I may have been in deeper or worse guano before.....but the grossest for me was in Stowers Cave in Texas. I went a little way past the bat room at the back into a crawl....and the floor was about 16 inches of bat guano with the gelatinous quality of jello.....the smell was horrid...and I was gagging from the ammonia...and I tried to minimize my point of contact with the floor as much as possible...but every time I put a hand or foot down...it sank through the bat guano-jello and make a quishing sound.....after about 30 feet....I was rewarded with the coolest white calcite that was forming on top of the guano jello into a small stalactite and several layers of splash rings....i got the picture..by very carefully balancing my camera box and camera.....as I was afraid that my camera box would sink into the guano-jello if I set it down......fortunately my squish holes remained and I was able to retreat following my steps.......I was recovering from a respiratory infection at the time....and being around that guano didn't help.....come to think about it....neither did the millions of gnats all through the cave....but it was odd...there were not any gnats in the bat room....
On 12/4/08 9:40 PM, "David" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am just curious which cave passages have you experienced your > worst encounter with bat guano. > > For me, it was the last pit in Emerald Sink, but I heard someone tell > me that there is a pit off the main route of the cave which is the worst > they have ever seen. > > Another time near Ocampo in the Sierra Madres, we were in an open > air pit and on some ledges was what appeared to be vampire guano, > but we didn't have to get near it. > > I guess being in Bracken or Frio at the peak of the guano freshness > would be another place. > > I have also been in water that had a high concentration of bat poop. > The wet entrance of Carrizal can be like that. > > I don't think I have ever been waste deep in a slurry of bat guano, > but nearly was on a trip to a pit ( Sotano Molino ? ) just outside of > Gomez Farias. But I seem to recall reading about someone who has. > > David Locklear > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
