2 CRF NEWSLETTER New Content Editor Volume 39, No.4 established 1973 William Payne has resigned as Content Editor of the CRF News/elter. This will be his last issue. Send all articles and reports for submission to: Laura Lexander of Streamwood, Illinois, will William Payne, Editor [email protected] take over, beginning with the February 2012 is- 11023 N. Auden Circle, Missouri City, TX 77459 sue. Ralph Earlandson will continue as Layout Editor. Now, both the Content and Layout Edi- The CRF Newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Cave tors are in the Chicago area. From now on, Research Foundation, a non-profit organization incorpo- please send all articles, photos and reports to rated in 1957 under the laws of Kentucky for the purpose of Laura at [email protected]. Laura intro- furthering research, conservation, and education about caves duces herself: and karst. Newsletter Submissions & Deadlines: Four and one-half years ago while I was on Original articles and photographs are welcome. If intending maternity leave with my daughter, Dave West to jointly submit material to another publication, please in- asked me if I wanted the position of Eastern Op- form the CRF editor. Publication cannot be guaranteed, es- erations Personnel Officer. I'd only been a JV pecially if submitted elsewhere. All material is subject to of the CRF for a little over a year at that point revision unless the author specifically requests otherwise. so I was thrilled to be asked and immediately For timely publication, please observe these deadlines: accepted the responsibility. Fast forward to this summer and while I was on maternity leave with February issue by December I my son, Charles Fox contacted me on behalf of May issue by March I himself and Scott House to ask if I was inter- August issue by June I ested in becoming the CRF Newsletter's Editor. November issue by September I I was again ecstatic, especially since I love Before submitting material, please see publication writing and reading. I am looking forward to guidelines at: W\,:w.cave-research.org this new endeavor because anything I can do to help this organization that has so captured my NEWSLETTER STAFF: heart, the better. It also gives me another Content Editor: William Payne, means of staying connected to everyone since [email protected] most of us don't live near each other and 1 don't Layout/Photos: Ralph Earlandson, live in any sort of cave country! I am following ra Iph.ear [email protected] in some tough footsteps taking on this job. I Mailing: Bob Hoke, [email protected] will do my very best to keep producing newslet- @2011 Cave Research Foundation ters that are on par, if not better, than what eve- Cave Research Foundation Board of Directors ryone expects! President - Scott House, [email protected] Vice President - Charles Fox, [email protected] Treasurer - Bob Hoke, [email protected] CRF Meeting and National Expedition Secretary - Bernie Szukalski, [email protected] The CRF Annual Meeting will be in Cumber- Hamilton Valley Director - Pat Kambesis land Gap National Historic Park, November 18- George Crothers, Joel Despain, Joyce Hoflinastcr, John 20,20 II. There will be free camping on Friday Lovaas, Steve Ormeroid, Pat Seiser, Diana Tomchick and Saturday night, both at the Bell Theater Operations Council (indoor) and in the town of Cumberland Gap Barbe Barker (Guadalupes), Mick Sutton (Ozarks), (outdoor). All events are free except for the Pat Helton & Bruce Rogers (Lava Beds), Dave West banquet. See page 12 for further information. (Eastern), John Tinsley (Sequoia/Kings Canyon) Make your plans now! The 2011 CRF Na- tional Expedition will be in Mammoth Cave Na- For information about the CRF contact: tional Park. The dates are November 21-29, Scott House 20 II, immediately following the annual meet- 1606 Luce St. ing. Contact the expedition leader, Dave West, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701-5208 [email protected], for more info or to sign phone 573-651-3782 up. scott [email protected]

Donations to CRF should be sent to: Cover Photo Bob Hoke, CRF Treasurer 6304 Kaybro SI. Mike Tennant in BBS Cave, Ozark National Laurel, MD 20707-2621 Scenic Riverway. See Mick Sutton's report on [email protected] pages 6-10. Photo by Josh Hafner. 3 From the President: By: Scott House

