1988 Speleo Digest

Edited by James and Mark Adler

1988 Article Title Index

1833 Description of Delaneys Cave, An 374
1988 Cave 198
50 Years of Cave Mapping 368

About Rope 480
Aging Rope: Study on Rope Aging 482
Ain't Barbwire Cave 17
All-Purpose Caving Checklist 444
Alonzo Ladd: Nitre Bureau Employee and Lime Merchant 358
Amargosa River Caves 22
Amazon II: Wisconsin's Greatest Underground Expedition 276
America or Ametrica 499
Anderson Spring Cave Extended 42
Another Saga From Tim's "Easy Cave Trips" 523
Arid Cave 4
Ask Uncle Muddy 521
Bad Guys Wear Helmets (Smokey Caverns Chronicles, Part 2) 91
Bad Air Detection 452
Bagging Bone Matrix in Hamilton Cave 382
Barton Hill Preserve Management Plan 404
Baskets for Feet: The Last Word 441
Bat and the Weasels, The 523
Bat Bytes Back, The 415
Batguide: To Tell One Bat From Another 394
Bats Will Kill Insects by the Thousands--Invite Them into Your Back Yard 413
Bats 393
Beilfuss Waterhole Cave 279
Bells Valley Dry Cave 252
Big Manhole Cave, Eddy County, New Mexico 128
Bill Hendricks Cave 272
Biological Inventory of the Mt. Saint Helen's Cave Basalt Flow Area 395
Birds, the Beasts, and the Bat, The 524
Black Rock Cave--A Rare Find 383
Blaine County Caves 161
Blue Springs Cave 260
Boones Cave Reconnaissance 142
Box Canyon Cave 127
Brown Recluse Pit 186
Brown Cemetery Cave, Owen County 61
Brownwashing: An Advanced Technique in the Fight Against Graffiti 411
Bucks County Grotto Finds New Cave 187
Build Your Own Bat Box 413
Bunck Cave, Corydon East Quadrangle, Harrison County49

Carabiners 486
Care of Carbide Lamps 456
Care and Feeding of the Carbide Lamp, The 457
Cave Airflow Detection 466
Cave Car, The 498
Cave Diving: Oklahoma 167
Cave Guide, The 519
Cave Hunting Near Galeana, Nuevo Leon 310
Cave Leads 173
Cave Mapping 101--Wagon Wheel Cave 130
Cave Safety--Headgear 440
Cave Scorpion Sting 454
Cave Swill 495
Caver Safety and Group Safety 446
Caver Training 445
Caver's Debate, A 517
Caves and Cave Ecology 411
Caves and Karst in the Equinox Range 231
Caving 530
Caving and Cave Surveying in East Tennessee 208
Caving Horror Stories 505
Caving in Brasil: Part One, Minas Gerais 300
Caving in Brasil: Part Two, Sao Paulo 301
Caving in Kansas 71
Caving in Shorts and Tennies, Allamakee County, Iowa 70
Caving in South Africa 327
Caving Near Valles 307
Challenge in Northern New York, A 135
Challenge of Sea Cave Photography, The 471
Challenge to the Speleo-Inventor, A 492
China Pig Hole, The Early Trips 112
China Pig Hole, Wright County, Missouri 110
Chiquibul Expedition 1986, Vaca Plateau, Belize/Guatemala 292
Christophers Cavern at Alex Spring, Cuzco, Indana 46
Civil War Era Description of Bear Cave, A 363
Civil War Laborers at Kingston Saltpeter Cave 346
Close Encounters With Close Caves 116
Coal Lot Cave 109
Cold Feet 440
Coldwater Cave, Winneshiek County, Iowa 68, 69
Colley Cave, Wayne County, Kentucky 92
Colossal Cave Project, The 14
Commander Adama's Killer Bat Cave 262
Companion 525
Con Cave, Pulaski County, Kentucky 85
Coon-in-the-Crack Caves, I and II 86
Corncob Pit 94
Couple of Equipment Notes, A 462
Covert Caving in Western New York 139
Crack in the Wall Caves No. 1 and No. 2 271
Cricket Cave 183
Cutlip Cave 273

