heather, katie again I was actually IN Austin caverns not too long before the washout/closing. That old map reflects areas that are completely silted shut to the depth of feet, and the big water pipe in it was being washed under. Main drop in about half of goat cave (manhole). Stoop passage on top of the silt. And i KNOW that william thinks it can’t be excavated again, or did. It’s dicey, actually kind of scary. and it can’t have gotten better with the apartment house runoff going into the storm drain. Let me know if you want william to call you tomorrow, and what time/number.
Katie On Dec 5, 2014, at 7:28 PM, Heather Tucek via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:texascavers@texascavers.com>> wrote: The City of Austin - Watershed Cave Team is trying to put together a report about Austin Caverns, and we'd like some input from cavers who've actually been in there! Big questions are: Is the north part horizontal, how high are the ceilings, etc.. Also are there cavers interested in an effort to preserve the cave if lots to the entrance were acquired? Is this cave worth messing with or is it too unstable? But really, any information we can get from people who've actually been in the cave, would be super helpful. If we can get the report sent in on time, we have a good shot at getting permission to work on the cave, which means volunteer opportunities for you, yes YOU! to come and be instrumental in getting Austin Caverns back open! Please contact me off-list if you have been to the cave and can lend some insight! trog...@cavechat.org<mailto:trog...@cavechat.org> -Heather Tucek -- Go find out! -Heather Tuček UT Grotto, DFW Grotto TSA Secretary & Membership Chair NSS 59660 (512) 773-1348 trog...@cavechat.org<mailto:trog...@cavechat.org> _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com> | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ************************ Katherine Arens Office Phone: (512) 232-6363 ar...@austin.utexas.edu<mailto:ar...@austin.utexas.edu> Dept. Phone: (512) 471-4123 Dept. of Germanic Studies FAX (512) 471-4025 2505 University Ave, C3300 Bldg.Location: Burdine 336 University of Texas at Austin Office: Burdine 320 Austin, TX 78712-1802 -. .- _..-'( )`-.._ ./'. '||\\. (\_/) .//||` .`\. ./'.|'.'||||\\|.. )O O( ..|//||||`.`|.`\. ./'..|'.|| |||||\`````` '`" '` ''''''/||||| ||.`|..`\. ./'.||'.|||| ||||||||||||. . |||||||||||| ||||.`||.`\. /'|||'.|||||| ||||||||||||{ }|||||||||||| ||||||.`|||`\ '.|||'.||||||| ||||||||||||{ }|||||||||||| |||||||.`|||.` '.||| ||||||||| |/' ``\||`` ''||/'' `\| ||||||||| |||.` |/' \./' `\./ \!|\ /|!/ \./' `\./ `\| V V V }' `\ /' `{ V V V
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