Transitions ... sinee, the biggest of which is our relationship to All good things must come to an end and so our partner agencies in the era of White Nose we bid adieu to Our Favorite Editor, William Syndrome. Fortunately, things are generally go- Payne. William has done a yeoman job of edit- ing well (if you are not a bat) and our partner- ing this newsletter for longer than I can actually ship arrangements are continuing to prove fruit- remember. And he has kept it on time and full ful for all involved. Other problems have been of good and interesting items. Mostly, of faced and are being improved upon, most of course, the editor's job consists of cracking the which folks have noticed. The treasury is in ex- whip over those of us who promise and promise cellent shape now due to the hard work of Bob to write articles and occasionally do. This Wil- Hoke, and Charles Fox has done an excellent liam has done, and always with a sense of hu. job as vice-president, which has lightened the mar (or is it humour, William?). So a tip of the load considerably. Five years as president is a helmet to William and we wish him the best. long time, and I am anxious to focus more on Fortunately for the organization a new editor some of my cave projects. Look for me at least stands ready to take over in the person of Laura to continue to be an ambassador of CRF, work- Lexander, the Personnel Officer for Eastern Op- ing with folks on CRF projects across the coun- erations. Laura is anxious to continue the level try. It"s been fun as well as a challenge but it is of contributions that William has achieved, so time for someone else to take over. Special expect that a passing of the whip will occur. thanks gn to my wife. Patti, who has been sup- Another whip is about to be passed as I will portive in my role as president - couldn't have be stepping down as the president of this or- done it without ya. ganization. When I accepted the presidency we Hope to see you all in a cave, somewhere ... had some serious problems and have faced more

I REGIONAL EXPEDITION REPORTS I

Lava Beds Expeditions, May-June 2011 By: Liz Wolff and Scott House

Mav 28-29, 2011: ral overland to other caves. One of these was This trip worked on fixing loop problems in termed Rock in Ho Ie because it seemed to con- Juniper Cave. Bill Devereaux, Jim Wolff and sist of a rock in a hole. Reaching a complex of Liz Wolff resurveyed the worst loop and got the two Achilles caves. these were mapped (-480 ft) error down to 5.5 feet from 27. Some of the and then the surface survey was cant inued cross problem was poorly sited stations and the mag- country to a cave named Muleshoe. This was netic properties of the lava. We have one more also mapped to a length of -270 ft. Meanwhile. multiple loop area and a couple of straight pas- Dave and Karen finished out a short lead in sages to check and add detail; then I can get the Corral and then were resigned to their fate in map done. (Liz Wolff) Rock in Hole which clearly wasn't going any- where because it was surrounded by known .Iune 3-8, 201 I: cave. Turned out to be nearly 400 ft long with Friday, June 3: A crew of Seott and Patti two entrances, and now that cave was also sur- House, Dave West, Karen Wi lImes, and Ed veyed. Klausner surveyed 336 ft of Sentinel Annex Monday, June 6: Dave, Karen, and Ed rc- Cave in the Headquarters Loop complex. Later turned to Sentinel Annex and finished it with that same day, Dave, Ed, and Karen began map- 490 ft of survey. Scott, Patti, and John Tinsley ping Four Star Cave in the Elmer'sTrench area did various support activities on the surface, and got 150 ft finished. Tuesday, June 7: Ed, Dave, and Karen got an Saturday, June 4: the entire group went to early start at Four Star Cave. Later they were Corral Cave in the Hardin Butte area (North joined by Scott whereupon we split into two Castle flow) to continue the survey there (last teams and continued surveying. Later yet, a visited in October 2009.) The cave was nearly highly welcome reinforcement in the form of finished with 590 ft surveyed. Bill Broeckel showed up just in time to manage Sunday, June 5: Scott, Patti, and Ed began to fin ish the survey that Ed and Scott were in. surface surveys from the back entrance of Cor- 4 Then while Ed, Dave, and Karen finished a sur- A couple of caves in the immediate area of vey in another chunk of the cave, Bill and Scott Township Cave (Hardin Butte) were left unsur- mapped a little feature known as Fifth Star veyed: one was vertical and the other had a Grotto. All were finished today, leaving only snake. Four Star Cave and Sentinel Annex Caves the adjoining Pearl Cave for another trip. The were both completed. (Scott House) day's work netted approximately 1000 ft of sur- vey. June 24-26. 2011 - Juniper Cove: Wednesday, June 8: Ed, Dave, and Karen Friday, 2.f June: Liz Wolff, Dave Smith, launched into the survey of another new cave in and Hans Stein checked part of the loop survey the Hardin Butte area, to be named White Tun- around the cairn entrance of Juniper Cave to try nel Cave. This improbable feature wouldn't quit to correct the loop error. We were able to rec- going but by the end of the day, nearly 500 ft of reate all the stations and decided not to use a passage had been surveyed (there's still some couple of them. Detail needed to be added to left). Meanwhile Scott and Patti ran a surface the original survey in the entrance area. survey from Muleshoe to White Tunnel; then Sunday 26 June: Liz Wolff, Jim Wolff, and they surveyed from Corral Cave to another Bill Devereaux completed the loop through the nearby small cave known as Crescent Moon entrance sink tying the lower entrance passage Cave. Surveying that (-160 ft) they emerged to to the rest of the cave. Major magnetic prob- spot a new and large forest fire to the south. lems were encountered, causing the remaining 4 This worried all of us, as there was the distinct shots to take nearly 3 hours to complete. This possibility that the smoke might close the road part of the entrance area was needed to be de- south which we had to take in the morning. tailed in the drawing also, it had not been done Eventually after some serious discussion and in any of the surveys that joined at station M5. smoke-watching, we packed up and departed As before, discrepancies in shot lengths was early, choosing to put the fire behind us. (The the main cause of the loop errors' either a dvs- fire became fairly major but was contained lexic problem or hearing the num'bers wrong" or within a week.) writing them down wrong, as most of them were in the "38.2 ! 32.8" category. (Liz Wolff) 5

