by speleodude » Sep 14, 2006 10:12 am
We would be happy to arrange survey trips into Lost River or some of the other projects involved with the survey area during the pre-camp. The trick is going to be finding out how many surveyors are interested in coming, what their skill levels are and setting them up with one of our people who knows the leads in a particular area of the cave. Our biggest concern will be rain.
The Lost River entrance was dug open on New Year's weekend 1998. We have intentionally explored the cave the as it has been surveyed. With over 20 miles, we have only a very small amount the has been visited and not been surveyed. As of last weekend there are now 265 known leads. At one time there were over 320. Almost every lead is virgin. In addition several caves have been opened or pushed in the surrounding area over the last 8 years.
We thought that this would be an opportunity to share our project with cavers from around the country and get a little work done at the same time. Who knows maybe we'll even learn something along the way.
Speleodude is Tony Cunningham
NSS 24877
Lost River Cave - 20 Miles and Growing