1996 Speleo Digest

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1996 Speleo Digest

Edited by Sheilarea Carpentier Lau

Co-Editors: Kevin Brown Morrie Brown Heather Halsey Kevin Harris Betty Mullins Rex Passion Bob Warshow Tim Wortley

1996 Speleo Digest -- Title Index

Another Sort of Endangered Species 318
Another TAG Union Soldier Cave 431
Apocalypse Cave 72
Aragonite Confirmed in New York 187
Arbogast - Cave Hollow 266
Archaeological and Paleontological Discoveries Made on Prince of Wales Island, 1996 389
Arnold Ice Cave Revisited 205
Art of Considerate Caving 484
Artifacts from Chuu-Ha Cenote, Cozumel Mexico 393

Baby Head Voodoo Cave 144
Bad News Canyon of Friars Hole 269
Ballad of Fred Yatez 463
Bard Cave #1 210
Barry County Afternoon 154
Bat Love Cave 103
Be Careful of What You Wish For 454
Beware of Landowners Bearing Gifts 449
Big Sink Cave System 128
Bird's Eye Cave 102
Blackburn's Gear Bag: A Ridgewalking Tip 346
Bladed Groove Cave 76
Body Recovery: Black Cave, Gila County 386
Boot Modifications for Caving 331
Bootlegger Sink: Paleontological Excavation 391
Brick Pit and Easter Cave 123
Bunker Creek Cave 280

Calculating Artificial Light Exposure in Caves 363
Can You Dig It Cave 16
Capricorn Cave 26
Cascade Grotto Liability Waiver 474
Catawba Murder Hole 259
Catawba Murder Hole: A Very Significant Cave Resource 259
Cave In 458
Cave of the Not So Very Distant Shoes 264
Cave Politics 456
Cave Radio 382
Cave Radio Transmitter Circuit 383
Cave Searching 447
Cave, Green County, The 189
Cave, The 453
Caver's Profile 475
Caver's Time to Go 446
Cavernland 466
Caverns Measureless to Man 445
Cavers' Bond, The 444
Cavers' Night Before Christmas 448
Caves and Graves: Legal and Political Considerations of Cave Archeology 396
Caves of Millard County 249
Caves of Sinkhole Flat, Eddy County 182
Caving Ghost Stories 492
Caving in the Republic of Mauritius 310
CB Radio in Lava Caves 385
Century 21 Cave 115
Chevy Fortress is Now Chevy Cave 190
Chia Pit: A New Northampton County Cave 214
Climax Clean-Up 317
Close-Up Photography in Caves 367
Colorado Caving: Summer 1995 66
Con Cave Remapped 208
Consumnes Crystal Cave 37
Coveralls for Caving 328
Covington Saltpeter Cave: A Historical Discovery is Uncovered in Robertson County 420
Crocker Springs Cave, Davidson County 231
Cross Word Puzzle 481
Cullen Cave, Herkimer County 198
Culver Pit 122

Dental Floss: Not Just for Teeth Anymore 9
Description of Devil's Wheelwright Shop 171
Devil Came Down to LOG 468
Devil Went Caving in Georgia 464
Discovery and Exploration of Colorado's Breezeway Cave 42
Discovery and Exploration of D-9 Cave 89
Discovery of Resurrection Cave 242
Discovery of Serendipity Pit 238
Discovery, Exploration and Survey of Hickey Pot 225
Domain of Leo Rex 92
Drafting Maps for Cavers: Somewhere Between Mud and Print 349
Duggin Spring Cave 107

Electric Caver Disorder (ECD): Information Fact Sheet 490
Emergence 445
Endangered Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis): State by State Trends 400
Enigma 20
Even Lower Impact Caving 472
Evolution of a New Seat Harness 377
Expedition to Gunung Buda, Sarawak, Malaysia 293
Exploration in the Sierra Madre Oriental Tamapatz: San Luis PotosÌ, Mexico 301
Exploration of Caboose Cave 71

Farewell to Lech 180
Fault Discovered in Fogelpole Cave 100
Fentress County Cavin' (Scoopin') 243
Final Justice: America's Most Vaunted 456
Fisher Ridge Line Map 135-163
Fisher Ridge Summary ó Logsdon Cave 140
Fixin'-to-Die! Beyond the Third Mile 56
Flood in McFails 198
Flood of February 10, 1996, Mount St. Helens Cave Basalt 411
Floyd's Hole: Another New Cave Near the Murder Hole 261
Focus Shifts for Extended Depth of Field 370
Fools in the Dark 449
Fourteen Caves Near the S,o Vicente System in S,o Domingos, Goais, Brazil 283
Fruit Bat Soup 483
Fry Caves 219
Further Anthropological Research on the Enessis, An Early Troglophilic Species 489