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Photos on preceding page: Top: Ed Klausner readies a shot into Achilles Cave. Schonchin Butte in mid-background, Medicine Loke caldera (shield volcano) is in center of the for horizon. Lower left: Surveying in Sentinel Annex Cave. Lower right: Ed Klausner, Dave West, and Scott House work to figure out the incoming data at the Lava Beds Research Center. A II photos by Patti House. Map of Sentinel Annex Cave /Yom Lava Beds NM by Dave West. 6 Restoration Field Camp, Carlsbad Caverns, June 27-July 1,2011 By: William Tucker

Six experienced Texas cavers (Eddie Baker, ties from VIsitors including one young man who Sara Baker, Matt Rasler, Karen Masters, Tammy volunteered to dive into Longfellow's Bathtub Tucker and William Tucker) performed various to retrieve a coin. We did not take him up on his restoration projects at Carlsbad Caverns during offer. We took those opportunities to educate the Restoration Field Camp the week of June 27 about cave conservation, the CRF, and responsi- to July I, 2011. Two days were spent working in ble caving. One evening was spent cleaning the Rookery in Lower Cave c leaning mud and Crystal Springs Dome. silt from the numerous nests of cave pearls. One A total of 198 in-cave hours were volun- day was spent in the Dome Room cleaning teered. 127 square feet of area was restored but tracked mud and debris from flowstone and that statistic is not applicable to some of the shelfstone and lamenting the state of the small activities such as coin removal. pool for future work. One day was spent remov- Tammy and William also spent a few hours ing foreign material (mostly coins) and other inventorying maps and making plans to have the debris (only some of which was disgusting) large number of paper maps scanned to preserve from various pools near the visitor trails. We them and the effort that they represent. experienced quite a bit of interest in our activi- Ozark Trips, March-May 2011 By: Mick Sutton

Trips missing from the previous report (August in Medlock Cave, finding plenty of guano from 2011 Newsletter): the past summer's gray bat colony and a fe\v hibernators. They then monitored Flying W Januarv 15-16: Scott House, Ed Klausner and Cave, which has been seeing heavy traffic up to Elizabeth Miller monitored caves in Bear Hol- the point where the going gets tough. The next low in Ozark National Scenic Riverways day, Scott and Tony monitored the Buffington (ONSR). Caves and Bay Creek Camp Cave. They then .Janu~lry 17: Ed and Elizabeth monitored Sextus found and mapped three small new caves: Dye'r Mille Cave at ONSR (The unorthodox name Spring Cave, Backdoor Cave and Island "Cave- arises from the cave being the Official Cave No. let". There was more of the same the following 6000 in the Missouri Speleological Survey day: Jug Cave and McDonald Cave ""'ere moni- files) . tored, Twin Cedar Cave was discovered and mapped . .January 28-30: Scott House and Tony Schmitt monitored Smokehole Cave at ONSR and were Februarv 14: Scott and Patti House monitored then joined by George Bilbrey for a bat survey the bat population at Williams Mountain cave (ONSR), home to a small colony of hibernating Indiana bats,

Ozark trips March-May, 20 II:

