1992 Speleo Digest

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1992 Speleo Digest

Editors: Mark and James Adler

1992 Article Title Index

1992 Santee Expedition, 221

Adirondack Talus and Tick Surprise, 185
Adventures of Randy Rogers, Cave Cadet, The, 565
Adventures of Randy Rogers, Cave Cadet, The, 566
Adventures of Randy Rogers, Cave Cadet, The 568
Adventures of Randy Rogers, Cave Cadet, The, 570
Alabama Ridgewalking, 1990-1991, 8
Alabama Run and the Bowling Balls from Hell, 230
Alaska's Ice Worms, 415
Amish Well Cave, 85
And Evenings' Vigil,...at Stewart Spring, 584
Angel Pit, 113
Annual Ratfeed, 577
Annville, Cave, 200
Another Cave Trip, 549
Anti-Gravity Caving, Part 1, 62
Anti-Gravity Caving, Part 2, 64
Are You Using Your Safety?, 528
Arm Pit: Prince of Wales Island, 27
Armstrong County's Cove Run Cave: The Final Word?, 203
Artesian Well Annex, 113
Artz Cave, Washington County, 127

B&B Cave: Prince of Wales Island, 17
Balls Cave…Again, 165
Barnetts Cave, 278
Bats and Public Opinion, 409
Bats, 584
Bears Bed Cave: Prince of Wales Island, 27
Bears Plunge: Prince of Wales Island, 27
Berkshire Caves and Karst: Disappearing Brook Karst, 131
Big Bone Cave, 386
Big Four Ice Caves, 290
Bitch to Find Cave, 223
Black Dog Cave, 300
Black Shale Cave, 253
Blowing in the Wind Cave: Prince of Wales Island, 31
Blue Caves, The, 301
Blue Sulphur Blowhole, 318
Botetourt County (To the Tune of Muhlenberg County), 539
Boulder Cave, 297
Breedens Karst Window Cave, 96
Brief History of Cave Studies in the U.S. Before 1887, A, 380
Buff Stew, 534
Burntwood Cave, 302
Busycon Cave, 278
Butternut Cave, 280

Cackley Cave, 303
Car Parts Alley…., 116
Carbide: It's Not Just For Breakfast Anymore, 471
Carneys Pit and Nearby Caves in Yeager Hollow, 201
Cataract Cave: Prince of Wales Island, 18
Cave Critter, 556
Cave Hunting Near Big Bend National Park, 259
Cave Inventories: Cave resources and Values, 432
Cave X, 153
Caver Slang, 542
Caver's Corner, 433
Caves as Wilderness, 434
Caves in New Jersey? Well, Maybe, 153
Caves Near Modoc, 313
Caves of Dorset Mountain, The, 267
Caves of Maryland, 129
Caves of Surtsey, The, 342
Caving History: Women Cavers, 405
Caving in Amazing Pits Cave Again!?, 45
Caving in Hawaii, 68
Caving in Jamaica, 346
Caving in Turkey, 368
Caving Lights, 483
Caving Sonnet, A, 570
Caving Stinks, 571
Caving Trip to Illinois' Driftless Area, A, 77
Caving, 538
Chocolate High: Northern Extension in Carlsbad Cavers, 157
Christmas in Arkansas, 40
Churchville Cave, 280
Cicada Killer Cave, 283
Çiftlik Maðarasi (Farm Caverns), 371
Cliff Cave, Feb. 1992, 555
Climbing Treadmill, 531
Clyde's Recycled Boot Shop, 552
Coffee Pot Springs, 106
Cold Breath, 551
Colorado's Claystone Cave, 55
Composition for the Cave Photographer, 488
Computer Cartography, 509
Conflict Cave: Prince of Wales Island, 20
Contact Cave: Prince of Wales Island, 21
Coopers Rock Cave, 304
Couple of New Maps, A, 246

Darby Pit, 305
Devils Hole and Limestreet Cave, 179
Die-off in Hidden River Cave, 414
Dillon's Dozer Cave (No More), 419
Discovery and Exploration of Hickory Hole, The, 103
Discovery of Atlantis, The, 73
Discovery of Prehistoric Paintings by Cave Diving, 460
Discovery of the Sarlacc Pit, 283
Discussion of Some Geologic Features in Wind Cave, 455
Dolo Cave, 147
Dress for Success, 536

