OK so who's been caving?

[graveleye]

Lets hear some trip reports folks! Who's been caving?

[wendy]

I haven't been underground in a month!!!

I am currently working weekends, so I can't get together with my usual caving buddies. So in the mean time I am making all my plans of where I am going to go caving when I am in TAG for the fall cave in.

[Wayne Harrison]

I went for the first time since March. With all our traveling this year, we just haven't had the time.

Margaret and I took a couple of beginners to Fulford Cave in Colorado and they really enjoyed it.

Ran in to the usual "spelunkers" (two people, one flashlight, no helmets).

Has this ever happened to you in a popular cave... another group ends up in the same room as you but they don't ask for help or directions however they find out you are heading out so they stay right behind you the entire way out... all the way to the entrance.

[graveleye]

sounds like a good time to preach the gospel of caving!

[mgmills]

Has this ever happened to you in a popular cave... another group ends up in the same room as you but they don't ask for help or directions however they find out you are heading out so they stay right behind you the entire way out... all the way to the entrance.

Most everytime I go to Tumblimg Rock Cave in Alabama

I remember a trip when the group I was with was going to do the Blue Crawl. A group of three started following us up a breakdown slope and at the entrance to a small crawl I suggested they go ahead since our group was large. The "leader" of that small group said, "That's OK we just want to follow you out because we're not sure of the way." Boy were they surprised (and disappointed) when they found out we were headed in to, not out of the cave.

Haven't been caving recently myself due to work and building a house.
Going to DCG's grotto picnic this coming Sunday and may do some rapelling there.
I do have plans for a real caving trip September 9

[hewhocaves]

I went a couple of weeks ago to Greenbrier County with some Connecticut cavers. We saw a couple of nice caves and then argued yankees-red sox into the evening.

And I had a vertical practice over the weekend. I have some nasty rope bruises from relearning the changeover. Far worse than anything I've received in an actual cave.

[CaverScott]

I managed to get in a little bit of caving at the convention. I was more than excited to finally get "underground" in Washington so I opted to check out the ice caves. They were well worth the trip!



This shot was taken from the inside, looking out of the main entrance.



Turning around and walking about 50 feet I captured the waterfall. By the way, Ryan is 6'3" tall so you can visualize the scale of the chamber. The falls had cascaded down the side of the mountain and plunged into the back of the cave.



Here is a shot capturing the main entrance, the mountainside, and the falls in the background.

[CaverScott]

Here is an overview of the Ice Cave from where we walked out of the top. I took it standing to the right of the falls as you look at the entrance from the outside.

[wendy]

Scott those are really cool. Thanks for sharing.

[Eve]

Nice pics, Scott.

I just got back from caving, and I mean just ... never before have I lived somewhere where you can do a quick weeknight trip!

[NZcaver]

I managed to get in a little bit of caving at the convention. I was more than excited to finally get "underground" in Washington so I opted to check out the ice caves. They were well worth the trip!

Nice photos, Scott! Good to hear you got to the ice caves during Convention - and that they weren't all melted away.

I was there a couple of months ago - we had a great time, and took some stunning photos. Luckily you avoided getting chased out of the caves by rangers - I hear that's common up there. Apparently the caves are dangerous. Who would have thought?

[caverbob]

Spent a few hours over 3 different days doing a profile along Edwards Ave. in Great Onyx Cave at Mammoth Cave National Park. Did 2300 feet of profile.
And just for note I'm doing the map for Gap Cave (Cudjo's) we have passed 8 miles in length. Cave is in Va. but parts are under Kentucky. All this being done under CRF.

[batrotter]

Nice pics Scott!

[jumar]

I just did a local cave Monday evening
http://www.my-mania.com/caving/spanishmoss.html

Going to do a couple more caves on Saturday.



Jeff

[Ralph E. Powers]

Went up four wheeling around one of the higher mountains here in Utah. Stopped at a noticable limestone outcropping. Hiked around for a bit. I watched a cute pair of chipmunks wrassling on a log, they noticed me and stared before taking off. Since they were going in the direction I was generally headed, "they" led me to a HUGE sink hole. About 10 yards from the edge of the sink hole was a depression that is obviously a ceiling collapse. 20 yards directly up the hill from that was another outcropping of limestone with a very tight but lightly blowing hole in the rock.
All three geologic features were directly in line of each other going down hill.
The huge sink didn't have any holes at the bottom but it doesn't matter.
I'm guessing a big pit as the area is known for that kind of speleo-feature.
Since I'm moving I won't be privvy to any of the digs that will occur at that spot. I do hope it will turn out to be something.
A very exciting day to be sure.