March 5: Craig Williams Suzie Jensen, Alicia Lewis, Mick Sutton and Sue Hagan went to Pill- man Cave, a much visited archeological site on the Mark Twain National Forest (MTNF) in Phelps County. While Craig and Suzie did an archeological assessment of the large, highly disturbed passage Mick, Sue and Alicia did a biological survey - the fauna included a slightly alarmed screech owl perched in deep twilight. We then remapped the cave to replace an older undetailed map, including especially a vertical profile, which was lacking from the existing map, We followed that up with a survey and biological inventory of nearby Graham Cave, a Buffalo Notional River. short, dry crawl. fie Id. 7 March 5-7: At Buffalo National River (BNR), ble strategies for restoration of this much-mod- Scott House and Bob Osburn worked at resolv- ified cave and to do a quick bat survey. The ing problems with the Fitton Cave survey net, cave is the site of an abandoned Missouri Uni- while Kayla New and Chad Holderfield mapped versity of Science and Technology (MST) seis- the small Trillium Pit (60 ft.). The following mograph station, and the entrance is modified day Bob Taylor, Roy Gold, Todd Twilbeck and with a very bat-unfriendly concrete block wall. George Lantz began a survey of Mud Cave, A few pipistrelles manage to make their way in while Scott, Bob and Ed Klausner relocated and through small gaps in the wall, but as expected, mapped Bruins Bedroom Cave and relocated a there was no other evidence of bat use. The wall variety of other small caves and karst features and seismograph station are scheduled to be re- in and around the Cecil Creek drainage. Jeff moved with the cooperation of MST. Bridgman, Mike Tennant and Natalia Kolk- April 3: Deviating somewhat from CRF's core Tennant mapped Bartlett Cove Cave. a small mission, Sue Hagan and Mick Sutton checked cave in Broadwater Hollow ending in a low, out some abandoned mines at Silver Mines on wide crawl. Next day, the same crew monitored the Fredericktown District of the MTNF. There Rat Cast Ie Cave. is some concern over mine safety and the possi- March 12: Another BNR trip saw the continua- ble use of abandoned mines as hibernacula. The tion of the Novak Spring Cave survey, by Jeff main and best-know mine here is the Einstein Bridgman, M ike Tennant, Natalia Kolk- Tennant Mine, an adit which is gated rather crudely with and Adele Ayers. a bat-unfriendly gate. We agreed with earlier assessments that, although enterable, the en- March 19-20: The survey of Math Branch Cave trance tunnel is partly collapsed and looks dan- (MTNF. Christian County) was completed by gerously unstable. A nearby upper entrance, Jon Beard. M ike Tennant and George Lantz. The originally to the same mine, was much safer but cave ended low and wet, with a total length of a ended after only 60 ft. in a complete collapse. little over 1,000 ft. Meanwhile, Craig Williams, We sketched this, and then mapped an actual Suzie Jansen and Natalia Kolk-Tennant did an cave - Silver Mines Cave - which is a short ta- archeological assessment and photographed a lus cave in granite. We then looked for but series of interesting petroglyphs elsewhere in failed to find the Apex 3 mine and Gabriel the cave. Shaft. but succeeded in locating Apex I - this March H-26: Jim Cooley. Jenny Bentz and had only about 25 ft. of accessible passage slop- Kathy Bovard went to the Piney Creek Wilder- ing steeply down to a near-sump. Some of these ness (MTNF, Barry County) where they relo- sites are due to be gated or re-gated by CRF in cated Moonshine Hole Cave and possibly Piney 2012. Creek Blowing Hole - the latter was a long way April 9-10: Jim Cooley led a large crew at from its supposed location, and may instead be Ozark National Scenic Riverways (ONSR). They a new cave. On March 26, the same crew plus monitored a wide variety of caves and located a Larry Shaffield and Mark Lanford, confirmed small new cave - Black Bluff Aerie Cave - re- the location of Sugar Silver Cave, also on the quiring a rappel from the cliff top. MTNF Cassville District. This one had been "missing" for a long time, with several incorrect April 19: John Tinsley, on loan from CRF's Se- locations in the Missouri Speleological Survey quoia-Kings Canyon Operation, gave a lecture records. We had recently discovered, however, at ONSR headquarters on the earthquake study that MTNF archeologists knew all along where he has been conducting on caves potentially af- the cave was. and their location turned out to be fected by quakes on the famous New Madrid correct. The cave provides a missing piece of fault. Dating of broken straws suggests several the story of the notorious "radium-mining" en- discrete time frames for the damage, which terprise which took place in the early 20'" cen- Tinsley and others are beginning to correlate to tury in several caves in the Butler Hollow area. earthquakes dated by other methods. The tech- Sugar Silver Cave now needs to be mapped and nique appears to be quite promising. '. inventoried. The same day, the crew also moni- April 21-23: Bob Taylor and Roy Gold com- tored Butler Hollow Mine Cave and Butler Hol- pleted the survey of Cob Cave at BNR, while low Mine - the latter is mostly artificial but Kayla New, Mike Tennant and Natalia Kolk- does have some natural solutional features. Tennant took a short evening trip to continue March 27: Jon Beard, Mick Sutton and Sue the survey of Ice Box Cave. The next day. after Hagan accompanied MTNF staff members Klaus everyone spent the morning sheltering from a Liedenfrost and Kelly Whitsett to McCormick severe storm, Mike and Natalia with Jim Cooley Cave (MTNF, Phelps County) to discuss possi- worked on fixing a bad survey loop near the en- 8 trance of Novak Springs Cave. Jeff Bridgman, by Jenny on March 24 was not Piney Creek Meghan Gallo and Kyle Moore mapped Steel Blowing Hole. It was therefore named Piney Creek Campground Cave for 260 ft. Kayla with Creek Keyhole Crawl. The following day, Jim Don Locander and Jenn Ellis began a resurvey and Brad continued searching for the missing of Eden Falls Cave, which needs a profile and cave, and retracing Brad's route from 10 years side passages surveyed. Progress there was ago, they finally found it nearly a mile from its somewhat hindered by heavy tourist traffic. previously reported location. April 22-26: Jim Cooley and Cyle Riggs ob- May 8: Sue Hagan and Mick Sutton mapped and tained cave locations and documented a large inventoried two small neighboring caves, Cedar new shelter - an "aboriginal McMansion" - in Bottom Caves, on the MTNF in Madison the Piney Creek Wilderness (MTNF Barry County. These had been reported recently by our County). The shelter showed evidence of ar- long-time MTNF cooperator Randy Long. The cheological looting, although probably not re- caves were only 23 ft. and 26 ft. long but fea- cent. Also in Barry County, Jenny and Mark tured fairly diverse wildlife, including a popula- Bentz monitored Twin, Bear Waller and Horse tion of pseudoscorpions. Collar Caves. On the 25th a large team - Jim, May 9: Jim Cooley met with MTNF representa- Jenny and Mark with Pic Walenta, Kayla New, tives at McCormick Cave, Phelps Co. to discuss Kathy Bovard, returned to the Piney Creek Wil- plans for replacing the massive entrance wall derness with Brad Davis in tow, Brad had origi- with a bat gate. nally reported several caves in the Wilderness, whose locations were now causing some con- sternation. Piney Creek Cave was found not too far from its reported location - some surface Maps accompanying this report were drawn as survey and bioinventory was done there. Piney follows: This page: Little Paddy Spring Cave Creek Blowing Hole proved more elusive but by Scott HOllse. Next page: Milk Jug Cave by Brad was able to confirm that the cave reported Kayla New.

