COG Participants: Anne Ault, John & Sue Bozeman, Duane Del Vecchio, Roy Diehl, Dale & Lil Town and Jon Woltz
How does one map a cave? You have to have at least 3 peopole. One for reading a compass and an elevation device (to tell if the passage is going up or down!) one for pulling the measuring tape and setting the survey points, and a recorder who writes down all of the distances called out by the other members of the team as well as drawing a “rough draft” of the passage they are in. Once the jobs are decided the team enters the cave and begins their job. Here is a pictorial of a cave survey trip…
