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Varnadoe Cave
by TAG caver » Feb 21, 2011 12:37 pm
Hey folks Im planning to a trip to Varnadoe's. Anybody been there recently? Im wondering what kinda shape the bolts are in? Thanks
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Re: Varnadoe Cave
by mgmills » Feb 21, 2011 3:17 pm
TAG caver wrote:Hey folks Im planning to a trip to Varnadoe's. Anybody been there recently? Im wondering what kinda shape the bolts are in? Thanks
Haven't been there for years but the last time I was there I seem to remember there were natural rig points that we used for back up. Of course to do that you need a good bit of extra rope. Don't recall how long the ropes we used were. I do know we used a super long rope for the entrance drop and just rigged the end of it for the first "in cave drop" which I seem to remember as ~20 feet.
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Re: Varnadoe Cave
by TAG caver » Feb 22, 2011 4:34 am
Good to know. Thanks.
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Re: Varnadoe Cave
by hammmike » Mar 20, 2011 10:24 pm
Theres 3 bolts on the 2nd (20 ft) drop. 2 Are in great shape. However, all the bolts below the 2nd drop are in pretty bad shape, and some were even broken off.
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