Re: How did you get started caving?
Posted: Oct 28, 2016 11:35 pm
From Atlanta and live in Atlanta, but went to college in a town called Collegedale, TN, just outside of Chattanooga. This was in the late 80's. Classmates invited me to cave with them and I instantly fell in love with the sport. On the college property were two caves we wore out, one called the Potato cave and another about 100 yards away next to Little Debbie factory that we never heard the name of. The third cave that I was introduced to was in the Grindstone Mountain through a trailer park a few miles away. Next cave was Howard's Waterfall cave and we thought that one was huge (ha ha). The fourth during that time we explored was Wonder Cave on Hwy. 24. We paid the son or nephew of the owner to take us on a wild tour. It was notable because we actually came out the back of Wonder through a short (3 to 4 feet) sump. Pretty scary at the time, but in reality, it was not even a swim. It was dunk your head and go under water a few seconds and your out. I was hooked after that.