http://www.cdc.net/~rling/rescues/nickajk.htm
indicates tva has cave map & ability to control water level if we
dont want to wait for a drought
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002"
<orc@o...> wrote:
> ok then i think the best we can hope to do for lower algatn if any
> is to tie one end of a 2400 foot line to the middle of the grate on
> the cave entrance & the other end to the canoe
> & to then run the full line out while paddling into the earth on a
> bearing of 40 degrees east of due south
>
> as can be visualized btw at topozone
>
> while hoping the configuration of the cavern roof & the
artificially
> elevated water level dont force us to resort to scuba gear
before
> the line jerks taut
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
> <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > Thank you, Mike. Very interesting. I had no idea that there
was
> a cavern under
> > there.
> >
> > No, I don't think that GPS would work underground.
> >
> > Lowell G. McManus
> > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "acroorca2002" <orc@o...>
> > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 8:46 PM
> > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: drelandenpunt belgium
> netherlands germany
> >
> >
> > > thanx good question
> > >
> > > algatn upon nickajack can be visited twice
> > > b o t h
> > > on terra firma
> > > on a shoulder of nickajack mountain
> > > where there is a loose & possibly original 1818 rock upon
> which
> > > only a crudely chiseled tee junction can still be discerned
> > > a n d
> > > on the surface of the underground part of nickajack lake
> > > in the huge nickajack cavern that practically fills this hollow
> > > mountain
> > > & which was indeed prehallowed in 1795 as the site of the
> > > chickamauga extinction
> > > hence its notoriety & subsequent selection as the tripoint
> > > location
> > >
> > > & is one algatn any truer than the other
> > >
> > > i dont think so
> > > but i dont even know if the gps works underground
> > >
> > > for the upper dry algatn
> > > see for example jacks book at the corner corner link
> > >
> > > & for the nether wet algatn
> > > well why spoil the fun of the chase here either
> > > so i commend you all to a google image search of the
> > > underworld
> > > on the single word nickajack
> > > where you will find the maps & the mountain & the lake &
the
> > > normally gated cavern entrance & even a batman trypointer
in
> a
> > > canoe in the dark inside the cavern
> > >
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G.
> McManus"
> > > <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > > > Okay, I'll ask. What's so "split-level" about the Nickajack
> > > Corner (ALGATN)?
> > > >
> > > > Lowell G. McManus
> > > > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "acroorca2002" <orc@o...>
> > > > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > > > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 2:54 PM
> > > > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: drelandenpunt belgium
> > > netherlands germany
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > yesss a subway
> > > > & close enough to a tripoint railway to shake the ground
> > > anyway
> > > > yet still no split level tripoint to compare with algatn
> > > >
> > > > a real cigar tho for finally delivering on message 12959
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >