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CRF, 3, 45, 83, 326; founding of, 13; and recruitment of cavers, 18
Crowther, Pat, 16, 120–21. See also Wilcox, Pat
Crump Spring Cave trip, 28–30
CSX line. See Louisville & Nashville Railroad
C-3 Expedition to Floyd Collins’ Crystal Cave, 23
Cuddington, Bill, 104
Cumberland Caverns, Tenn., 81
Currens, Jim, 35–38, 70–75, 83, 259; and Arlie Way trips (RC) 84–96, 98, 219; as co-chair of Third Cave Project Workshop, 289–300; and conflicts with Jim Borden, 110–12, 204–8, 214; and Currens Corridor trip (RC), 219; and Downey Avenue trip (RC), 220–21; and Elysian Way trip (RC), 209–14; and Grim Trail and beyond trip (RC), 76–80; and Jakes Cave trips, 38–40, 43–45; and meeting with CRF, 207–8; and meeting with Jim Borden, 35; and North Crouchway trip (RC), 187–89; and Old Cave trips (RC), 245–47; and opening Roppel Cave Entrance, 50–51; and refusal to make connection trip, 317; and Rennick Cave trip, 40–41; and Rift trip (RC), 259–60; and rock throwing episode, 108–10; and Roppel Cave trips, 55–64; and rusty can lead trip (RC), 249; seeing Roppel Cave, 48–49; and southern push trips (RC), 219; and S64 trip (RC), 84–89
Currens Corridor (RC), 219–20
dangers, caving, 6–7, 207, 238–39
Daunt, Diana, 18, 139; and the Bruckers’ secret trip (MO), 236–43; and football player destruction episode, 119–20; and reaction to Borden’s secret map photographs, 283–85; and Snail Trail trip, 116–22
Davidson, Joe, 16
Davis, Jerry, 130, 163–64
D.C. Grotto of the National Speleological Society, 20, 106
D.C. Speleograph, 277
Descartes, René 15
descending equipment. See caving equipment
Deskins, Robert, 185, 294
Dible, Danny, 286
digging, 38–41, 117–18, 131, 220, 251–53, 260–68
discovery, theory of, 85
Downey, Bill, 48–49
Doyle, Jonathan, 114
Doyle Valley, 116, 119
drain, 1–2, 147, 240–42
Drake, Miles, 189–93, 195–200
dripstone, 98
Dry Valley Cave, 83; entrance digging of, 247–53, 255, 260–68, 267. See also Weller Entrance to Roppel Cave
Dyer, Jim, 13
dynamite. See explosives
East Bransford Avenue (MC), 292
Echo River (MC), 2, 24
Ehman, Burnell, 13
Eidson, Bill, 67–71, 259; and Lower Elysian Way trip (RC), 214–19; and North Crouchway trip (RC), 103–4; and Rift trips (RC), 99–102
Elysian Way (RC), 198–204, 202, 257
Engler, Sheri, 152–57, cp; and connection trip for MC-RC, 10–13, 316–23; and Elysian Way trip (RC), 200–202; and Hawkins River trip (PC), 163–64, 166–69; and Logsdon River trip (MC), 305–9; and Logsdon River trip (MO), 164–65; and Lower Elysian Way trip (RC) 215–16; and Morrison Cave trips, 152–57
Eudora Ridge, 48, 256
expedition planning, 129, 167–68
explosives, 50–51, 56, 239, 252–54, 260, 265–66, 270–71
Farr, Bill, 72–75
Fehrmann, Thom, 165–66
Ferguson Entrance to Mammoth Cave, 291, 295–98, 299, 310
Fisher Ridge, 21, 288
Fisher Ridge Cave System, 288–89, 326
Fishhook Canyon (RC), 71, 245
flags, highly visible, 168–69
Flint Ridge, 34
Floorless Crawl (RC), 61–64
flowstone, cp
fluorescein dye, 26, 200
football players, 119–20
footprints, 171–74, 247
Fort, Charlie, 80
Forwood, William S., 114
Freedom Trail (RC), 256–57
