I did the Illusive Pit in the late 70s with Maureen Cavanaugh (now Howell). Terry Sayther dropped us off at the mouth of the canyon it’s in and came back the next day.
It’s a really great pit. What blew me away as I climbed the rope were the drawings on the wall (some lewd) along narrow ledges high off the floor. Phosphate miners were all over the pit. It’s not far to the west of the Bustamante canyon. It would be great if it could be accessible to cavers again. Bill Steele speleoste...@aol.com > On Jul 10, 2019, at 8:21 PM, JamesJasek <caver...@hot.rr.com> wrote: > > The real title to the TC article was “Conquering the Illusive Pit, 436 Feet > Deep”, TEXAS CAVER December 1996 Volume 41 Number 4, Page 70. > > Sent from my iPhoneX > > On Jul 10, 2019, at 7:55 PM, mmin...@caver.net wrote: > > On 2019-07-10 13:48, David wrote: > >> My involvement in that trip was re-finding the cave ( which Isengard >> illusive ), and doing so with almost no idea where it was >> ( a remote area in Mexico ). > > Might that be elusive? :-) > >> And I did post a couple of articles on CaveTex, since at least 2001. I could >> guess and say over twenty. But none worth re-reading or archiving. > > Like, over 20 per month would be more like it. But they're always amusing. > Keep up the good work! > > Mark Minton > mmin...@caver.net > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
