date start: 20130922SUN time start: 12:15 EDT date stop: 20130922SUN time stop: 15:15 EDT Duration (HH:MM): 3:00 Goals Attempted: 2 Goals Attained: 2 Goals: 1. Introduce new guys to caving 2. Attempt route from GP to PO. Goals Attained: 1. yes 2. yes Reason for Unattainment: 1. false 2. false Cave System: Sloans Valley Cave System Purpose: Attempt to enter GP and exit PO. Trip Summary: Garbage Pit to App. Trail over Hogback to Bybass that enters Big Room on NW side (in Big Room between the Bed Room and 2nd Lake Room). From there, exit Big Room via 3rd Lake Room, go to Fountain of Youth, into the Big Room extension, up left wall to passage that leads above the Fountain of Youth. Head beyond 2nd-level Fountain of Youth, Connect to my so-called Subway Collapse, which is the terminus of the main trunk heading N of PO. South in that passage. Noticed the Well Pipe itself. Exited PO without visiting Hall of Giants, P-Passage, or anything else of significance in the area. Reason for not scouting area more was the total trip connection time was much shorter than expected and the group decided to scout another section of the cave system. Side Trips: 1 - Trip. Water table in the 2nd Lake Room for the purpose of photos. 1 - Duration: 25 minutes Noteworthy Time Delays: Intentional delay at 2nd Lake Room. Noteworthy Personal Problems: group size: 4 group members: Philip L. Francis, III Jake Kornfeld Jace Wickman Lauren Carter First trip: Jace Tags: bio photo history archaeo geological hyrdo Planned goals Actual goals Planned trip route Actual trip route deviations from planned trip Biota Report: Cave Crayfish seen in pools in the passage flowing from Fountain of Youth down to 3rd Lake Room. Reflections for future: Jace had some fogging of the glasses early in the trip because we tried to make fast time from GP entrance to Hogback. TODO: 1st time I used (2nd time in use) for the Princeton Tec Apex Extreme. Worked well with cable running down my back, but was a dry trip.