021 (Winter 1973) - National Speleological Society

egins its descent on a 450 angle; of course there are many variations 0
Undoubtedly Mr. Malmborgls party never l:eached the place where the
boys were stranded if they were only 2,000 feet in the cave. We used
50 feet of rope to get down the 100 foot drop they speak about, The lardrop
they speak about (The Great Pit - W, R,H.) is some ZOO feet high.
We had ten feet to spare on our 290 foot piece of rope when we reached
the bottom of this drop. It is here where the boys who were stranded in
their last trip stayed until rescue came.
I may state too, that none of the Deputy Sheriffs or other rescue personnel
entered the cave to rescue the boys. James Lyon, the brother of one of
the boys stranded in t:he cave, entered the cave by himself and helped
the boys from the bottom of the long drop. On our last espedition, we
left Jerry Dahlberg$ Dick Maxfield and Ronald Bxter at the top of this
drop in order to pull uS up some four hours later, We were in the cave
for more than nine hours and we estimated our distance in to be about
two miles. I will draw a graph of the cave; I can explain it better this
way than in words .. (Editor1s note his sketch is readily identifiable,
showing clearly that the party left a tin can regi ster at about -825 feet;
the top of the pit entering the Big Room)"
The boys at the top of the large drop (The Great Pit) let our 3/4 inch rope
down to us on the clothes line rope and we then reused it on the last two
drops we descended.
On our return the boys pulled up the 3/4 inch rope
on the clothesline rope and secured it at the top.
up the large drop one by one.
Then we were pulled
When we again saw day light. we were very
tired but we had no cuts nor bruises nor were the hours spent so "tortuous"
that we didnt enjoy every minute of our experience.
Strong clothes
must be worn however. , , (
After conversing with Armand Ea rdly at the Department of Geology at the
University of Utah, I am sure that under these black limestone deposits
lie the treasure which we are seeking {understood in Salt Lake City to
have been another Timpanogos Cave - W cRoHo}
fresh air proves another entrance.
The constant breeze of
There is another cave in Neffs canyon
where it boxes off. Mr. E.,G, Erickson has been in this cave ana he claims
that even though he was only in 650 feet, the cave was some ·30 feet high and
ZO feet wide and that the icicles were profuse both from the ceiling and
floor. He had specimens of the formations. He wouldn It take me to the
place because of physical inability but he descri bed it as being several
hundred feet up the south side of Neffs canyon a few hundred feet before it
boxes off.
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After reading Mr. Malmborg1s report of theMt. Olympus cave, it appears
that he has approached this with a negative attitude. Perhaps this is due to
his inability to enter the cave; I was abl e to enter the cave with ease.
The new cave is in this side of the drop (sketch omitted).
It consists of a
very narrow slit in the North side of this little drop in the mountain.
mountain looks flat from the bottom of the canyon., This little draw only
runs for a short distance. I have gone in search of this cave once but it
was raining very hard and I didn!t have time to make a complete search.
The spring runoffs made exploration di£ficu.lt also. This is merely a report
as I know it. I will not recommend action either way. For myself. I am not
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satisfied to leave exploration without giving it a fair chance. I really believe
t here is something here.
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