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Mav 14-15: Mike Tennant, Natalia Kolk-Ten- went downstream along Little Paddy Creek to nant and Craig Williams went to Pillman Cave map and inventory another talus cave (Conflu- (MTNF, Phelps Co.) to do some high-tech ar- ence Camp Cave, 50 ft.) and a limestone cave cheological survey using a piece of equipment with two entrances. Since one entrance was very which measures elemental abundances using x- ripe with eau de skunk but no sign of the perpe- ray fluorescence. The plethora of results can trator, and this was the day when the Rapture give archeological clues - e.g., the distribution was scheduled to happen, we concluded that the of phosphorus correlates well with the distribu- skunk must have left us sinners behind - hence tion of bone material. One slight drawback is Skunk Rapture Cave (68 ft.). Of these, Painted that analysis of the copious data can be quite Turtle, Emergence, Confluence Camp and Skunk labor intensive. Rapture Caves were new. Meanwhile Scott House, Tony Schmitt, Dan Lamping, Valerie Mav 19: Jim Cooley went with Klaus Lieden- Barbaro, Natalia Kolk-Tennant and Mike Ten- frost (MTNF) and a representative of MST to nant surveyed Paddy Cave. There was a good Onyx Cave (MTNF, Pulaski Co.), to discuss deal more to the cave than reports had indica. cave gate design in preparation for the McCor- ted, with 650 ft. of mostly very large passage. mick Cave gate. The next morning, Dan and Valerie went look- May 20.22: There was a trip to the Paddy Creek ing for Paddy Creek Natural Bridge. They failed Wilderness (MTNF, Texas Co.) with partici- to find it but instead found and mapped a small pants based at a fire lookout house. On the Fri- new cave, Paddy Creek Vista Cave (60 ft.). day, Scott House, Tony Schmitt and Mike May 24-27: At ONSR, Jim Cooley and Brandy Tennant mapped Little Paddy Spring Cave. The Riggs monitored Bear Cave and replaced a cave was fairly large, 370 ft. long, and appears closed sign on Skylight Spring Cave. With to be all too popular with horse riders. They George Bilbrey, they also worked at the metal also mapped several small caves nearby. In the fabrication shop on manufacturing portable same area, Ed Klausner, Elizabeth Miller, Jim welding benches for gate construction. On the Cooley and Jenny Benz mapped Turkey Track 27th, Jim and Brandy monitored Bluff and Little (100 ft.) and Natural Tunnel Caves. Bluff Caves. The next day Ed, Elizabeth, Jim and Jenny returned to the same cave cluster with Mick Sut- Mav 29-30: Jim Cooley, Brandy Riggs, Cyle ton. On the way, they mapped a small sandstone Riggs, Mike Camden, Pic Walenta and Larry talus cave (Painted Turtle Cave, named for a Shaffield returned to Little Hurricane Creek three-toed box turtle painted with a peace (MTNF, Oregon Co.) where they mapped a small sign!). At the Little Paddy Creek cluster Ed, new cave - Mosquito Cave. The cave, according Elizabeth and Jim mapped two small caves - to Jim, is "filthy, wet and tight." Next day, the Crawlway Cave (26 ft.) and Emergence Cave same team less Larry continued the survey of (23 ft.) - while Jenny and Mick did biological Canyon Cave, which is now a little over 1100 ft. surveys of the entire cluster. The crew then long.

