Bad Air
Posted: Oct 3, 2005 4:22 pm
Last weekend, Myself and some friends investigated a lead that we knew of, and found it to be a nice pit, but has Bad Air. I am wondering whether it is high in Co2 or low in O2. The lighter struck all the way to the bottom, but at the botom, it just shot a fireball. That is somethnig that low O2 would do, but it doesnt tell us anyting about Co2. I had the worst headache of my life after I got back to the top of the pit, and I felt like I had just done 400ft. on rope.(I free climbed most of it, with a safety, and it is only 50ft. or so deep.) The logest anyone was at the bottom was maybe 15 minutes, possibly 20. After we were at the top, We had an O2 tank to breathe from, and after about 5 minutes of oxygen, my headache subsided.
I am also curious as to how grants work. There are a lot of caves with bad air here, and a big drainage, and they are probably all one big system. We cant explore them for the bad air, and a grant or something would help us get Air monitoring systems or something. It looks as if to explore such a cave, we would all need to carry 2 O2 tanks for around a 5 or 6 hour push.(full mouth and nose cover also.)
Tony
I am also curious as to how grants work. There are a lot of caves with bad air here, and a big drainage, and they are probably all one big system. We cant explore them for the bad air, and a grant or something would help us get Air monitoring systems or something. It looks as if to explore such a cave, we would all need to carry 2 O2 tanks for around a 5 or 6 hour push.(full mouth and nose cover also.)
Tony