Garrison Cave 147
Garrison Cave Survey 151
Geology and Hydrology of Cave Creek Cavern 403
George Huppert Finds Anti-Cave! 489
"Get Vertical" Speleosearch 476
Globe Cave, Marshall County 246
Great Abyss, The 17
Great Bat Eviction 477
Great Vole Hole on Pole 96
Grinstaff Cave 109
Ground Water Tracing Using Fluorescent Dyes 413

Halloween and Ghoul Caves 220
Hatchet Head and Crosley Creekside Pits 121
Heel Hole 263
Hellhole Caves: A Preliminary Report 57
Helmets Are For Wusses Cave 29
Hidden Trails Cave II 117
High Meadows Cave Wrap-Up 275
Hodad Evidence Discovered in West Virginia Cavern 491
Hope and Hard Work Pay Off 101
Hot Water 453
How It All Began 325
How Network Television Would Look If Cavers Ran the Show 480
Hydrogeology of the White Chief and Eagle Lake Areas, Mineral King Basin, Sequoia National Park 407

I Don't Need a Helmet 457
Icebox Cave 142
Identification of a Civil War Soldier's Name in Big Bone Cave, Tennessee 432
If Famous People Had Been Cavers 475
Illusion Pit 18
Impact of Spit in a Cave 324
In Search of the World's Deepest Cave: Six Days Beyond the San AugustÌn Sump 306
Incident at Chuu-Ha Cenote 394
Incremental Rescue 482
Interesting 1837 Description of Pettijohn's Cave 419
Introduction to Caving in Malaysia 299
Introduction to Guide Numbers in Cave Photography 361
Jaunt in the Upper Crust Cave 18
Jersey Caver 467
Joys of Caving 450
Jumpoff Horror Hole 244

Karst in Conflict 322
Karst Research - It's Not a Job, It's an Obsession 319
Kazumura Cave Fall 1995 Expedition 82
Keel Spring 267
Kenya 1995 290
Kids, Don't Try This At Home 478
Kingston Corner Cave 77
Kiss-the-Wall Cave 117
Klaydo and Blanchet Caves 38

Lamp Regulator 340
Laniakea Mauka Cave 91
Last Days of the Leather Man 433
Lauries Misery 14
Lava Tubing in Hawaii 78
Lawrence Welk Cave 41
Lech-ya-dig-it Cave 111
Lechuguilla from the Perspective of an Aging Wimpette 181
Let's Talk About Bloomers: Understanding Our Underwear 329
Little Bird Cave 268
Little-Known Ledge In Surprise Pit Explored 12
Loganton Cave 218
Longs Short Cave 75
Lowdown About Dark 487

Maidstone Update: Fracture System Now Vermont's Second-Longest Cave 255
Maintenance Tips for Cave Gear 327
Making Your Own Robust Electric System 338
Man Who Never Left the Cave 454
Mapping in Glory Hole 86
Mapping on Hell's Half Acre 93
Mapping: A Quick Reference 359
Meal Cave Diversion 233
MetUkra: Caboose Cave's Hidden Passage 196
Milling Around Theory of Speleogenesis 486
Minnetonka Experience 99
Mist Cave 28
Mistakes, Lessons, and Random Ruminations: Some Thoughts on Vertical Techniques 380
MLG Trip to Guatemala...or, Travels with Forrest 288
Modifications to a Caving Helmet 332
More Recent History of Van Horn Cave 429
Morgan Cave 110
Mothwing Cave 113
Mouse Den Cave 112
Musings on Speleological Potentials 194
My Own Perspective on Why Caves Are So Dark 487

Nachtwerk 451
Narrows Cave 52
Narrows Cave: Beyond the Sandy Darkness 49
Near-Joining of the Surveys of Spring and Smith Caves? 130
Neils Creek Cave 105
New Climbing System: The Roller Frog! 374
New Discoveries in Hellhole Cave 273
New England Explorations, 1994-1996 168
New Exploration in White Oak Blowhole 228
Newspaper Accounts of Social Outings at Kingston Saltpeter Cave, 1960-1886 422
Night Vision Devices 384

