new caver's spelunkerating TN style

[paul snook]

new caver Jlynn and her room-mate Becky met up with Steve, Jonathon, and myself today for a trip to cedar ridge crystal,
it turned out to be a nice day even though I'm still a little under the weather, this cave always lifts my spirits and having new caver's along, that are eager to learn, makes for an even better trip, I look forward to more trips with them, and here are some pics from today,


Jlynn

Becky










Jlynn bacon

Becky bacon

some of the pics are a little fuzzy but still good,
the ladies had a good time as did we all, and so long as they are willing to be in front of the camera I'll be posting more of our trips,
I'll even try to post more formation pics next time in the interest of fairness to the caves,

PS: Jlynn & Becky, welcome to tha' D.A.R.C.

[tncaveres]

You suc ;D
You went with out me You know how bad II have been wanting to get in that cave.

I bet a trip in Friddle on a wet day & jlynn would wish she left all that jewlry at home. Talk about some mud ;D

[paul snook]

hea! hea! ha ! ha! I got to see good stuff with out you! friddle?? make it happen we'll be there these ladies need to get traverse experience, crossing the pit would be perfect,
I picked on her for the jemelry to, she forgot she had it on and I didnt notice until we were on our way out, as far as cedar ridge let me know when your next weekend off is and we'll go, maybe they will go to, I need to do some reshoots any way,

[Brian Roebuck]

Pretty good photos Bull. I think you were too distracted by your models though. Give those girls some gloves dude! ;D

[L Roebuck]

It looks like Jlynn and Becky enjoyed the trip. ;D Yeah Bull I see what you mean about corkscrew

Hey Bull did you tell the girls about good caving practices and why it is not a good idea to touch formations with ungloved hands.

[jlynn]

I'm not scared of a little mud. It's nothing a little water won't wash off. But I will take the advice and leave the jewelry at home and pick up some gloves.

[Sharon Faulkner]

jlynn said:

I'm not scared of a little mud. It's nothing a little water won't wash off.

Spoken like a true caver. ;D

Glad you had the opportunity to get in your first cave trip, Paul picked a good one to take you to. Here is a thread about different types of gloves some cavers use for caving: To glove or not to glove Maybe this will help you out and if you have any cave gear related questions, feel free to ask. Many cavers will be happy to help answer.

Good trip report Cave Bull, thanks for posting!

[Azurerana]

Heck with the gloves. Who can cave in white shirts and keep 'em bright white? Also, long sleeves are preferable to short or sleeveless. Caves bite and scrape, you know!

I think this was supposed (!) to be a photo shoot!

[Rebel Rouser]

Hands off the goods please!

[L Roebuck]

Hey Jlynn also there is some good information for the new caver about Conservation and Caving on the Cave Conservation Division's web site at caves.org/committee/conservation/

[jlynn]

Thanks for all of the advice and trust me that shirt was not white afterwards, but if I cared about it I wouldn't have worn it so it's not a big deal. Guys, don't let the faces fool you we still have a lot to learn but once we get it down you'll have a hard time keeping up with us. We are true rough necks, mud, cuts and bruises mean nothing to us.

[tncaveres]

jlynn said:

Guys, don't let the faces fool you we still have a lot to learn but once we get it down you'll have a hard time keeping up with us. We are true rough necks, mud, cuts and bruises mean nothing to us.

Uh oh sounds like a trip to the Tater piller is in order. ;D

[jlynn]

[quote author=tncaveres board=Trips thread=1180914535 post=1180977351 [/quote]
Uh oh sounds like a trip to the Tater piller is in order. ;D[/quote]


Uh oh someone is already falling behind. That trip has already been planned.

[paul snook]

ok folks, many apologies, on my part, let the flaming begin, I lost my concintration, and failed in my instructing, but I will be more focused next time, please forgive the ladies, it was my fault, ( i was distracted)

[tncaveres]

jlynn said:

Uh oh someone is already falling behind. That trip has already been planned.

Good deal. I live within walking distance of it.
Hey Bull I need to try & drop that pit from the top ledge to make sure that last photo of the the survey trip is going to work.

[paul snook]

if your talking about the pit on the back side of peanut butter crawl, thats not where the photo's going to be, not enough room back there for every body, and to much body heat will steam out the pic, the photo will probably be set up in one of the large rooms, the pit drop pic I'm wanting to do will be in the twins,
multiple caver's on rope, all from different angles dropping at the same time, Ill show you Sunday if you make the trip.

[tncaveres]

I am talking about the twins pit drop. I need to try it out first to make sure it will work ;D

Hey Jlynn this is what you look like after a trip in Friddle.

(Tech team trip 6-12-07)
I am on the far left.

[L Roebuck]

Meh.......you call that mud? ;D (LOL couldn't resist tncaveres)

Who are the other people in the photo?

[tncaveres]

Kerri Mitchell is in the middle (New caver) & Mike Clements on the far right. Mike is level 3 NCRC & also the Assitant Director of Bedford EMS.

[L Roebuck]

tncaveres said:

Kerri Mitchell is in the middle (New caver) & Mike Clements on the far right. Mike is level 3 NCRC & also the Assitant Director of Bedford EMS.

Ok I am curious.....how many of the Bedford Co. EMS have taken NCRC training? And I also wondered if Bedford Co. EMS's were cavers 'before' or 'after' they became EMS's or EMT's.
Just curious...

[tncaveres]

There is 2 level 3's , 2 level 2's & 4 level 1's.

Me & Joanna will be level 3's after we get back from Va.

All of us did caving before we went to NCRC. I even did caving before I started working EMS.

[Brian Roebuck]

Wow, y'all are increasing the Bedford County caving population by a large percentage! Perhaps y'all need to join a local grotto if you keep caving etc. Welcome to all our "new" area cavers!