Hi George, I'm interested in surveying Raccoon Ramada. I'd also be happy to work on the Spider System.
Everyone else, I'm sure I can borrow some survey gear, but I will need a couple of volunteers to help survey. If anyone is interested, let me know. We'll get it done in January/February. Also, I'll be bringing vertical gear so we can hopefully check out Cascade and Fisher sinks for fun next time. Andy Z On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 11:34 PM, George Veni <[email protected]>wrote: > *My congratulations to James and the team which made this discovery > possible. I dove the sump in 1982 and found it ended in mud fill at a depth > of 5 m. It seems that floods since then washed out that plug. I admit to not > having had much hope for the sump and am glad to be proven wrong!* > > * * > > *As for Raccoon Ramada, it was discovered and explored by Randy Waters > about 30 years. He never got around to surveying it. He did survey and draw > a pencil draft of the nearby Spider System. If anyone is interested in > finalizing that map let me know. It would be a simple matter to digitally > trace his draft. Unfortunately, Randy is no longer with us to complete the > map himself.* > > * * > > *George* > > * * > > *From:* Charles Goldsmith [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Sunday, December 12, 2010 19:25 > *To:* Cavetex; Scott Kyle > *Subject:* [Texascavers] Cascade Caverns sump dive report > > > > A big thanks to all of the help for the tank haul to the sump in Cascade > Caverns on Saturday. James Brown dove the sump, starting at 10:36am and > resurfanced approximately 40 minutes later. James extended the cave by 366 > feet until he ran out of guideline. Per his report, "Start of Sump dive > is the smallest at 6 feet wide and 2 feet high. Underwater passage after > air bell averages 12 feet wide and 6 feet high. Maximum depth is 31 feet." > > > > We'll be going back at the end of January or beginning of February to push > this further. > > > > Thanks go out to the following people: > > Tom Sims > > Gerry Geletzke > > David Serafine > > Layne Hedrick > > Ian Riddington > > Brandon Cook > > Andy Zenker > > Lyndon Tiu > > Peter Druschke > > > > Gerry and Andy also explored Raccoon Ramada cave that is on the property, > but did not get a survey yet. We'll be returning to do that as well. The > entrance to this is a very tight squeeze and I don't know anyone else that > has squeezed into it. I'd be curious if there are any records of this. > > > > Charles > > >