Day "Nunk" Died, or, Uncle Nunk's Last Ride, The 514
Death Coral: A Coralloid Speleothem in the Sistema Purificacion, Mexico 430
Different Foot Gibbs Assembly, A 493
Discovery, Naming and Exploration of Stay High Cave, The 241
Discovery of Yer Cave 240
Doc Yock and Stinking Caves 25
Dogwood City Grotto Cave Register Program, The .440
Don't Use Two Eyes With Your Suunto 474
Dryden Cave--Crosley Fish and Wildlife Area 64

E.Y. Green/ Green's Crack Caves 57
Early Radio Experiments in Caves 354
Earth Shook, the Sky Burned, and All the Bunny Rabbits Ran Away, Pt. 8, The 26
Echoes from Lechuguilla Cave 120
Echoes of the NSS: 300 Year's Worth of Delayed Mail 337
Elmhurst Cave 260
Elsinore Caves, Franklin County, Kentucky 95
El Sotano Lodoso 219
Equipment Corner #4, The 443
Equipment Tip 439
Escape From the Botetourt Triangle 254
Everything Was Open at Byron 13
Exploration: Virgin Passage in Wisconsin's Longest and Most Challenging Cave 272
Exploration and Survey of Logans/Greensnake Cave, The 72

FTA Pit, Randolph County, West Virginia 272
Fallen Warrior 517
Fear and Loathing at Golondrinas; The Awesome Expedition 314
Ferguson Cave, Caldwell County, Ketucky 93
Finding Virginia's Deepest Cave 234
Fishhook Pit 6
Flashlight Tip 478
Florida Cave Diving, Dec. 19-23, 1987 40
Food for Caves 495
For a Few Miles More Cave 206
For the Hell of It 49
Fourth of July Unita Trip 220
Fox Den Cave 65
FRCS Carbon Dates Given New Meaning 382
From the Book of Torode: The Saga of Sawmill Cave 9
From the International Desk: Caving in Korea 306
Fudges Cave 250

Geology of Caboose Cave, The 422
Geology of Marion County, With Emphasis on Cave-Bearing Units 429
Gonzo Sea Cave Trip, A 27
Grading of Carbide 458
Grand Opening of Ackermans Cave, The 99
Grapevine Cave 217
Great Caves of Argentina 285
Great Bear Cave Research Update: The Mystery of Forbes' Rock Solved 364
Groomers Pit Cave 67
Gupha Basne 325
Gypsy Bill Allen Cave, Huron Quadrangle, Martin County, Indiana 54

Hang 'Em High Cave 192
Hell of Echols Cave, The 248
Helpful Hints on Elevation and Relief 465
Hendersons #1 Cave 249
Hibernating Bat Population Studies 401
High Mountain Rangers 518
Hinkle School Pit 268
History of Wolf River Valley, Fentress County Tennessee, A 346
Hole in the Wall Cave 281
Horrock Wonderland Cave 270
Hot Dog Cave 82
Hot Lead in Hicks Cave 77
How Good of a Caver Are You? 512
How the Rebreather Works 500
Hughes Creek Caves, The 264
Hypothermia 449

In Search of the Big One, Chapters 1-3 101, 102, 104
In a Cave Before Christmas 517
Indestructible, Down Deep and Dirty D-Cell, The 458
Indian Cave 52
Indiana's Best Preserved Saltpeter Artifacts? 56
Inside Lone Hill 523
An Introduction to Cave Photography 467

Jenkin's Caves #1 and #2 183
John Guilday Cave Preserve, The 417
Just a Hunch 63
Just Released News! Fall Caving Accident at Galloping Ghyll Cave System 506

