Mike, I suspect she is very confused. I've been visiting the cave for 32 years and have never seen or heard of it accessed with a ladder. I made several trips in 1995 and the years on either side. There is no mention anywhere in the TSS files of a ladder being used to enter the cave. Eugene never mentioned it, and I expect he would have in all of times I was there then. I did hear of some trips to Fairy Cave in the 90s, but it was not commercially developed at time, having its operation shut down some decades earlier. I think a ladder is needed to access it now. My guess is that she visited Fairy Cave with some friend who had access, heard it was a former show cave, and somehow got it confused in her head with CWAN.
George -----Original Message----- From: c...@boernenet.com [mailto:c...@boernenet.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 11:46 AM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] CWAN ladder? Does anyone in the Texas caving world recall a time when Cave Without a Name was accessed by a ladder? I,ve been having a very confusing conversation with a woman who remembers visiting here in 1995 and going down a ladder to see the cave. I have video tapes of Eugene giving the tour in 1993 and the stairway looks exactly the same as it does now. I also have a brochure from the 40's that shows the stairway looking just like it does now. Is there a possibility that someone was doing tours of Fairy cave before that area was sub devided. Does any one have pictures of Fairy cave or CWAN with a ladder access. Mike Burrell Cave Without a Name --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
