Secret Dig Trip

[Brian Roebuck]

I'm going on a secret dig trip today with hopes in breaking into more cave. Don't tell anyone OK! With the weather being so dry lately it is a good time for it. Hopefully we can get into something new!

[tncaveres]

Hey let me know where ya going so i can come rescue you if you get stuck ;D

[Brian Roebuck]

He he nice try tncavres! The dig was proceeding well when I had to bail out. I heard reports of darkness ahead but I promised to be out by a certain time. I hope the rest of my team fills me in. All I can say for now is that I have sand stuffed in every area form the trip!

[Sharon Faulkner]

drbeaner said:

All I can say for now is that I have sand stuffed in every area form the trip!

Ah, sand offers its own special torment. Probably one of the most uncomfortable trips I've ever had was wearing a wet suit thru sandy crawls. How it gets into every nook and cranny thru a wetsuit is beyond me. ;D

[L Roebuck]

tncaveres said:

Hey let me know where ya going so i can come rescue you if you get stuck ;D

Oooops, it may be out of your territory.

[tncaveres]

Our tech team covers about 5 countys

[L Roebuck]

Oh then I might be mistaken.

What counties does the Bedford Tech Team cover?

[tncaveres]

We respond to any county that calls. We are the only local resource for Coffee,Moore,Marshall,Maury,& we also respond to Rutherford county upon there request.

[L Roebuck]

Well it looks like the dig is not in your local rescue area, afterall. I suppose....by chance if we are in need of rescue we will have to call the closest cave rescue unit or dial 911. Ok, I can't say any more since it is a secret dig. Shhhh.......

[paul snook]

come on tell me , I promise I wont tell, where is it? huh? huh huh huh? where is it huh?
please please pretty please where is it? cherry on top where is it please?

[Brian Roebuck]

It's one of those underground secret dig leads Bull! In fact it's so secret I don't even know if it ever went anywhere! Now that's secret!!

[L Roebuck]

cavebull said:

come on tell me , I promise I wont tell, where is it? huh? huh huh huh? where is it huh?
please please pretty please where is it? cherry on top where is it please?

Um....don't mean to break your crayons but no, my lips are sealed, no way, un-un, nada, can't tell, sworn to secrecy.

[Brian Roebuck]

Well my secret team went back and dug secretly on the secret dig again yesterday. It was so secret I didn't want to tip anyone off by telling you in advance. We dug about 4 hours in a relaxing belly crawl with a hint of air flow removing a soft fill in an old lower passage that silted up. So far we have gone about 35 feet into the dig and the ceiling is tilted up now. That will hopefully let us get through into glory beyond. Again - don't tell anybody about this. It's a secret dig you know!

[Brian Roebuck]

Yet again the intrepid secret diggers gathered for another secret dig at a secret location. We broke through into some H&K crawls after a tight section was enlarged enough for me to get through. So far we have gone about 100 feet but the survey tape will tell the whole story when we survey our progress next time. I stopped in a 20 ft high section before turning around and extruding back out. It was nice to get back into walking mode after being horizontal for so long.

Later we all visited some other karst areas and even found a family dig project near a road that we stopped in to take a look at. We ended up helping two young men open up one karst feature that was vertical while others in the secret team checked out some other leads etc. Time passed quickly and we all had to leave for home. We secretly agreed to come back soon and do more looking and exploring.

It was a fine day of secret caving!