Cliff Cave Project, Oct. 5-14, 2009  

(6th National Cave Gating Workshop)

cc01.jpg: Cliff Cave, panorama of entrance. By William R. Elliott 7-1-08.
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Cliff Cave, panorama of entrance.

William R. Elliott, 7-1-08.

cc02.jpg: Cliff Cave, 43 Indiana bats. By William R. Elliott 5-29-08.
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43 Indiana bats.

William R. Elliott, 5-29-08

cc03.jpg: Cliff Cave graffiti. By William R. Elliott, 10-5-09.
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Cliff Cave graffiti.

William R. Elliott, 10-5-09.

cc04.jpg: Cliff Cave, Bill Elliott cuts hangers with an oxyacetylene torch. By Bree McMurray, 10-5-09.
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Bill Elliott cuts hangers with an oxyacetylene torch.

Bree McMurray, 10-5-09.

cc05.jpg: Cliff Cave, laying the expanded metal mat and sill. By William R. Elliott, 10-5-09.
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Laying the expanded metal mat and sill. William R. Elliott, 10-5-09.  

cc06.jpg: Cliff Cave, laying the expanded metal mat and sill. By William R. Elliott, 10-5-09.
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Laying the expanded metal mat and sill. William R. Elliott, 10-5-09.  

cc07.jpg: Cliff Cave, Alicia Lewis with cutting torch. By William R. Elliott, 10-5-09.
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Alicia Lewis with cutting torch.

William R. Elliott, 10-5-09.      

cc08.jpg: Cliff Cave, Derek Shiels cutting steel. By William R. Elliott, 10-5-09.
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Derek Shiels cutting steel. Jeremy Micaleff watches.  William R. Elliott, 10-5-09.           

cc09.jpg: Cliff Cave, aligning vertical columns. By William R. Elliott, 10-6-09.
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Erecting vertical columns.

William R. Elliott, 10-6-09.            

cc10.jpg: Cliff Cave, volunteers carrying steel. By Tony Elliott, 10-5-09.
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Volunteers carry steel with Libby Nieland straps.

Tony Elliott, 10-5-09.                  

cc11.jpg: Cliff Cave, Chuck Bitting hammer-drills a hole for a 1
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Chuck Bitting hammer-drills a hole for a 1" pin. William R. Elliott, 10-5-09.  

cc12.jpg: Cliff Cave, erecting vertical columns. By William R. Elliott, 10-5-09.
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Aligning vertical columns.

William R. Elliott, 10-5-09.            

cc13.jpg: Cliff Cave, Roy Powers. By William R. Elliott, 10-6-09.
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Roy Powers, chief engineer.

William R. Elliott, 10-6-09.                           

cc14.jpg: Cliff Cave, setting horizontal bars on hangers. By William R. Elliott, 10-6-09.
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Setting horizontal bars on hangers. William R. Elliott, 10-6-09.   

cc15.jpg: Cliff Cave, St. Louis County's Bobcat moved tons of steel to the work site. By William R. Elliott, 10-7-09.
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St. Louis County's Bobcat moved tons of steel to the work site.

William R. Elliott, 10-7-09.  

cc16.jpg: Cliff Cave, setting a horizontal bar takes team work. By William R. Elliott, 10-7-09.
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Jim Kennedy, Jon Beard, Derek Shiels, Jim Cooley and Chris Clark lift a bar. William R. Elliott, 10-7-09.  

cc17.jpg: Cliff Cave, insulting graffiti in general bat roost area. By Derek Shiels, 10-7-09.
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Insulting graffiti in general bat roost area. Derek Shiels, 10-7-09.

cc18.jpg: Cliff Cave, two Indiana bats. By Derek Shiels, 10-7-09.
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Two Indiana bats.

Derek Shiels, 10-7-09.

cc19.jpg: Cliff Cave gushed water for two days, so we held class. By Jon Beard, 10-9-09.
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Cliff Cave gushed water for two days, so we held class. Jon Beard, 10-9-09.    

cc20.jpg: Cliff Cave, class time. By William R. Elliott, 10-8-09.
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Class time. William R. Elliott, 10-8-09

cc21.jpg: Cliff Cave, Dustin Davis (L) & Roy Powers (R). By Bree McMurray, 10-12-09.
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Dustin Davis (L) & Roy Powers (R).

Bree McMurray, 10-12-09.        

cc22.jpg: Cliff Cave, Jerry Fant on the scaffold. By William R. Elliott, 10-12-09.
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Jerry Fant on the scaffold.

William R. Elliott, 10-12-09.          

cc23.jpg: Cliff Cave, Bree McMurray cuts steel. By William R. Elliott, 10-12-09.
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Bree McMurray cuts steel.

William R. Elliott, 10-6-09.            

cc24.jpg: Cliff Cave, Sara Samoray samples pizza. By William R. Elliott, 10-12-09.
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Sara Samoray samples pizza.

William R. Elliott, 10-12-09.          

cc25.jpg: Cliff Cave, finishing touches to gate 1. By William R. Elliott, 10-12-09.
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Finishing touches to gate 1.

William R. Elliott, 10-12-09.         

cc26.jpg: Cliff Cave, the team celebrates the completion of gate 1. By William R. Elliott, 10-12-09.
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The team celebrates the completion of gate 1. William R. Elliott, 10-12-09.  

cc27.jpg: Cliff Cave, MDC cameraman captures the work on gate 2. By William R. Elliott, 10-13-09.
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MDC cameraman captures the work on gate 2. William R. Elliott, 10-13-09.  

cc28.jpg: Cliff Cave, Tony Elliott (L) and Jerry Fant (R) hoist another angle iron into place. By William R. Elliott, 10-13-09.
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Tony Elliott (L), Jerry Fant (center) and Steve Samoray (R) hoist an angle iron into place. William R. Elliott, 10-13-09.

cc29.jpg: Cliff Cave, Jim Kennedy grinds metal for gate 2's latch. By William R. Elliott, 10-13-09.
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Jim Kennedy grinds metal for gate 2's latch. William R. Elliott, 10-13-09.  

cc30.jpg: Cliff Cave, the team works fast to complete gate 2 in one day. By William R. Elliott, 10-13-09.
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The team works fast to complete gate 2 in one day.

William R. Elliott, 10-13-09.  

cc31.jpg: Cliff Cave, Jim Kennedy tidies up the final gate 2. By William R. Elliott, 10-13-09.
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Jim Kennedy tidies up the final gate 2. William R. Elliott, 10-13-09.  

cc32.jpg: Cliff Cave gater women, left to right: Bree McMurray, Sara Samoray, Alicia Lewis. By Bree McMurray et al., 10/09.
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Cliff Cave gater women, left to right: Bree McMurray, Sara Samoray, Alicia Lewis. Bree McMurray et al.

cc33.jpg: Cliff Cave , Beware! Cave Gaters! By Bree McMurray, 10-5-09.
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Beware! Cave Gaters!

Bree McMurray, 10-5-09.