Mammoth Cave: Memorial Day Expedition, May 27-30 2011 By: John DeLong, Expedition Leader

The Memorial Day expedition was blessed support of the Park's River Styx tour lighting with good weather and good people. The expedi- project. tion is also blessed to announce the birth of a On Saturday, 29 cavers set out on nine trips. 53-year-old caver. The 17 trips accomplished Daniel Greger led Joyce Hoffmaster, John Feil, 808 feet of new and 3,211 feet of resurvey, in and Rick Olson to Donkey Cave to drop the pit addition to 3,263 feet of overland survey. rigged the night before. Meanwhile Lynn T\vo trips went out on Friday. A trip set out Brucker, Roger Brucker, Bob Lodge, and Nor- that afternoon for Donkey Cave. Daniel Greger man Warnell had taken the Austin Entrance to led Joyce Hoffmaster, Elizabeth Winkler, Rick Pohl Avenue to survey in the Cow Falls area. Toomey, and Rick Olsen to rig cable ladders The Pohl Avenue party heard the Donkey Cave and ropes to enable trips in to drop the unex- party and established the noise was coming from plored I OO-foot pit on Saturday. At 7 p.m. Rick the area near Union Shafts. The two parties es- Toomey led Joyce Hoffmaster, Bill Baus, Karen tablished verbal communication and eventually Willmes, Eli Winkler, Dan Greger, Bob Lodge, Rick established a visual connection to Lynn's Charles Fox, John Delong, Helena DeLong, and light. The Donkey Cave party attempted various Rick Olson carrying 63 lights to River Hall in levels of the pit drain until finally Joyce found 11 a route that she was able to contort her way survey with really tight crawls. Mandy was put through. For the final "push," Joyce was fortu- to work on checking out a few very small side nate to have WOfn coveralls with a built-in har- leads which pinched down or cut back. ness; Norman slipped a pack strap through the Howard Kalnitz again led Pam Duncan and harness to help "birth" Joyce through the tight- Chanda Ziegler along with Shane Mullins to est spot. Joyce congratulated Norman for having Bishop's Domes to accomplish more resurvey. given birth to a 53-year-old caver! Because of Tom Brucker returned to Bedquilt to do re- high flow conditions Joyce left with the Pohl survey in Wretched River with Tama Cassidy Avenue group as a return though the drain was- and Tammy Otten, making it the Tom-Tama- n't prudent until a drier day. Tammy Tour. After a fine day of survey the Two other trips also began at the Austin En- party discovered the lock was very difficult to trance. Mike Freeman led Bob Hoke and Tammy get the key into, a continuing problem at that Otten to resurvey in Illinois Avenue. Jim Greer locat ion. led Laura Jones and Tama Cassidy to Unknown Art Palmer returned to Crystal Cave's Lost Cave to do new survey at F and G in Helictite Paradise with Peg Palmer, Derek Bristol, Bill Route, above the Corkscrew in Ralph's River Baus, Karen Willmes, and Calvin Wiley. They Trail. They established there is a need for a split into two groups and surveyed independ- standing rope or handline in this area until sur- ent ly in the same area covering resurvey in the vey work in F, G, and H are completed. Dave Lost Paradise area, resurvey of the connection West led Karen Willmes and Bill Baus to check between Lost Passage and Mud Avenue and out a potential new cave ncar Wilson Cave Hol- some new survey of Ohio Caverns. low and perform a surface survey between the Rick Toomey led Rick Olson, Elizabeth Wilson Cave entrance and the new find. The Winkler and John DeLong to Hawkins River In new pit quickly ended, but the party discovered Proctor Cave to