Project Date:  October 9-12, 2000

Reported by:  Dale Barnard

Report Date:  10/29/2000

Person-hours:

Personnel: ( folks)

Angel ??	Butch Fralia	Charlie Savvas	Dale Barnard
Heidi Dues	Jack Johnson	James Lopez	James Overfelt
Keith Heuss	Melonie Alspaugh	Paul Atkinson	Rosanne Larson
Terry Holsinger	Will Harris

 

> Bad air kept us from the goal at hand. > > We started by walking the long, long way through the > pasture, following the road. Seemed much longer, never > been that way. Th moon and atmoshphere were very nice, > though, except for one scary incedent... > > We made it to the first intersection, and then the pit > intersection in pretty short order, no problem. The > air became worse immediately after the pit inersection. > All were breathing heavily, I wanted to continue, but > Eric and Robin turned around right there, I talked Ian > into waiting for me, but he did not want to go further. > I crawled a couple hundred feet...it was pretty miserable. > I was getting a headache and realizing that I was a long way > from the prize, had to retreat. > > I think we were only in about 4 1/2 hours. Fun...yes, > painful on the knees and elbows...you bet, productive...not really. > > It is interestng to note, however, that the water level > in the puddle preceding the pit intersection had not > changed significantly, and the shrimp were still kicking. > Also, from the top of the pit, one could hear a steady > water drip somewhere down there. It appears that the > water related conditions in the part of the cave we had > access to have not changed. > Russ

Team 6: Melonie Alspaugh Time: 3 hours * 1 person * 2 different months = 6 hours

 I neglected to report these hours on last month's report. On Sunday, Melonie led another Gorman Falls tour for the park. Thanks!

Extra volunteer hours

 In addition to the hours accumulated on this trip, an estimated 33 hours was spent during April on project-related activities. An additional 67 hours was spent commuting to and from the project. This brings the total hours for this month to 33 + 67 + 65 = 165. What Should Be Done Next:

Break ground on the backpacking trail construction. GPS pretty much the whole park again since Selected Availability (SA) is turned off now. Finish surveying SAB189. Put a tag on Cave No 6 (SAB224).