kolstad@parsec.UUCP (08/27/83)
#N:parsec:41200004:000:1079 parsec!kolstad Aug 26 12:01:00 1983 Last year I submitted the story of several of us who went to Sullivan's cave in Indiana to push it to the limit: the rise of the Sullivan River. Unfortunately, one of us became hypothermic and the cave rescue squad had to "rescue" him. This year, things went better. Five of the original crew returned in a more organized fashion last weekend. In bed in Bedford, IN by midnight, up at 5:30 got them to the cave entrance (after a healthy breakfast) by 8 am. One hour and 38 minutes to the first bathtub (by the "Rest Bank"). Four hours later, the crew reached THE ROCK. Quoting my friend's letter: "Helmet off, on your back, slide under the rock, stand up, chimney 6 feet, pack off, belly/side crawl 20 feet, climb down breakdown, stand up and replace pack/helmet, easy walking through winding hall way for 50 yards, left across breakdown pile and THERE IT IS: the rise of the Sullivan River." Total of 4.5 hours in; 5.5 hours out -- home by midnight! Last year we didn't get out of the cave until 2 am (or 7 am for the rescuee). Ah, to be back in Illinois. Rk
paulp@tekcad.UUCP (08/30/83)
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tekcad!paulp Aug 29 20:48:00 1983
Indeed to be back in Illinois. Already the image is forming in front
of my eyes:
Summer that begins in June, not at the end of July like some parts
of Oregon I could mention. The early morning haze has already formed,
some days were IFR with blue sky overhead.
Summer is something you can taste in Illinois. When the temperature
climbs to 95 and the humidity to 90%, walking out of the computer room
to the outside can cause cardiac arrest. It's unpleasant at times,
but because it's where I grew up, it can still draw me back.
The winters were always interesting in a university town like C-U.
Located midway between the centers of Champaign and Urbana, the city
streets near campus were the last to be plowed. Some years, street
parked cars didn't move until spring. The university had a nifty rotary
brush that fitted onto the lawn mowing tractors and was supposed to
sweep the snow off the sidewalks. More often than not, the effect
was to partially melt the top part of the snow which re-froze as ice.
Several university streets weren't plowed as all. The snow was packed
down into something akin to ice VI. Grooves were worn into the icepack
as traffic picked up.
Actually, I've only explored caves five or six times in high school,
but Rob made me think of home and what a lousy summer Oregon's had
this year. C'est la vie.
Paul Pomes
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