Cub Cave is located in northern San Antonio in Stone Oak Park. It has the largest cave entrance in Bexar County but beyond that it is small and crawly with breakdown on one side and solid wall on the other. A few years ago a fireman was hurt during rescue training. I looked at the area, saw where a large rock had moved and potential for serious collapse (again, I'm not referring the amphitheater-like entrance room but a dark zone that extends into the breakdown floor). Rock climbers discovered the cave around 10 or 15 years ago. One rock climbing guide, published before it bought by the city, advised on how to trespass to get to the cave. The city does not allow climbing and removes anyone caught.
George -----Original Message----- From: David [mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 12:03 AM To: Cavers Texas Subject: [Texascavers] Cub cave related Here is a video of a rock-climber exiting the entrance at Cub Cave near San Antonio. The ending of the climb is quite impressive. http://vodpod.com/watch/2046705-rock-climbing-thieving-texas-bastard-5-13-at -cub-cave-in-san-antonio-texas Rupesh Chhagan is obviously a good climber. According to the link below, he operates an acupuncture clinic in Austin. I think the video maker, Long Ta, did a good job. The video looks great on a big monitor. My only comments are that if person were in a vertical entrance to a cave and he chose to exit using rock-climbing techniques instead of SRT, wouldn't he still be caving ?? If so, then you have to practice somewhere somehow, and this type of cave seems like an appropriate one to practice. Many cavers climb out of pits without ascenders, in places like the entrance drop of "Emerald Sink," however, these caving decisions are usually based on what is more practical, such as whether to rig and follow a handline, or just to free-climb very cautiously. I think what I am trying to say is that cavers need to draw the line somewhere, when it comes to a bunch of rock-climbers rigging and naming various bolted routes all over the pits. I don't recall ever hearing of Cub Cave, so I don't know if this is a good place for cavers to practice rock-climbing. David Locklear Ref: http://www.medicalartsacupuncture.com/rupesh.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
