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On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 20:37:45 -0700, "Gilligan"


I'm not concerned because I know you are lying. I'm just calling you a
liar, and
you have not been able to defend yourself against that charge.


I don't have to defend anything. It is you who must prove I am a liar, as
it
is impossible for me to prove I am not a liar (one cannot prove a
negative).


As I said your boat registration information is in the public domain.
You've
confirmed it.


Tell me about that hot tub!

Caving in WY:

I did Great X and it was as difficult as its reputation. The entrrance
was a tight squeeze. You had to duct tape cardboard to your coveralls
cuz next you had a 90' drop in a crack covered with "Cave Velcro" that
was so sharp it tore our coveralls to ribbons if we didnt have the
cardboard. You couldnt use a rope in this drop cuz it would just snag
on the "velcro". Next, you had to put your legs into plastic bags and
tape em to your thighs cuz you dropped into a rushing stream with ice
on the sides. You tied into a rope and alloowed the stream to carry
you under a wall where you found yourself dangling in a small pit with
waterfall sprray. Next, you had about a mile of breakdown squeeze
passage that suddenly opened into an amazing hall that was enormous and
seemed to stretch into infinity in the darkness. Our mission was to
carry in supplies to use in case someone got injured in the cave. The
strategy was to keep them in the cave for up to 4 weeks till they could
heal a broken leg enough to do the gawdawful crawl back to the
entrance. I took a brandnew Jansport pack on this trip and it was
shreeded and useless afterwards.

Did Bighorn Horsethief cave and it was not that impressive as caves go.
The area known as "Armpit, WY" which is an old Uranium mine was
entertaining. complete with moldering dynomite, a shack used by cavers
with a woodstove.

Did Fossil Mt Ice cave which is about 10,500" up on a Mt behind the
Tetons. You have to walk up a snow field to the entrance, then climb a
small frozen waterfall. Once inside, the "Snowball" room was like
nothing I ever expect to see again. Covered with large bladelike ice
crystals, it cannot really be described.

Did Tongue River cave near Sheridan which was a nice cave with a lot of
potential. The Canyon going up to it is beautiful. BTW, there is a
section in one of the "Flashman" books ( I think it was "Flashman and
the Redskins") where he recovers in this cave after witnessing the
Battle of Little Bighorn. At least the description was so close that
it has to be this one.

In the East, did most of the classic TAG pits with all of my vertical
climbing being done with Prusiks cuz I just liked em.

Lotsa cavin in N. Fl and South Georgia.

Caves in Mexico including Golundrinas, El Sotano Limon, El Sotano
Tlamaya, El Precipicio.

Caving in Belize, mostly small stuff in the San Augustin area in caves
filled with Mayan artifacts.

One cave in Venezuela on Mt Roraima.

After my first child was born and a good caving buddy died in an
underwater cave I gave up any notions of underwater caving. Then a
good friend fell 180' in Moses' Tomb and lived, but is paralyzed and I
mostly gave up vertivcal stuff. Today, I am afraid to even climb my
mast.

The last two times I went cavin it nearly killed me. It seems that in
my age I have developed a tendency to become dehydrated without knowing
it and I become sorta loopy then, not caring if I get outa the cave at
all. This means I can only do wimpy cave stuff now but my kids love
it.
Gawd I love remembering those days. Every other night I have caving
dreams where I discover a cave that leads to a new world. I rarely
think about the past but when it comes to caving I could do it all day.


Damn, that quite impressive! Did you know Huntley Ingalls or Donald Davis?