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trogman wrote:Last time I went through the Blue Crawl was with my 3 children, probably about 10 or 12 years ago. I remember it well because I had told my youngest daughter that we would not be going that way. Then, when we got to the Christmas Tree, I had a change of heart, and decided to put it up for a vote. Her two older siblings sided with me, and we went that way instead of Suicide Passage. We had all been through the Blue Crawl before, and I'm not sure what possessed us to want to do it again. Anyway, my youngest daughter has never quite forgiven me, and hasn't gone caving with me again since. It was totally my fault, of course, as I should have kept my word and not gone that way.
Trogman
trogman wrote:Anyway, my youngest daughter has never quite forgiven me, and hasn't gone caving with me again since. It was totally my fault, of course, as I should have kept my word and not gone that way.
One of Roppel's satellite caves is called Wildcat Hollow. it is pretty terrible too. It is in the bottom of a valley and is a tight crawl in cow shit and water to a small room. Beyond, it is just a crawlway, but overall is about 1700 feet long. The fear of flooding weighs heavily on all trips, and it is long enough that no one has returned in several years
DawgsgoCaving wrote:trogman wrote:Last time I went through the Blue Crawl was with my 3 children, probably about 10 or 12 years ago. I remember it well because I had told my youngest daughter that we would not be going that way. Then, when we got to the Christmas Tree, I had a change of heart, and decided to put it up for a vote. Her two older siblings sided with me, and we went that way instead of Suicide Passage. We had all been through the Blue Crawl before, and I'm not sure what possessed us to want to do it again. Anyway, my youngest daughter has never quite forgiven me, and hasn't gone caving with me again since. It was totally my fault, of course, as I should have kept my word and not gone that way.
Trogman
Hahaha hopefully she'll come around. I like to think crawls like that build character in the long run
I almost go my Mom to go with me. She is not a caver, but I figured she would enjoy the majority of the cave. She was very close to coming with me until the day before the trip. I said to her, "Just come with us. This isn't a physically demanding trip. I wouldn't even consider inviting you if it were otherwise."
I pointed to the survey given to me by another caver and said, "See, before I head towards the Blue Crab Crawl, I will go with you and A***a towards the breakdown that leads to Suicide Passage, then we can meet right on the other side. It's real simple."
The look on her face went from to . The second I dropped "Suicide Passage" she completely lost interest. I still joke about it with her every time I go practice or when I get ready for a trip. "Where are you going, Josh?" "Just getting ready for Suicide Passage, Mom."
DawgsgoCaving wrote:
I almost go my Mom to go with me. She is not a caver, but I figured she would enjoy the majority of the cave. She was very close to coming with me until the day before the trip. I said to her, "Just come with us. This isn't a physically demanding trip. I wouldn't even consider inviting you if it were otherwise."
I pointed to the survey given to me by another caver and said, "See, before I head towards the Blue Crab Crawl, I will go with you and A***a towards the breakdown that leads to Suicide Passage, then we can meet right on the other side. It's real simple."
The look on her face went from to . The second I dropped "Suicide Passage" she completely lost interest. I still joke about it with her every time I go practice or when I get ready for a trip. "Where are you going, Josh?" "Just getting ready for Suicide Passage, Mom."
Roppelcaver wrote:I would say that the original explorers of the Blue Crawl gave a great description of it: "The Blue Crawl is a little difficult to describe, but if you can imagine a cowboy captured by Commanches, stripped nude, with his eyelids pinned open with cactus needles, and staked out on an ant hill, face up to the sun, and a three-inch diameter cedar post hammered through his abdomen, after about five hours, you have the idea."
trogman wrote:DawgsgoCaving wrote:
But the nice thing is that you get to see the Emperor's Room, which not that many people see. I believe it's the largest room in the cave.
Trogman
Bumbalawski wrote:Tanglefoot Cave in Western Maryland. It has many really long, wide and tight muddy crawls. Perhaps Corey or Ryan will will chime in about them. I know Terry McClanathan remembers them well.
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