Keyhole Cave 8
Knotted Hose Cave 41

Lava Beds in 1932-33 351
Lechuguilla 518
Lechuguilla Cave--The Exploration Continues, Parts I and II 123, 125
Letters 514
Limekiln--Destroyer of Caves, The 378
Lives of Caves, The 418
Lose Weight the Crystal Cave Way 449
Lure of Armchair Caving, The 521

Major Squeeze Through in Southwest Georgia, A 43
Mammoth-Flints Longest Status Challenged 533
Mammoth vs. Mammoth: The Great Kentucky Cave Wars 344
Middle Levels of Poplar Cave, The 7
Midnight Twilight 518
Millboro Caves, The 243
Mollala Deep Cave: A Trip Report 174
Mongrel Cave 278
Monolith Cave Update 89
Montgomery County Cave Survey 201
More Cave Wandering 323
More (on the Debate): Do P. Townsendii Need Caves To Survive? 416
More on the Lost Maples Caves 214
Muther Mudd 524
Mysterious Blowhole Near Black Butte Ranch 420
Mystery Cave Formation Route Creek 105
Mystery Cave to Seven Springs Dye Trace 434

NCA Meet: Vancouver Island 303
Neffs Cave-An Historical Perspective 365
Neotoma floridiana Ord: Eastern Woodrat 398
New and Improved (?) Valdina Farms Sinkhole, The 433
New Cave at Levys 133
New Species of Cave Creatures Discovered 523
New York Long Cave List 138
Next Generation is Knocking on Our Door, The 479
Nichols Cave and Wildflower Cave 249
Nielsons Well, A Caving Adventure 221
Nittany Grotto Pig Roast How-to Manual 497
North Carolina's Coldest Cave--The Black Rocks Mystery Hole 140
Northeast Cave Diving Notes--McFails Cave 134
Northwest Texas Caving 215
Not Just For Beginners: Finding New Caves 464
NSS CDS Dive Team Penetrates Fiborn Resurgence 96
NSS Maya Caves Project 287

Old Faithful Cave, A Baby Cave is Born 229
Olde Formation Pit 243
On the Origins of the Topofil Survey Device 475
On the Rope Again 506
One of My Personal Indiana Favorites 58

Paleomagnetic Sampling at the Guilday Bone Preserve 381
Paleontological Studies at Nielson's Well 384
Pavey Cave, Crawford County 60
Petersons Cave 185
Peter's Cave, Todd County, Kentucky 94
Photography Tip 471
Photomonitoring Status 416
Pinkys Pit, Randolph County, West Virginia 257
Pioneering Surveys of Mystery Cave 361
Pirate Cave 61
Pits of the Walnut Grove Area 204
Pop Hill Cave: A Requiem 366
Poplar Cave 5
Proposed Fort at Trout Rock, The 362
Proposed Method of Surface Location of Cave Passages Through Capillary Translocation 464
Psychology of Growing Up Caving, The 522
Push Trip in Nash Waterfall Pit 43

Queer Caves of Hocking Hills, The 155

Rack and Bars With Self Belay Spool 488
Rainy Cave, the Next Generation 19
Read My Lists 519
Rebel Yelp Cave 247
Rechargeable Batteries 463
Reconnaissance in Colossal Cave 16
Red Hot Hawaiian Caving 44
Reddington Caves, The 179
Relapsing Fever in Texas Caves 452
Rescue: Who Needs It? 454
Resurrection Cave 256
Revised Caving Terms 524
Rexton Hollow Ridge Walk 211
Richardsons Cave, Pulaski County, Kentucky 95
Roadside Cave #1 252
Roaring Cave, Jefferson County, Tennessee 210
Rope Hopper, The 487
Ropework For One and All 494
Roses Don't Grow in Caves 412
Roy Freeman Cave 59
Rush For Honey Creek 508

