There was an expedition to Simmons Mingo cave in West Virginal in the mid-'70s.
For the 3-day expedition and several set up/break down overnight trips before
and after the expedition we'd set up a dig-your-own latrine area in an
upper-level passage that was reported to be a dead end. It was not a crawlway
or walking passage but more of a squatway--which was appropriate. There were
small garden trowels to dig and cover up the holes with and I think we had
wooden popsicle sticks to mark our chosen spots before abandonment. Some dozen
or so years later a push trip from the other end of the cave lead into our
squatway and eventually became a main access/by-pass route to the rear of the
4-mile long cave. The popsicle sticks had melted away but little disturbed
piles of dirt markd the mine field for cavers to negotiate both coming and
going in later years.
--Ediger
On Wednesday, December 24, 2014 7:20 AM, Charles Loving via Texascavers
<texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote:
Pooped in the righthand mile long crawl way passage of Tinaja
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 8:24 PM, Gill Ediger via Texascavers
<texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote:
We dumped spent carbide out in caves when and in places we thought it wouldn't
be a problem.
>--Ediger
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>On Monday, December 22, 2014 8:27 PM, Jerry via Texascavers
><texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote:
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>You too ! I confess to smuggling cigarettes into underground camps that
>were longer than a couple of days. No need for matches back then with all the
>carbide lamps.
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>Jerry.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Don Arburn via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com>
>To: texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com>
>Sent: Mon, Dec 22, 2014 6:59 pm
>Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Speleo-confessions
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>Ok, who will confess to doing things in caves they weren't supposed to? Back
>in the day, we took cigarettes in ammo boxes into Honey Creek to get our
fix while surveying. --Don > On Dec 22, 2014, at 7:49 PM, Charles Loving
>
> I saw you drink a margarita on a caving related event…
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