I'm 6'2" and I kind of like the One-Legged Man.? But you don't have to do that
anymore - we made a bypass years ago.? Or did that collapse?
?
Mark Minton
Bypass is still there. I'm too short to make it through one legged man without
a lot of trouble especially dealing with a pack.
puppy
=:-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Minton, Mark <mmin...@nmhu.edu>
To: texascavers@texascavers.com <texascavers@texascavers.com>
Sent: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 10:56 am
Subject: [Texascavers] RE: Honey Creek/Airmen's
?? Gregg said:
?
>Airmen's is right here in Austin.? It supposedly has going leads.? But no one
>seems willing to go back that far to survey.? So maybe it is harder than
diving Honey Creek.
?
????? I've worked on the leads at the back of Airmen's and also on some at
points along the way.? As far as I know there?are no open leads.? Everything
involves digging.? There is good air in places, but it is a hell of a long way
to go just to dig, which is why few people have bothered.? The potential is
great, though, and the cave no doubt goes a long way past it's currently
known?end.? Talk to William Russell about where the "leads" are.? I'm sure he'd
be glad to tell you.? :-)
?
>I took a marathon runner to the back once.? It took him all trip to determine
>which was harder, running 28 miles in one shot or going to the back of
>Airmen's.? He decided the marathon was harder.
?
????? Bill Steele once brought a triathlete to Honey Creek on a pretty hard
trip.? The poor guy had never been caving before, and he never knew what hit
him.? We would play with him, getting ahead and then waiting.? When he showed
up huffing and puffing Bill would say, "Well, ready to go?"? He later said he
thought he was in shape, but he wasn't so sure after that trip.? I don't think
he ever went caving again, at least not in Honey Creek, so I guess he thought
caving was harder.? ;-)? (Seriously though, what's harder is a matter of what
you're used to.? I'd probably die off in a triathlon.)
?
>Tall people hate the one-legged man, too, though I've seen two different 6'
>4'' cavers do it.
?
????? I'm 6'2" and I kind of like the One-Legged Man.? But you don't have to do
that anymore - we made a bypass years ago.? Or did that collapse?
?
Mark Minton
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