Saga of Sewerina--A True Story, The 516
Saltpeter Mining At Burger Cave 376
San Francisco Sea Cave Revisited 30
Sandeppley Chronicles, The 175
Saturday Night 511
Sea Caving in San Francisco 30
Search for the Minnesota Survey Instrument, The 474
Seating: Chapter Three of Off Rope 531
Second Annual Barton County Survey Trip 113
Shaft Drain 510
Short History of American Cave Exploration, A 505
Short History of Plymouth Caves, A 372
Sitting Down Using the Jumar System 485
Sketching 472
Small Caves of Rocky Butte: An Afternoon's Diversion, The 169
Solar Charging Your Batteries 460
Some Comparisons of Data from Registers 409
Some Interesting Ohio Caves in Non-carbonate Rocks 144
Sotano de Ocatempa, Mexico's Second 1,000 Meter Deep Cave 319
Southeast Minnesota Trip: Finleys Cave 105
Spacewatch 525
Speleo-canoeing in Alexander Caverns 181
Speleological Aptitude Test (SAT 527
Speleology: The Mental Process 522
Spring Cave Adventure, The 31
Springtails 403
Stalactoids on Pool linings in Lechuguilla: Bizarre Sub-aqueous Speleothems? 427
Stamping Out Rabies 448
Starlight Cave and El Capitan Cave Trip Report 10
Stickey Wicket Cave 26
Stumphole 65
Subtle Caving Experience, A 70
Subtle Tendencies 499
Subways of the United States 528
Summer in Pompeys Cave--or--The Three Stooges Learn to Map a Cave, A 136
Surprise in Dodie Spring, A 188

Tekna Light Update 462
Terrapin Spring Cave 246
Thailand: Temple Caves and Tower Karst 328
THOR Cave Survey 194
Three Caves in a Day 50
Three Independent Sources of Light 463
Three Points of Contact Are Not Really Necessary 491
Through the Eyes of a Deaf Spelunker 501
Tongue Twister 524
Total Vertical Traverse 473
To Tarsal or Not to Tarsal 489
Treatise on Slips and Falls, A 515
Tribulations of Multiple Shot Photography, The 469
Trip Leading 447
Trip Report--Flat Rock Cave 83
Triple-D Blitzes Rainshelter in Triple Survey Surprise Attack 79
TSA Winter Project 217
Tubes in Hawaiian Volcanoes: The Role of Lava 429
Turtle Shell Cave 41
Twenty Pound Tick Cave: The Exploration Continues 38
Twenty Years of Exploration: Groaning Cave Reaches Seven Miles 37
Twin Columns Again 268
Tygarts Saltpeter Cave, Carter County, Kentucky 88
Tyson Spring Cave 106

Under the Hills of Europe: A Caving Experience Abroad 304
Underground Adventure, a Synopsis of Three Trips to Fern Cave In Early 1988 3
Underground Beauty 518
Underground in Transylvania 331
Unfolding of Falling T, The 196

Valentine Cave, Rockcastle County, Kentucky 80
Vespertilionidae: An Introduction to the Bat Species of Ohio 386
Vogel Well: Leon's Cloverleaf Room 278

Watch Out for Cave Critters 403
Water Tracing in Richardsons Cave, Long Hollow, Pulaski Co., Kentucky 431
Weed Hole 213
Weekend at Foglepole, A 45
Well-l-l Randy.What do You Think We Should Name It? 55
Well Kept Arizona Secret, A 18
Wequiock Cave 279
West Texas Gypsum Caving 216
Western Kentucky Cave Survey: Cave Spring (Cerulean) Cave 83
What is a Map For Anyway? 476
Where is Stephen Cranes Cave 375
Whisper Rocks 177
Widow Cave, Major County, Oklahoma 156
Will We Map as We Survey 477
Wind Cave Trip Reports 189, 191
Winola Cave, Pennsylvania 351
Wolf Cave 182
Wolf Hole Cave 186
Woodbury Wildlife Area Natural Bridge: Mini Karst in Coshocton Co., Ohio 154
Word From Miss Manners, A 513

Yakinikak 117
YooHoo Pit 94