Eagles Roost Cave: Prince of Wales Island, 34
Eddy Cove Plunge, 3
Efforts at Mahoosuc Notch, 1976-1985, 123
Empson Sulphur Spring Creek Cave, 117
Evolution of a Caver, 558
Expedition to Madagascar, 349
Exploration and Mapping of Fern Spring Cave, 149
Exploration and Mapping of Hoehn Spring Cave, 151
Exploration in the New World's Deepest Cave, 354
Exploring Colorado's Cave of the Winds, 57
Extended Stays in Mammoth Cave, 539

Fall and Echo Time of Rocks, 522
Falling Springs Blowhole, 307
Field Trip Cave, 205
Finding of Bobcat Cave, The, 266
Fingals Cave, Staffa (Island), 366
Fixed, 558
Foot Care: Blister Prevention and Treatment, 493
Fort Peebles Cave: A Preliminary Report, 248
Friars Waterfall Cave, 309
Full Contact Caving, 555
Fun, Fun, Fun in the Upper Buckeye Creek Drainage, 315
Further Ramblings, 196
Further Ramblings, 198

Generic Trip Report Form, 584
Georges Cave, 59
Georgia's Southern Cavefish, 412
Glorious Cave of Destiny, 557
Good ol'Caving Times, 556
Grahampton Spring Cave, 119
Great Idea or-???, 476
Grotto trip to Animal Farm and Logging Camp Caves, 233
Groundhog Cave, 261
Gypsumville Manitoba, 327

Handheld Light Sources Recommended for Caving, 478
Hardy Cave, 97
Hawaiian Caving, 69
He's Dead, 561
Health Education Mini-Series: Lizard Resuscitation, 567
Helium Cave, 299
Hineman 10000, 207
History and Resurvey of Suicide Cave, The, 108
History of Deserted Spring on Lookout Recalled by Suit, 396
Hole, 574
Hookers Caves I and II, 94
Hurricane Cave, 121
Hybrid Electric Lamp, 479
Hydrology of Buffalo Creek, 458

I Wish I Had a Wetsuit: Caving in Gros Ventres, 320
Illinois Cave Trips, 80
Interesting Things in Indiana Caves, 84
Into My World, 569
Introduction To The Age Of Texas Caves, An, 453
Inventive Caving Ideas, 537
Is Digging Worthwhile, 535

Jack Jones Cave is Finished!, 47
Jackson Gap Cave, Dade County, 66
Jackson Homestead Cave, 88
Jaunt to the Third Sump, A, 170
Jen's Cave Poem, 562
Jones-Weaver Cave, 208

Knox Group Find, A, 12
Kooken Cave: A Look Back, 390

La Grande Galleria, 331
Landowner Relations, 422
Leap Day Cave, 4
Left Hangin', 561
Lighting In Cave Photography, 489
Lights and Brightness, 472
Limestone Cave Development, 435
Lintpicker's Limerick, 564
Little Mountain, 310
Long Caves of Tennessee, The, 235
Lukes Cave: A New Find in Montgomery County, 210

Macho Wo-Man, 495
Mahoosuc Talus Pseudokarst, The, 125
Maiden and a Sin, A, 311
Making Maps, 510
Maquoketa Cave State Park, 111
McCoys Thunderdome, 312
Merrill Rift, 6
Mexican Ropewalker, The, 523
Mini-Mag Maintenance, 484
Miscellaneous Caves, 197
More Cave at Jack Jones, 48
More Results from the Spring Mill Project, 101
More Virgin Found in Mifflin: Rupert Cave Extended!, 212
Mossy Frog Pit and Tree Root Cave, 319
My Introduction to Ohio Caving, 189
My Secret Place, 563
Mystic Cave Area Cave Maps, 190
Mystic Cave Project Update: June 1992, The

Natural Bridge Cave System, The, 180
Nervous Rock Pit: Prince of Wales Island, 22
New Zealand: A Speleological Reconnaissance, 359
Newton Cave, 294
Nice and Dirty in Spence Cave, 287
No Old Gold or Bones? The Caverna del Oro Legend, 397
North Arrow: An Important Directional Standard, The, 505
North Fork Caves, 264