French Connection (MC-PC/MO), 182–83, 184, 239; survey of, 292–93
Frozen Niagara Entrance to Mammoth Cave, 136
Gariepy, Ron, 259, cp; and Arlie Way trip (RC), 97–98, 105–6; and Grim Trail trip (RC), 66–67; and Logsdon River trip (RC), 225–30; and Lower Elysian Way trip (RC), 214–19; and North Crouchway trip (RC), 103–4; and Rift trips (RC), 99–102
gasoline spill, 223–25
Gerace, Chris, 293–94
Goodbar, Jim, 170–72
Gracanin, Tom, 18, 293–94; and French Connection trip (MC-PC/MO), 179–85; and Hawkins River trips (MO), 163–64, 294; and reaction to the Bruckers’ secret trip, 243
Gradys Cave, 139–40
Great Onyx Cave, 83, 280
Green River, 1, 3; flood effects of, 132, 134, 157
Grim Trail (RC), 67, 77, 245
Grover, Beth, 120–21
gypsum, 185, 188, 198, 226, 249, cp; cotton, 91, cp
Hackett, Old Man, 138–39
Hanson, Louise, 297–98
Hansons Lost River (MC), 24
Hawes, Bill, 114–15
Hawkins, Amos, 161, 185
Hawkins, Ethyl, 185
Hawkins River (PC), 158–64, 168–78, 294, cp; Richard Zopf’s discovery of, 132–34
Hiett, John, 72
Hildebolt, Scooter, 168–70, 243, 291–95
Hobbit Trail (RC), 98
Holland, Bill, 163–64
Hölloch Höhle, Switzerland, 4
Huber, David, 13
Hummer, Bob, 35–38
International Congress of Speleology, Eighth, 296
Jackpot Cave, 326–27
Jakes Cave, 38–40, 43–45
Johnson, Bob, 195–200
Jones, Dave, 13
Joppa Ridge, 34
Kambesis, Pat, 327
Kangaroo Trail (RC), 248–49
karst, 1
Kastning, Ernst, 117
Keith, Jim, 117–19
Kerr, Chris, 305–8, 313–14
Keys, Peter, 195–200
Kris Krawl (RC), 190–91, 202
Kulesza, Joe, 81, 185
ladders, 52–54, 53, 136–37, 142–43, 271–72
Lee Cave, 3
Lehrberger, Jack, 13
length of cave, 4, 13, 99, 103, 220, 244, 296, 325–27
Lewis Cave, W.Va., 27
Lindsley, Pete, 243, 238; and CRF 1979 July expedition, 164–78; and Hawkins River trip (PR), 170–72
Logsdon, John, 141, 237, 238
Logsdon River (MO), 153–57, 157, 165–66, 174, 179–85, 224, 236–43, 296, 304–11
Logsdon River (RC), 93, 224–25, 231–35, 231, cp
Long Cave, 138
Longest Cave, The (Brucker), xvi, 16
Lost River Chert Formation, 196–97, 216–17, 286
Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 114, 222
Lower Black River (RC), 219. See also River Lethe (RC)
Lower Elysian Way (RC), 214–19, 257, cp
Lunatic Fringe (RC), 286–88, 288
Mammoth Cave Area, 2, 31
Mammoth Cave discoveries, 16, 113–14
Mammoth Cave National Park (MCNP), 1, 206, 294
Mammoth Cave Plateau, 1
Mammoth Cave Railroad, 114
Mammoth Cave Region. See Mammoth Cave Area
Mammoth Cave Ridge, 34
management, CKKC, 110–12
map, 6–7; and Jim Borden, 280–85; Proctor Cave fake, 167–68
Martin Ridge Cave, 326–27
Matlin, Billy, 297, 304
Mayne, Walter, 163–64, 177–78
McDonald, Robert, 141–44
McGill, Sue, 142–43
McInski, Chet, 214–19
McNamara, Greg, 259
meeting, between CKKC and CRF, 207–8
Metcalfe, Rod, 52–54, 58–59
Miller Avenue (MC), 122, 130
Mississippian limestone, 1
Molers Cave, W.Va., 22
moratorium, connection, 207–8, 235, 258, 273, 276, 278, 289
Morrison, George D., 135–39
Morrison Cave, 135–57, 157, 162, 165–66, 172; the Bruckers’ secret trip to, 236–43
Mount Everest, 24
Myst
ic River (PC), 114–15
Nadich, Bob, 238, 298
National Speleological Society (NSS), xix, 16
