March 29, 2005
PRINTED CIRCUIT CAVE, aka Rock Spring Cave
Position:
Main Entrance: WGS84 - 18 18' 16.3" N, 77 34' 14.2" W
Farmyard Entrance: WGS84 - 18 18' 12.8" N, 77 34' 07.4" W
Field notes: D. K. ROGGY
Cavers: R. S. Stewart, I. C. Conolley, D. Roggy, E. Slack
Time in: 15:00 EST, Time out: 19:00 EST
THREAT VULNERABILITY: Medium
This was my first day of caving for the Parks in Peril Project, under
contract to The Nature Conservancy - Jamaica, and I was plus en
retard. We spent some time securing our accomodations in Rock spring
and then went as a group into Printed Circuit Cave. Over the next couple
of days we discovered that this cave was called Rock Spring Cave by
the locals, but some also called it something like George Lawson cave,
or something similar. I didn't write it down, and thus have forgotten
it.
We went in through the main entrance, called the sober entrance and
encountered a bunch of locals in front of it, engaging in some kind
of cook out. We chatted a bit and then went in. Further in the cave
we encountered some locals touring the cave with kerosene bottle torches.
My only notes of this first day in this cave are that it was wet and
muddy. After we all came out of the cave, Stefan and myself searched
around above ground for other entrances to the cave. We went over a
rise and found ourselves in a patch of yam cultivation, where a woman
directed us to one cave entrance. Stefan did a little preliminary investigation
of what we'd been shown, while I waited outside with headlamp problems.
I made note of the time that he was inside, and when he came out it
was dusk.
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