Oh, Shenandoah!, 286
On The Origin Of Cave Saltpeter, 445
On The Origin Of Cave Saltpeter: A Second Opinion, 442
On the Trail of the Axolotl, 194
OTR Meeting, 563
Overused and Abused Cave Resource, The, 424
Owls, Buzzards and Bats, 418

Panic Pit: Prince of Wales Island, 23
Photographing Digs, 557
Pickaway Cave, 314
Pigtail Knot Shunt, The, 525
Pilgrims #2, 316
Pits 'N Domes II, 572
Postcards from the Ledge, 243
Powell's Cave: The Entrance Maze, 511
Promised Land Cave #1, 211
Publicity and Recruitment: Don't Blame the Media, 423
Pulldown Cave Trips, 526

Rabies: How Much of a Threat to the Typical Caver?, 495
Radon Gas in Caves, 496
Razor Cave, 211
Read This! Landowner Relations, 421
Reasons to Join the NSS, 565
Reflections on a Successful Expedition, 220
Reflections on the First Descent of Alabama's Big One, 389
Results: 1991 Southwestern Region Limerick Contest, 585
Return to Calunturas, 351
Return to Roaring River, 188
Review of Electric Caving Lights, A, 486
Rise of the South Branch of the Root River, The, 462
Rites of Spring Cuisine, 534
Rivers End Cave, O.S. Pit: Prince of Wales Island, 35
Root Source Cave: Prince of Wales Island, 24
Round Cave, Canyon de Chelly, 38
Rusty Cave, 49

Safety Concepts, 492
Safety Considerations in the Vertical Caves of TAG, 500
Salts Cave Trip Convention '92, 403
Secrecy: An Alternative And Successful Model, 427
Sediments In Underwater Limestone Caves, 450
Self Belay Technique For Rappelling, 533
Sharmans Run Update: One Year Later, 130
Sherwood Rift: Higher Entrance to Sherwood Spring?, 252
Short Tale of Old Still Pit, The, 85
Sill Cave: Prince of Wales Island, 29
Slatten's Surprise!!, 253
Slide Cave: Prince of Wales Island, 25
Sniezna Studnia (Snow Pit Cave), 364
Some Thoughts on Cave Maps, 508
Some Thoughts on Pit Nomenclature, 524
Some Winter Wren Area Caves, 26
Sourdough Cave, 226
Speleo Believe-It-Or-Not, 550
Spider Cave, 217
Spider Hole, 288
SRT Autostop Descender, 529
Storm Cave, 573
Subterranean Hiking, 336
Suggestions For Cavers and Their Non-Caving Sigs, 544
Summons from Below, The, 575
Survey 101: A Quick Course, 517
Survey of Caverna Del Numero Uno, The, 159
Survey Of Maine Limestone, A, 437
Surveying Tips, 518
Survival Kits, 497
Suunto Compass and Sisteco Surveymaster, 515

TAG Caver Returns to Deepest U.S. Pit, 15
There's Holes in Them: Mount Anthony Cave, 275
Three Short Caves Near Wyandotte Cave, 89
Three Sources of Grief, 477
Three-Ascender Texas Climbing System, The, 530
Thrush Cave: Prince of Wales Island to Lechiguillan Depths, 162
Toca Da Boa Vista Expedition, 1992, 324
Two Barn Cave, 85
Two New Caves, 224
Two Small Westmoreland County Caves, 214

Unsung Heros, 578
Untitled Letter, 562
Unusual Formation Observed In West Virginia, 454

Virgin, The , 580

Wampus Cat and Larrys Caves, 226
Warm Inspirations, 585
Water, 579
Waterfall Cave, 218
We're Still Learning, 422
Week in the Footsteps of Martel, A, 333
Wet Caving in Cuevo del Tobacco, 358
What is a Cave and the Cave Environment?, 466
What is a Grylloblattid?, 416
What Would You Do? Part I, 502
What Would You Do? Part II, 503
Wheel Well or We'll Well, 13
Where Cavers Go, 553
Where do Good Collections Go?, 388
Where Was the Natural Entrance to Reeds Cave?, 446
Who Discovered Calcium Carbide?, 387
Why, 579
Wild Times on the Wyaloosing, 97
Wind Cave: From Grandeur to Grander, 227

You Know You've Been Caving Too Much When, 576
Youngs Divide, 256
Zeytin Alan Maðara (Olive Field Village Cave), 376

Þríhnúkagígur Pit of Southwest Iceland, The, 337