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Moldy Oldies!

Classic shots (and some you may have never seen) taken by legendary cavers over the past 50 years.

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And as we began, the temperature began dropping from 88° to 32°, an all time record plunge for Austin of 56°

Check out the snapshots of past Vertical Training….. Best, Terry

The UTSS Training Sessions were held at Campbell’s Hole, about a mile above the Barton Springs pool.
Above Barton Creek is a good cliff of about 100 ft that is overhung a bit.

The photos were taken in September 1966, as a new school year begins at UT.
Philip Winsborough demonstrates how to rappel using double carabiners with brake bars, on Goldline rope.

It would be 7 months later in April 1967 that TR Evans would make the first descent of Golondrinas….