Actually, Matt Zaldivar and I surveyed the final depth of Lemon's Ranch. Mark and Rafal recorded the data. It was bad air, very muddy and a ton of fun!
Andy Zenker On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Preston Forsythe <pns_...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > We were able to complete the survey by running 225 ft of 6" air duct down > into the cave to blow out the high concentrations of CO 2. > > Ye Gads..........hard core. > > I have been down in one of those TX bad air pits and I back out quickly. > > Preston in western KY > > ---------------------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* mark gee <markageetxca...@yahoo.com> > *To:* texascavers@texascavers.com > *Cc:* markageetxca...@yahoo.com > *Sent:* Monday, February 15, 2010 1:19 PM > *Subject:* [Texascavers] Lemons Ranch Cave > > Just wanted to make you cavers aware that a new map of Lemons Ranch is > now finished and it will be at the TSA salone for viewing. The survey is > complete now and the survey footage totals 949 ft. with a depth of 104 ft. > This is the third deepest cave at the park I am told. My thanks go to those > who helped with the survey. They are : Will Harris, Ronnie Harrison, Rafal > Kedzierski, Ed Spaulding, Scott Boyd, Bonnie Longley, Justin Menking, Kurt > Menking, Kathleen O-Connor, Mark Sanders, and Jessica Stevenson. There are > two dig leads at both ends of the cave but both are grim. Both are in bad > air. We were able to complete the survey by running 225 ft of 6" air duct > down into the cave to blow out the high concentrations of CO 2. We plan to > survey other bad air caves as long as bats are not present in the caves. > Happy Caving ! > >
