Mike and I finally made it back to that lava tube I mentioned earlier and started digging it out. At the request of a certain Ashley, I have taken a bunch of pictures of our efforts.

We went to the supermarket on our way to buy hairspray, lighters, and a trashcan. We used the waste basket to haul rubble, and the hairspray as blowtorches to get the black widows our of the picture. Maybe this is a little mean... but they're femme fatales and they deserve it.

We succeeded in hauling out about half a cubic meter of rubble, significantly increasing the size of the bottom alcove in the cave. The wind coming out of the cave was strong as ever, and all of it came from this one portion of rubble.

No major breakthroughs or anything, but it was still very exciting. We're going to come back (maybe with a few more people) and continue the job later.