How about a trip report for a change? It was just meant for Ben and Terry's records and is thus lacking some context that is known to them, but better than nothing, I suppose... ;-)
The attachment referred to below can be found here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10593174/CM%20Cave%20Climb%202012-06-09.png -David -------- Original Message -------- Subject: CM Cave Climb 2012-06-09 List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:22:10 -0500 From: David Ochel <d...@ochel.net> Hola, So this is my first attempt at using my iPad to sketch something. Let me know if you think it's what you want for your records or not. Matt and Saj Zapp. helped me drag gear in, and Matt belayed me. The actual climb (6 bolts, plus a seventh to make it more convenient to get back down) took about 2 hours, I'd say? I climbed up to that about 40 degree sloped, maybe 2 meters deep shelf, too steep to scramble up, which was covered in about 10-20 cm of crusted mud and would have been a pain to set bolts in. At that time, it was apparent that there wasn't any promising lead. That little vertical infeeder to the side had some small formations in it and looked very much like it would be too small to get into, although I have to admit that I decided that it wasn't worth the pain and risk to actually make it over there and look up it to be sure. So, I'm maybe a 96 % sure that it's not passable. All in all, the rock was relatively shitty. The typical for that cave (I guess?) limestone with pockets of soft sandstone-like filling. Feel free to forward this to Cavetex if you like. Cheers, David --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