Off In The Wilderness 133
Old Mans Cave, White Pine County 160
Old Timers' Reunion Cave Quiz 279
One Down, A Bunch More To Go (Bob Dobbs Annex) 141
One Month and Two Days: The Story of Hurricane Junction 247
Open Letter to Carbide Cavers 473
Other Thoughts on Helmet Modification for Caving 333
Ozzy's Hole 104

Panama Ranch Trash Dump Cave 184
Panic Attack of the Century 93
Pendleton and Grant County Ridgewalking Notes 277
People Say the Strangest Things 485
Phosphor Lamps 342
Pictures with Two: Trade Secrets 372
Pig Hole and Crevice Caves 120
Pinnacle Cave 212
Pinnacle Cave History 424
Pirate Treasure Caves in the Isles of Shoals 170
Pit in My Yard 465
Preliminary Account of Colorado's LaSunder Cave 60
Protective Covers for Batteries 343
Pruitts Pit Cave 135
Psycho System Management Cave 25
Push Trip in Mark II Cave 245

Razorback Cave 254
Rechargeable Alkaline Batteries 344
Recipe for Disaster 325
Red/Fly Cave 134
Regional Variations in Caver Profiles 434
Restoration of Garrison Cave 321
Return to Heart of the Ozarks Cave 155
Ridgewalking Primer 345
River Bluff Cave 127
Root Mat Cave 265
Route Finding Tips 334
Rules are Rules 471
Rutherford Cave II 115

S Caves: Discovery and Description 35
Saga of Burton Hollow Cave 118
San Francisco Bay Chapter welcomes it's first sponsor 482
Satellite Navigation for Caving 347
Science Corner Revisited: The Evolution of the Bat 488
Second Easter at Easter Cave 258
See the Light Cave / Monkey Hole 23
Selected Biologic Inventory of Georgia Caves 398
Seven Caves in a Day 145
Shock Cave Tour 323
Short Account of the Geological Situation of Big Room Cave 88
Siege of the Bat Mortuary Wall: Nunley Mountain Cave 235
Skull Cave, Albany County 200
Snap Happy 365
Some Facts About New Mexico Caves 184
Spring Regional at Freeze-Out 461
Square Root of Friendship 441
State Highway Department Breaks into Sizable Cave at Matsuyama's 92
Stay Clear of Danger at They-Duggit Cave 33
Stykes Cave 444
Subtle "Sucking" Wind 34
Superior Schoolhouse Cave 30
Surprise in Macon County 222
Survey of Cave Creek Cavern 63
Surveying Minnetonka Cave 97
Surveying on the Edge 358

Taking a Step Up 360
Taking Gate Measurements and Cleaning Up at Garrison Cave #2 321
Tau Phi Extension of Chime Cave 217
Tent Cleaning 386
Terrace Mountain Again 192
Thank You 460
Things to Talk About at Grotto Meetings 483
Three Discoveries in Lechuguilla: May 95 Expedition 172
Three Small Butler County Caves 216
Thunder Canyon Cave 40
Thundering Sea Cave 21
Tincher Swallowhole Cave 123
To Fill the Helm: An ode by one's helmet, on its possible uses when not being worn 441
Tongass Cave Project 15
Top Ten Ways to Identify a Hard-Core Caver 475
Travels in Grant County and Carpenter's Pit 271
Tricks and Tips for Cold-Weather Caving 381
Tripod Alternatives 372
'Twas the Night Before Fern 442

Update Your First Aid Kit 337
Uplinger Cave 108

Veenfliets Cave Geology and Recent Exploration 185
Veenfliets Cave History 427
Vertical System 379
Vertically Inclined 379
Virgin Cave on the Trail of Serendipity 240
Visit from the Cave Rats 458

Waimalu Cave 90
Water Watch Cave 29
Watterson Cave 157
Weekend of Ohio Caving 202
West Virginia 463
West Virginia Caving 270
What's the Difference Between a Spelunker, a Speleologist and a Caver? 436
What a Long Strange Trip It's Been 136
What is a GNIS, and What is the Fuss About? 315
White Knight Cave 27
White Socks Hollow Cave 27
Why Men Cave, Why Women Don't 474
Wind Cave Project: 1996 Year-End Report 69
Windy Cave 204
Woman Cave, Gila County 30
Word Search 485

Yahoo Falls Trip Poem 443
You Know You've Been Caving Too Much When 472
You Might Be a Caver If 471
You Might Be a Caver If 477
You Might Be a Caver If 479
You Might Be a Caver If 474
You Might Be a Caver If 484
Younger Cave 113