New Discovery (MC), 113–14, 130, 175–76
New Entrance (MC), 136
newspaper reporter, 294–95
Norms Dome (MC), 304
North Crouchway (RC), 103, 186–94
Northtown Cave, 187
Organ Cave, W.Va., 27, 29
Old Cave (RC), 245–247, 246
Old-Timers Reunion (NSS), 313–16
Ortiz, Keith, 20, 28–30
Pace, Norm, 303
Palmer, Art, 171–74
Palmer, Peg, 171–74
Paquette, Don, 304
Park City, Ky., 294
Parker Cave, 140
Pascal, Blaise, 15, 17
Picard, Blu, 158–62
Pirates Pot (RC), 248–49, 272
pollution, 222–24, 230, 249
Potomac Caver, 275–78
Proctor Cave, 34, 114–16, 116, 172
Quinlan, James F., 46, 154, 157, 185, 200, 223; as caver-professor, 296; and Ferguson Entrance (MC), 298; and radio trip, 300–302; and search for Cave City water, 304; and summer cave workers, 139–41
radio, 300–302, 301
radon gas, 140
Ralphs River Trail (MC), 83
Rape of the Sabines (RC), 245
rappel, 65, cp
Reccius, Jack, 80
Reid, Frank, 300–302
Renick Cave, 40–41
Rift (RC), 259–60, 286
rimstone, 195, 216, 285
River Lethe (RC), 196–98, 202. See also Lower Black River (RC)
rock throwing episode, 108–10
Rocky Road (RC), 286–87
Roppel, Jerry, 48–49
Roppel Entrance (RC), 33, cp
Roppel Hotel, 220–21
Rumer, Randy, 195–200
Salts Cave, 3, 36, 80, 280–85, 288, 296
Sand Cave, 4
Saran Wrap episode, 155
Saunders, Joe, 17, 24–32, 139; and Crump
Spring Cave trip, 20–21
Schindel, Geary, 308; and Jim Borden, 314–16; and North Crouchway trip (RC), 188–89; and radio trip, 301–2
Scott, Herb, 49–54, 56–64
Shifflett, Tommy, 103
Sides, Stan, 16, 294–95
Sinkhole Plain, 36
siphon. See sump
Smith, Cindi, 120–21
Smith, Gordon, 114
Smith, Philip, 13
Snail Trail (MC), 116–34
solo caving, 212
Soukup, Cady, 110–12, 262
S64 Pit (RC), 82–89
Step-Across Pit (RC), 60
Stewart, Steve, 50
Stock, Mark, 144–51
Storts, Micky, 15
Strange, Pete, 136
Sue’s Sorrow (MO), 143–44
sump, 11, 161, 290, 294, 304, 312, 321
survey equipment. See caving equipment
surveying, 6, 97, 303
Swicegood, Roberta, 110–12, 234, cp; and connection trip for MC-RC, 316–23; at Old-Timers Reunion, 315–17, 319; and Watergate trip (RC), 285–86; and Weller Entrance connection to Roppel Cave trip (RC), 262–68
Thomas, Chuck, 71, 81–82
Thrill Shaft (MO), 153
Tinkle Shaft (RC), 67–68, 245–46
toboggan episode, 201
Tom Sawyer (Twain), 6
Toohey Ridge, 32, 34, 36
Toohey Ridge Cave System, 45, 88–89, 96
Toohey Ridge field house, 47, 95; and rock throwing episode, 109–10
Turnhole Basin, 154, 234
Ulrich, Jeff, 141–44, 151
Unknown Cave, 80
U-Tube (MC), 182–83
vertical shaft, 1, 57, cp
Vivian Way (RC), 70, 246
Wagner, Gail, 163–64
Wall-less sketch trip (PC-MO), 176–78
Walter, Bill, 81, 200–21, cp; and Arlie Way trips (RC), 86–95; arrest of, 81; connection trip for MC-RC, 317–23; and Elysian Way trip (RC), 209–14; and first Roppel Cave trip, 76–83; and Freedom Trail trip (RC), 256–57; and introduction to Mammoth Cave area, 80–81; and meeting with CRF, 207–8; and North Crouchway trips (RC), 103–4, 188–94; and Old Cave trips (RC), 245–47; and Pirates Pot trip (RC), 248–49; and rock throwing episode, 108–11; and S64 trip (RC), 84–89
Warfe, Will, 136
Watergate (RC), 216–19, 285–86, cp