replace a water pump at the a significant number of Rafinesque bats that confluence of Hawkins and Logsdon Rivers, and will make this a cave of interest to the Park. to measure the depth of Logsdon Well from the Charles Fox led Dan Hedger on a surface surface. Due to spring flooding, water in the survey to tie the brass cap at Donkey Cave to passage was wider than any in the trip had seen the brass cap at the Austin Entrance, surveying and too deep to allow for a change of the water along a dry stream bed in the heat. After 9'lS: pump at this time. They were able to secure the hours in the heat, they were halfway there. new water pump in a high spot for future re- Howard Kalnitz led Pam Duncan and Chanda placement. Using a very long string and a plumb Ziegler on a survey trip to Miller Avenue to -bob, the depth of the Logsdon Well was meas- correct bad ties and bad sketch issues from ured to be 445.6 feet. older surveys. Special thanks needs to go to the expedi- Tom Brucker led Mandy Harris and Aly Si- tion's camp manager, Pat Kambesis. She was gnorelli to Bedquilt Cave to survey belly crawls helped by many participants of the expedition, adjacent to Grand Avenue. The party found the which is always greatly appreciated. Rick entrance had changed significantly once again Toomey and Rick Olson both helped greatly due to heavy rains but was eventually able to with administrative details. make it to their objective. Jlonkc)' Cave: I) Daniel Greger, Joyee Hoffmaster, Eliz- Art Palmer led Peg Palmer, Bill Koerschner, abeth Winkler. Rick Toomey, Rick Olson; 2) Daniel Gre- and Nicole Hawk to Crystal Cave for a survey ger. Joyce Hoffm:lster, John Feil, Rick Olson; Bonkc)' trip on a lead above Lost Paradise. They accom- C:n'c Surface Survey: I) Charles Fox, Dan Hedger; 2) plished 528.8 feet or resurvey and 171.6 new Charles ~ox, Roger Brucker; Miller A\'enue: Howard Kalnitz, Pam Duncan, Chanda Ziegler; Illinois A"enue: survey. The Lost Paradise Area has much resur- Mike Freeman, Rob Hoke, Tammy Otten; Pohl Avenue: vey needed and many new leads. Roger Brucker, Lynn Brucker, Bob Lodge, Norman War- On Sunday morning, 23 cavers signed on for nell; Crystal Cave: I) Art Palmer, Peg Palmer, Bill Ko- another day of caving. Charles Fox led Roger erschner, Nicole Hawk; 2) Arl Palmer, Peg Palmer, Derek Bristol, Bill Baus, Karen Willmes, Calvin Wiley; Grand Brucker to continue his surface survey. They AVenuc: Tom Brucker, Mandy Harris, Aly Signorelli; resumed survey and finished up at the Austin Ralph's Rivcr Trail: I) Jim Greer, Laura Jones, Tama Entrance many warm, tick-filled hours later, Cassidy; 2) Jim Greer, AI)' Signorelli, Mandy Harris, Tim completing the survey. Green; Wilson lIollow Pit; Dave West, Karen Willmes, Bill BallS; Rinr lIall: Rick Toomey, Bill Baus, Helena Jim Greer returned to Unknown Cave, this DeLong, John DeLong, Charles Fox, Daniel Greger, Joyce time leading Mandy Harris, Aly Signorelli and Hoffmaster, Bob Lodge. Karen Wi limes, Elizabeth Wink- Tim Green on a survey trip to replace the old Z ler, Rick Olson; Bishop's Domes: Howard Kalnitz, Pam Survey above the Corkscrew in Ralph's River Duncan, Shane Mullins, Chanda Ziegler; Unknown Cave Z Survey above Corkscrew in RRT: Wretched River: Trail. In November a side lead was found that Tom Brucker, Tama Cassidy, Tammy Otten; Hawkins forms a long cut-around loop, back to what was River: Rick Toomey, Rick Olson, Elizabeth Winkler, the end of the Z. The area was challenging to John DeLong. 12 Mammoth Cave: August Expedition, August 5-7, 2011 By: Roger and Lynn Brucker, Expedition Leader

