Personally, I enjoyed reading the article and seeing the photos in the August issue of National Geographic magazine about the world's new deepest cave that is over 2,000 meters deep. Having done three caves in Mexico over 1,000 meters deep, I was impressed by their feat, and was proud to know a couple of the people shown in the photos. However, not everyone was. Just today I noticed an editorial in the September issue of National Geographic critical of that article:
The Long Way Down I do not see the scientific or cultural value of burrowing 2,000 meters into the Earth for its own sake. What I did see in this story of Krubera Cave were silly snapshots of strutting Marlboro men flexing their biceps and living an overgrown boy's fantasy of playing in dirt with high-tech toys and explorsives. Equally grating was the shameless self-congratulations, declaring their enterprise on a par with the conquests of the North and South Poles. Timothy Griffin Sparks, Nevada Bill _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list Texascavers@texascavers.com http://mail.texascavers.com/mailman/listinfo/texascavers_texascavers.com
