Good point, Jen.
Peter
Quoting "jen ." <bigredfo...@hotmail.com>:
Geronimo's is on the BLM bat closure list and they are featuring it
as an attraction!?!
In any case, it sounds like an excellent project for SWR.
Jen
From: gypca...@comcast.net
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:46:02 -0600
To: s...@caver.net
Subject: [SWR] "Memorial Day" Regional info
Hi all,
At the spring regional last weekend at Gage, NM, I made a
presentation to the region regarding needed restoration work at
Geronimo's Cave, just northwest of Las Cruces in the Robledo
Mountains. The issue there is that because Geronimo's Cave has
been featured as an attraction of the proposed Organ Mtns -- Desert
Peaks National Monument (with the location shown on a map put
together by the NM Wilderness Alliance), the cave has gotten a lot
of traffic lately and has suffered a good deal of vandalism in the
form of graffiti. We are afraid that if we don't get the cave
cleaned up soon that it will only get worse.
The Mesilla Valley Grotto has been working with the Las Cruces BLM
office to clean up the trash in the cave, but we need help from the
region for cleaning the extensive graffiti. We have agreed to host
a regional on the weekend of June 15-16 alongside the Rio Grande
River for that purpose. (Note that this is not on Memorial Day,
but a few weeks later.)
Geronimo's Cave is about a 1.25 mile hike up into the Robledo
Mountains across the river from our proposed campsite. The slope
is fairly gradual so you don't have to be a mountain goat to get up
to the cave. The cave itself is fairly small, but has a lot of
history. It also has a ~50' pit in one side passage. At one time,
it was likely very well decorated.
At the moment, the Rio Grande is bone dry because of the drought.
However it is likely that there will be some irrigation water
released from Caballo Reservoir at the time of the regional. It
probably won't be much, but enough to get your feet wet.
Because of the time of the year, and the need to hike to the cave,
I'm going to recommend that we have the work trip first thing in
the morning (~ 8 am) and postpone the meeting until the evening. I
will be sending a map which can be published in the next SW Caver,
but the access will be very easy, only a few miles off of
Interstate 25.
So put June 15 on your calendar, bring tools for cleaning
graffiti, bring shade, and come help us bring this cave back to
some semblance of its original glory.
(Also realize that because of the short time frame between now and
the regional date, that this constitutes an official notice of the
regional. Spread the word to those who might not be on the SWR
mailing list.)
Steve Peerman
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things
you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines,
Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your
sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
attributed to Mark Twain, but no record exists of his having
written this.
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