Austin-based caver Rae Nadler-Olenick has written another interesting article for the Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine. The article in the Dec
2011 issue is titled "Deep, Dark and Dangerous" and describes the exploration of Goodenough Spring, the 3rd largest spring in Texas with a
discharge of 100 to 200 cubic ft per second. The entrance was inundated by Lake Amistad (on the Rio Grande in Val Verde County near Del Rio,
southwest Texas) in 1968 and is 165 ft below the surface of the water. In the early to mid- 1990s, Dallas based diver R.D. Milhollin, with Ise
Kalsi, Terry Scoggins, and Robert Laird were the first to successfully overcome the very formidable challenges of entering the cave and mapping
it to a gravel-filled passage at -200 ft. Exploration resumed in 2000 by the Houston-based Goodenough Springs Exploration Project, whose
divers received the NSS Cave Diving Section's Exploration Award in 2009 for making the deepest cave dive in the U.S. They reached -515 ft, and
IT GOES. The article includes lots of photos, and a list of "Five rules for cave diving", and "Four stages of cave diving certification".
The same issue has a photo essay on the drought and recent wildfires in Texas. TPWD magazine sells for $3.95 at stores; an annual subscription
is only $12 for 10 issues (reduced from 12 issues because of budget cutbacks).
Logan
TPWD Archeology Survey Team, Austin
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