Watson, Red (Richard A.), 15, 17, 293
Weedman, Claire, 294
Welbourn, Cal, 293, 294
Weller, Dave, 260, 297, cp; and Arlie Way trip (RC), 249–50; and connection trip for MC-RC, 10–13, 317–23; and S Survey trip (RC), 250–51; and Weller Entrance (RC) in Dry Valley, 250–52, 260–62, 265–72
Weller, Davey, 266–68
Weller, Lynn: and connection survey trip for PC-MO, 177–78; and connection trip for MC-MO, 181–85, cp; and connection trip for MC-RC (as Lynn Brucker), 9–13, 317–23; and Hawkins River trip (PC), 168–70; and Logsdon River trip (MC), 305–11; and marriage to Roger Brucker, 304; and P17 Pit–Hawkins River trip (PC), 158–62; and P17 Pit trip (PC), 130–34; and radio trip to Logsdon River, 301–2; and Snail Trail trip (MC), 121–34
Weller Entrance to Roppel Cave, 269–72. See also Dry Valley Cave
Wells, Steve, 45–46, 114–15
Welsh, Chris, 188–89, 195–200, 216–17; and Logsdon River trips (RC), 225–33
Wheeler, Richard, 81
Whigpistle Cave, 327
Wiggins, Jim, 181
Wilcox, John, 4, 317; and Borden’s secret Salt Cave map photographs, 280–85; and connection between Flint Ridge Cave System and Mammoth Cave in 1972, 14; and connection trip for MC-PC/MO, 179–85; and contrast in approach with Roger Brucker, 14–15; and largest room in Mammoth Cave, 175–76; mapping skill of, 15–16
Wilcox, Pat, 285
Wildcat Hollow Cave, 42–43
wind, 7, 71, 121, 245
Womack, Kathleen, 295
women cavers, 119–21
Wood, George, 294
World Heritage Site (Mammoth Cave), 296
Yahoo Avenue (RC), 98, cp
Zidian, John, cp
Zopf, Richard, 18, 113, 158, 161; and Hawkins River trip (PC), 168–70; and reaction to the Bruckers’ secret trip (MO), 242–43; and upper levels in Proctor Cave, 114–16; and Wall-less sketch survey trip to Logsdon River (PC-MO), 176–78; and water in P17 Pit (PC), 130–34, 156–57
JAMES D. BORDEN is a program manager at the IBM Corporation in Poughkeepsie, New York. He has authored a number of technical papers on computer system performance and taught classes in mathematics and in the technical support of computer subsystems and software. For over twenty-five years, he has directed exploration work in Roppel Cave, and he has written a number of articles documenting this work. Borden is a fellow of the National Speleological Society, a past director of the Cave Research Foundation, and the managing director of the Central Kentucky Karst Coalition.
ROGER W. BRUCKER is the former president of OIA Marketing Communications in Dayton, Ohio, an adjunct professor of marketing at Wright State University and at the School of Advertising Art in Dayton, and the author of many articles on marketing and advertising. A cave explorer and speleologist, he has coauthored three books on cave exploring in the Mammoth Cave area of Kentucky: The Caves Beyond, The Longest Cave, and Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins. In addition, he taught speleology for twenty years at Western Kentucky University. Brucker is an honorary life fellow of the National Speleological Society and a past president and founding director of the Cave Research Foundation.
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