Tuesday,  June 11th.     Fourth of Exploration.   The mayan gods smiled on us
as the rain cleared from the day before.
This fourth day went better then we hoped for.   Everyone is now in the
"groove".
Basecamp is still running well.   Spirits are up with the food improvements.  
Buddy
Quattlbaum was still doing his best at setting everything up and showing that
he is indeed a class act.
I studied Rosemary's map of all the lines that have been installed.   She
announced
as of Sunday night we have put in 23,700 feet of line.   Tuesday we added 4200
feet of line with all of our teams.   Bill Dooley really delivered, going 3700
feet on a double stage.  He made each stage bottle last 900 feet, at an average
depth of 10 feet.   His experience as a cave instructor and explorer shine
through and his professionalism can not be beat.
Ed Grossenbacher of Austin, Texas is still out.  He's an ex-student of Jim
Bowdens, 
what more needs to be said?
"Frontierland" was hit by Paul Heinerth and Jill Rabjohn.    They added 327 feet
and finished up with only 25 minutes of deco from this 30 foot dive.
Brian Kukak acted as an in cave "sherpa" carrying "bail out bottles" a distance
of 1700 until he hit thirds in his doubles.    Where he turned there was a 
dirt floor at a maximum depth of 12 feet.   
We hope to find another Cenote there,  our Mayan workers are ready to cut 
the trail for us!
Bill Reinnaker is working on a new tunnel named "Dos Pendejos" because
of a large boulder hanging down in the center of the room that looks similar
to a pendulum.
Concentration was poor from the two teams of divers we had at Kentucky
Castle.   Tensions were still running high because of my temper tantrum
yesterday.    I don't think these guys are going to continue to help out
because of my actions.   I will talk to them tonight at the bar where
we have been doing our debriefings.
Things are going great!    We are now at 140,500 feet approximate total
for DOS OJOS (systema el jido jacinto grande juevos pat).  You never now
whats going to happen next.  That's the game of exploration - You never
know until you go.
Tomorrow I will post another report.   Out of time.   I want to thank Tom
Mount for his contributions, especially loaning us Jim so we can help
get the right count next time.   Thanks for all of the support!

Be Safe,
STEVE GERRARD

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