Schoolhouse Cave
Posted: Dec 12, 2008 3:32 pm
Here is a link to what was in the Schoolhouse Cave register, which was pulled (by PSC) from the cave a couple of years ago.
http://psc.cavingclub.org/index.php?nam ... opic&t=410
It was in VERY VERY sad shape when it was pulled. Here is also a link to some pictures of the register.
http://psc.cavingclub.org/index.php?set ... _album.php
Schoolhouse Cave, for those people who don't know, is located in Germany Valley, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It is formed in carbonates of the Black River Group, which are of Ordovician age. The cave was at one time called the most-difficult cave in the United States (because it has 15 or so vertical drops), and is certainly one of the caves where the NSS has the most history. The NSS Photo Library is made up of photos that are about 60% from Schoolhouse, and those old-timers knew how to take some durn good pictures.
The cave has been closed (year round), gated, and fenced for more than a decade because of endangered (and federally protected) Virginia big-eared bats.
george
P.S. We need a Smilie on rope, or one of the NSS logo!
http://psc.cavingclub.org/index.php?nam ... opic&t=410
It was in VERY VERY sad shape when it was pulled. Here is also a link to some pictures of the register.
http://psc.cavingclub.org/index.php?set ... _album.php
Schoolhouse Cave, for those people who don't know, is located in Germany Valley, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It is formed in carbonates of the Black River Group, which are of Ordovician age. The cave was at one time called the most-difficult cave in the United States (because it has 15 or so vertical drops), and is certainly one of the caves where the NSS has the most history. The NSS Photo Library is made up of photos that are about 60% from Schoolhouse, and those old-timers knew how to take some durn good pictures.
The cave has been closed (year round), gated, and fenced for more than a decade because of endangered (and federally protected) Virginia big-eared bats.
george
P.S. We need a Smilie on rope, or one of the NSS logo!