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Favorite Indiana Caves

Postby Mike Hood » Aug 15, 2008 8:54 am

There has been some discussion about favorite Indiana caves in another forum, so I thought I'd start a new thread about it.

Here are my top five Indiana caves (in no particular order):

Sullivan Cave
Queen Blair
Wyandotte Cave
Binkley's Cave
Doghill-Donohue Cave

It was tough coming up with five as there are several others I had to think hard about. Here are my "honorable mentions":

Buckner's Cave
Shiloh Cave
Reeves Cave
Salamander Cave
Gory Hole
Marengo Cave (primarily the new discovery section)

Unfortunately, some of these caves are closed now. :sad:

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Re: Favorite Indiana Caves

Postby Caver1402 » Aug 15, 2008 10:52 am

I was part of that other forum, hehe.

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Re: Favorite Indiana Caves

Postby Caver1402 » Aug 15, 2008 12:47 pm

Mike Hood wrote:I done it once [Sullivan Rise Trip] many years ago, although we did not do the circuit around it. I only tried the Crevice Connection once and could not get through. I'm too tall, and my legs don't bend at the right place to make the "Z bend" just before you pop out near the North Y. :yikes:


I've heard that about the Crevice Connection. We came at it from the Mud Room the first time and couldn't get through. The next trip in went in from the Flood Route side I believe, but I wasn't there.
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Re: Favorite Indiana Caves

Postby wyandottecaver » Aug 15, 2008 1:00 pm

Wyandotte (I'm including Easter Pit and the Langsdale passage)
Breathing Hole
Jing A Ling
Evertons
Binklys

Honorable Mention
Lost River
king leo
paradise lost
becks mill
Erics River Cave
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Re: Favorite Indiana Caves

Postby Mike Hood » Aug 15, 2008 1:05 pm

Everton's is on my "to-do" list. Maybe one of these days I'll get to see it. :banana_yay:
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Re: Favorite Indiana Caves

Postby hoosiercaver1 » Aug 15, 2008 6:10 pm

I havent been caving very long, but long enough to get a top 5 list.

1 Shaft Cave
2 Sullivan
3 Buckner
4 Donnehue
5 Waynes

This list may get shuffled the more caves I go to, but that is the current version.
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Re: Favorite Indiana Caves

Postby Lava » Aug 15, 2008 6:29 pm

Buddha Cave
Doghill-Donnahue Cave (nostalgia, really)
Heiser's Mystery Well
Boone-Cannonball Cave
Donaldson-Bronson Cave

Wow. All my favorite Indiana Caves are horizontal. Who'da thunk it?
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Re: Favorite Indiana Caves

Postby wyandottecaver » Aug 15, 2008 7:17 pm

I dunno if I would call heisers horizontal......of course part is but not the part everyone wants to do :big grin:
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Re: Favorite Indiana Caves

Postby Mike Hood » Aug 16, 2008 6:51 am

wyandottecaver wrote:I dunno if I would call heisers horizontal......of course part is but not the part everyone wants to do :big grin:


I was about to say the same thing, but you beat me to it! I haven't been there yet, but I hear it gets your ascenders muddied up pretty good! :yikes:
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Re: Favorite Indiana Caves

Postby wyandottecaver » Aug 16, 2008 8:47 am

I haven't been there yet, and have passed several opportunities :big grin: One guy told me he couldn't even see his ascenders. :yikes: He was climbing with mud balls.
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Re: Favorite Indiana Caves

Postby Mike Hood » Aug 16, 2008 1:07 pm

wyandottecaver wrote:I haven't been there yet, and have passed several opportunities :big grin: One guy told me he couldn't even see his ascenders. :yikes: He was climbing with mud balls.


:yikes: :shock:
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Re: Favorite Indiana Caves

Postby caveflower » Aug 16, 2008 4:05 pm

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Blue River Run as you can see why
Jewel Box
Buddha
Shaft Pit Cave
Doghill-Donnahue Cave
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Re: Favorite Indiana Caves

Postby the_perfect_pit » Aug 17, 2008 11:39 pm

Shaft.
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Re: Favorite Indiana Caves

Postby jamski » Aug 18, 2008 3:24 pm

In no particular order:

Jug Hole
Wells
Gory Hole
Sweet Potato
Donnehue
Shiloh
Salt Creek
Vorhies Vat
Middle
Old Town Spring
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Re: Favorite Indiana Caves

Postby Grandpa Caver » Aug 18, 2008 4:22 pm

Ok, it's about time I chimed in...

Donahue (#1 for it's ease and enjoyability)
Waynes (beyond the crawlway!)
Buddah
Shilo
Small Dull
King Leo

This list is subject to change w/o notice. My favorite is surely one I've yet to discover, I know it's out there...waiting to be found.
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