Hi Scott, Thanks for doing the research.
Since the team from 1962 did not survey the passage, they can't be sure with their claims of: " ... for approximately 500ft to a reported sump ... " " ... the passage continues as mostly walking size for an estimated 2000 to 3000 feet ... ". All the distances from are estimates until surveyed and confirmed. The ear dip I am talking about may be the sump they are talking about that was open in 1962. The 3 inches of airspace is accurate as I had water up to my nose with my helmet on and my face almost parallel to the ceiling. Definitely need to go back, survey and confirm. You coming? On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:35:46 -0600 back2scool...@hotmail.com wrote: > > So looking at the Report on Longhorn in the Caves of Burnet County > there are two or three maps from different era's. THere is a 1958 map > that indicates past the Crownover bypass (called "The Rooms") the cave > goes through a place called "The Dams" before becoming the salamander > trail and ending with "Passage blocked by high Water". The section > appears to be a continuation of the main trunk passage which would be > a left turn coming from the Crownover entrance into the cave. Another > Map from 1999 shows an extension of the passage beyond where the > crownover entrance intersects the main trunk at least 1.5 times the > distance from the crownover entrance to the intersection of the main > passage. > > THere is another blurb about this area in the description of the cave; > > "The rooms is a tributary in feeder near the intersection of the > northern wiggleys and the main passage that continues westward for 300 > feet as a series of rooms and connecting crawls which eventually leads > to the crownover entrance. The northernmost portion of the cave is > poorly explored and not represented on the 1978 map of the cave. It > consists of a multilevel continuation of the main passage (Salamander > Trail) for approximately 500ft to a reported sump at the northern end > of the cave. In 1962, this sump was reported open with 3 inches of > airspace. After 50ft the ceiling rises and the passage continues as > mostly walking size for an estimated 2000 to 3000 feet and ends at > another sump." > > 2002 The Caves of Burnet County, Texas; G. Atkinson > > > > Sounds like you all just turned around at the first sump if you didn't > go that far. Maybe the 1962 sump #1 was not open. I'd imagining the > "Dams" is probably an area of water filled muddy rimstone crawls and > low headroom you may have mistook as the sump? > > > Scott > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live�: Keep your life in sync. > http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_022009 -- Lyndon Tiu --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
