longest cave in the world. Not too far away is 240 km long Sistema >>Ox Bel Ha. When (not if), that connection is made, the total length will be >> >>at least within 85 km of Mammoth Cave's current length of 628 km. >>Considering how many other caves are in the area and the rate they are >>being surveyed, don't be surprised if in a short time the longest cave in >>the world is in Mexico and underwater! Congratulations to all involved for >> >>a fantastic accomplishment. >> >>As an interesting historical note, when Mammoth became the longest cave in >> >>1972 through its connection to the Flint Ridge Cave System, its total >>length was only 232 km. >> >>George >> >>*************************** >> >>George Veni, Ph.D. >>Executive Director >>National Cave and Karst Research Institute >>400-1 Cascades Avenue >>Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215Â USA >>Office: 575-887-5517 >>Mobile: 210-863-5919 >>Fax: 575-887-5523 >>gv...@nckri.org >>www.nckri.org >> >>From: AIDA <qua...@yahoo.com> >>Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 9:23 PM >>Subject: [tlamaqui] La segunda cueva mas larga del mundo, en Quintana Roo, >> >>Mexico >> >>Hola amantes de cuevas, >>éste es un anuncio corto pero conciso, pequeño pero rinconero: >>El articulo acerca la conexión del Sistema Dos Ojos con el Sistema Sac >>Actun acaba de aparecer recientemente en el noticiario de la NSS. >>Oficialmente es la segunda cueva mas larga en el mundo con una longitud de >> >>303 km, localizado en Quintana Roo, Mexico. Pronto será enlistado como tal >> >>en la página oficial de QRSS. Cabe mencionar que el joven >> quintanarooense Jacinto Vela, fue el primero en escurrirse por el pequeño >> >> acceso que hizo la conexión posible. Mando mapa y mas info como archivo >> adjunto. >>Saludos! Aida F. > > Please reply to mmin...@caver.net > Permanent email address is mmin...@illinoisalumni.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > > > _______________________________________________ SWR mailing list s...@caver.net http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr _______________________________________________ This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET
