Wow, that brought back some old memories from my youthful caving days back in the 70's. You have way better equipment and clothing for this venture. We pretty much just had racks, Jumars and carabiners. Our three light souses were the trusty carbide lamp (Brighter then you think and would let you know if your were getting into bad air), a set of weak ass flashlights, matches and a last resort candle. Hardhats, T-Shirts, Blue Jeans, gloves and tennis shoes were our outfits of the day. We used Goldline rope that would give you a hell of a spin on a free rappel then started using Bluewater braided which was much better. Did a lot of caving around the San Antonio and Hill Country area, some west Texas stuff at Midnight cave and we mapped some caves south of Monterey Mexico too. It was a great experience to have, turned out we even had a couple of Capital Murderers amongst our group. Nice cave and photography work. Try to stay safe and dry on your adventures.
@@scottbauerbelow Man, I'm way to old to bend and contort like that anymore. I was a member of the NSS, TSA and the Alamo Grotto Club of SA. We did some cave rescues and debris clean out on NBC and Cascade Caverns after floods. It was a lot of fun and have some good stories and memories. Kind of curious if some of the old caves I ventured into are still around? Caves like Twin Pits out on Bulverde road, Dead Dear cave near Blanco and 1604, Big Bear and little Bear cave oven in Stone Oak. The last one is still their but has debris and rock clogging the entrance. The City of SA put a marker on it. It's a shame because most of these cave I explored at certain times of the year, at the lower levels, you were sometimes swimming or crawling in the top of the of the Edwards. I know a lot of them have been paved over, built on or trashed filled, they were direct intakes for the aquifer. I have new respect for some of the older members of the club I was in because they were my age now and still mudding. Chuck Steen was at least 60 and was one of the first explorers to help survey NBC after old man Wuest found it. Lots of good times. BTW: Still have my carbide lamp to this day.
HARDCORE!!!! Looks awesome.
Great content, keep it up!
Thank you!
This was sick!!! Well done sir, I gotta make my way to this well one day =)
Thank you very much!
Wow, that brought back some old memories from my youthful caving days back in the 70's. You have way better equipment and clothing for this venture. We pretty much just had racks, Jumars and carabiners. Our three light souses were the trusty carbide lamp (Brighter then you think and would let you know if your were getting into bad air), a set of weak ass flashlights, matches and a last resort candle. Hardhats, T-Shirts, Blue Jeans, gloves and tennis shoes were our outfits of the day. We used Goldline rope that would give you a hell of a spin on a free rappel then started using Bluewater braided which was much better. Did a lot of caving around the San Antonio and Hill Country area, some west Texas stuff at Midnight cave and we mapped some caves south of Monterey Mexico too. It was a great experience to have, turned out we even had a couple of Capital Murderers amongst our group. Nice cave and photography work. Try to stay safe and dry on your adventures.
Wow! That older equipment sounds really sketchy lol! Are you involved in the underground Texas grotto at all these days?
@@scottbauerbelow Man, I'm way to old to bend and contort like that anymore. I was a member of the NSS, TSA and the Alamo Grotto Club of SA. We did some cave rescues and debris clean out on NBC and Cascade Caverns after floods. It was a lot of fun and have some good stories and memories. Kind of curious if some of the old caves I ventured into are still around? Caves like Twin Pits out on Bulverde road, Dead Dear cave near Blanco and 1604, Big Bear and little Bear cave oven in Stone Oak. The last one is still their but has debris and rock clogging the entrance. The City of SA put a marker on it. It's a shame because most of these cave I explored at certain times of the year, at the lower levels, you were sometimes swimming or crawling in the top of the of the Edwards. I know a lot of them have been paved over, built on or trashed filled, they were direct intakes for the aquifer. I have new respect for some of the older members of the club I was in because they were my age now and still mudding. Chuck Steen was at least 60 and was one of the first explorers to help survey NBC after old man Wuest found it. Lots of good times. BTW: Still have my carbide lamp to this day.
Spoooooky.