Oops. My short term memory forgot to put John Schneider on the list of attendees. Sorry, John, your work was appreciated. --Ediger
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Gill Edigar <gi...@att.net> wrote: > KIWI SINK Trip and Progress Report--Erin Brown, Gill Ediger, Ernie > Garza, Amy Jasek, Jim Jasek, Mimi Jasek, Chris Perez, Will Quast, Ron > Rutherford. 22 July 2012, Rolling Oaks SubDivision, Hays County, > Texas. > Today's dig started out badly yesterday when Terry Raines reported > that the 12-volt electric winch we use to hoist the mud and rock > filled barrels out of the pit had burned up and given out. Navy > Commander Robert S Hemperly, DDS drove in from NS San Diego with a > brand new winch with the same mounting hole pattern as the derelict > one. It took but a few minutes for him to make the swap, take a look > at the sinkhole, and head out on his way to 2 years of Naval dentistry > in ancient Italy, but not without providing everyone with a 3 liter > sample of some olive oil he'd brought from California to hand out in > Italy. Sort of a carrying coals to New Castle sorta thing. A large > tarp had been erected over the pit to keep the diggers cool and to > protect from solar radiation as much as possible. The winch was ready > just as 5 barrels were completed filling by Ernie Garza, Jim & Mimi > Jasek, They were removed along with one biggish rock. Meanwhile Chris > Perez, Will Quast, and Erin Brown spent a lot of time and effort > digging mud and gravel filled belly crawls down in the cooler portions > of the cave, trending mostly southward. Before the day was over 5-1/2 > more barrels had been filled, by the same digging crew reinforced by > Amy Jasek, Ron Rutherford, and me, Gill Ediger, but were not dumped > due to the remaining contingent being tired and the sun being > miserably hot. The main effort was directed at excavating northward, > the supposed direction of the Main Drain for rain water in the system. > Additional Notes: Terry Raines wasn't directly involved today due to > final packing for a Belize trip he and his family left on about 2 in > the afternoon but his jin-pole truck was put to good use with the > hoisting business. This was Erin Brown's first caving trip; she got > muddy. Dr Hemperly saved the day with his winch delivery. Kiwi > supervised. The neighbor walked by with a very curious look on his > face but tarried not. --Gill Ediger --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
