Trip Leader Name: Andy Isbell
Phone Number: 913-788-7187
Email address:
Blkhole@kc.rr.com
Date of Trip: 12 April 2003
Project Manager: Lawrence Ireland
Purpose of trip: Bio Count
Areas of cave visited: Carroll Passage Upstream Thunder Upstream-Round Room
or beyond Downstream Thunder Downstream to DL7 Convention Hall
List actual participants:
1). Andy Isbell
2). Lawrence Ireland
3). Val Schmidt
4). Bill Gee
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Time of Entry:Noon Time of Exit 8pm
Trip Report We did a second count between Thunder Falls & the Round room.
We left a Blue reflector at the round room. These reflectors will indicate
BIO Markers. There are three more at the back door to be used as such.
Lawrence and Val took notes. I don't have the numbers but we found life
everywhere we went, including right around what looked like carbide on a rock.
Please, when
you travel in the stream try to stay out of the ripples. Bugs live under
the rocks in the ripples.
We didnt' get to the end of mappaged passage. Other than that, we fulfilled our
trip schedule. We picked up lots of trash; carbide dump, Air Mattress,
Batteries, Cans, etc. Even a bag of trash at the bottom of the hole. Everyone
should be doing this. We probably carried out 25 pounds of trash!
Why is it so hard to find people to go on BIO trips?
We were in Carroll for about 8 hours. Thank you Val, Lawrence and Bill.
Couldn't have done it without you. Lets do it again.
Bill and I worked at the campsite Sunday Morning cleaning up and cutting wood.
Andy Isbell