This is the second year we have filled in for from another direction. Speculation that the Tom Brucker, who was testing for his Black prints might belong to Tom Brucker were Belt. It was a small expedition with stupendous dashed when he denied being in that area. He accomplishment. Six cavers turned out and we did find a connection from Foundation Hall completed the survey tie from Donkey Cave to in Smith Avenue to Union Shafts and there are Mammoth Cave, adding 1,900 feet to the latter plenty of pits along the way from Three Spoons and 400 miles to the former. Joyce Hoffmaster to P-50 to be surveyed, he said. led Dan Greger and Tim Green into Donkey Lynn's party retreated to the Cow Falls drain Cave, following a new, easier overland route and found several passages, one leading to a from the bottom of the hill to the Austin En- base level pool. Expedition surveys totaled trance, up the easternmost arm of Three Sisters 380.2 feet, 141.8 of new survey and 248.4 feet Hollow. Donkey was discovered in 1910 by Floyd Collins. of resurvey. Roger Brucker signed books at a Lynn Brucker led Dave Carson and Charles new bookstore in Horse Cave, Two Bears & A Fox into the Aust in Entrance and proceeded to Dog. John Feil and Roger McClure installed Station P-50 in Pohl Avenue. They carried a three new solid cherry wood bookcases made by telescoping pole 19-feet long and a red LED to Preston and Sheri Forsyth from cherry lumber tape on the end to thrust into the narrow tube to raised on their farm in Western Kentucky. They complete the survey. On arrival, the Donkey kiln-dried the lumber and crafted the bookcases Cave party had descended 60-foot Donkey Kong Pit and were equipped with a newly calibrated (7 or 8 total), a splendid contribution to CRF's Disto-X. Tim Green laid down in the pit drain new archive building at Hamilton Valley. water and was able to shine the laser of the Lynn and I finished the August Expedition Disto~X within 2 feet of Lynn in Pohl Avenue, with good results. There were 8 cavers in atten- so the pole was not used. Lynn's 2-[00t shot dance, plus Roger McClure and John Feil doing tied into the Pohl A venue P survey and the deed maintenance work. was done. About 30 feet down Donkey Kong Pit, a 3' Donkey Cave: Joyce Hoffmaster, Daniel Greger, Tim W X 2' passage opens into the south wall of the Green; 1'0111 Avenue: Lynn Brucker, Dave Carson, Charles Fox. pit. Dan and Tim saw kneepad print marks in the floor, as if a caver had come upon the pit General Invitation to All Cavers Cave Research Foundation Annual Meeting

Saturday, November 19, 2011 at Cumberland Gap 9 am - Noon Breakfast Reception and Walking Tour to Gap Cave O'Dell Research Station, Daniel Boone Parking Area Cumberland Gap National Historic Park First on Right after turning off US 58 into Cumberland Gap, TN 1 pm - 5 pm Presentations at Visitor Center Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, North Side of Tunnel Pat Kambesis, Art Palmer, Stuart Daw and others are scheduled 7 pm Banquet, 114 West Kentucky Ave., Pineville, KY Dinner and more: $20 Contact Mike Crockett, [email protected], or (606) 269-1977 13 2011 EXPEDITION CALENDAR

Before attending any expedition, you must contact the expedition leader as trip sizes may be limited. Failure to contact the leader may prevent you ITom attending the expedition as the trip may be full.

Eastern Operations - Mammoth Cave Schedule [email protected]; (5t0) 30 I-20m. National Expedition - Thanksgiving, November 21-29. Dave Please do not just show up as there may be limits on the number of West, [email protected]. participants we can accommodate. New Year's, December 30,2011 - January 2,2012, Charles Fox, [email protected]. California - Lilburn Some basic rules of engagement for California expeditions: Con- All Eastern Operations CRF members who have not attended an tact the expedition preferably two weeks ahead of time; please expedition safety orientation must do so before participating in don't spontaneously show up. We have to deal with head count expedition activities. The safety orientation is scheduled at the limits, particularly on our Lilburn trips, so we need to know who is beginning of each expedition after the morning meeting. Those planning to attend. who have attended a safety orientation arc not required to partici- Lilburn, November 12-13. Fofo Gonzlez, 831-776-5385, pate in another. New members should arrange to be at the expedi- tion early enough to attend the orientation. Those who do not gonza [email protected]. Lilburn. November 20-21. John Tinsley, 650-799-5156 or 550- attend will not be allowed to participate in expedition activities. 243-0732, [email protected] or [email protected]. Contact expedition leader for more details on the orientation. Paradise Karst, December 3-4. Joel Despain. 559-565-3717. Cumberland Gap National Historical Park joel_ [email protected]. Expeditions for Cumberland Gap Nationalilistorical Park are the last full weekend of each month except December. Contact: Mike Crocket~ [email protected]. HSS/CRF Hawai'i Caving - Big Island Contact Pat Kambesis, 309-762-3860, [email protected]. Ozarks Contacts: Scott House, [email protected]. Carlsbad Caverns Mick Sutton and Sue Hagan, [email protected]. Contact for all expeditions: Barbe Barker, [email protected]. California - Lava Beds William and Tammy Tucker, [email protected]. Before participating on any of these expeditions, we would prefer Labor Day. September 2.5. you contact the Operations Area Managers, Pat Helton and Bruce Thanksgiving, November 23.27. Rogers, at least two weeks before the expedition:

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