Here's a nice short story on a cave that's been pegged at 40-miles and still growing. In 2009, it was mapped at 22-miles, so they've been doing quite a chore over the five years.
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Indian ... 48151.html
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Ernie Coffman wrote:Here's a nice short story on a cave that's been pegged at 40-miles and still growing. In 2009, it was mapped at 22-miles, so they've been doing quite a chore over the five years.
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Indian ... 48151.html
Caving Guru wrote:Ernie Coffman wrote:Here's a nice short story on a cave that's been pegged at 40-miles and still growing. In 2009, it was mapped at 22-miles, so they've been doing quite a chore over the five years.
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Indian ... 48151.html
Two of the longest caves in Indiana were connected recently so there has not been 18 miles of passage surveyed in the cave since 2009.
Extremeophile wrote:Caving Guru wrote:Ernie Coffman wrote:Here's a nice short story on a cave that's been pegged at 40-miles and still growing. In 2009, it was mapped at 22-miles, so they've been doing quite a chore over the five years.
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Indian ... 48151.html
Two of the longest caves in Indiana were connected recently so there has not been 18 miles of passage surveyed in the cave since 2009.
How much new survey has there been in the last 5 years? I'm curious about the most productive cave surveys. The big caves (Mammoth, Jewel, Wind, Lech, Fisher Ridge) typically add 2-4 miles per year, but occasionally there's a breakout that produces more. Fort Stanton Cave in NM has added 16 miles in a little over 2 years (since April, 2012) and is probably the most productive in the US right now, and it's closed half the year as a hibernaculum.
caverdan wrote:I hear rumors your being rather productive in Groaning.
Caving Guru wrote:Ernie Coffman wrote:Here's a nice short story on a cave that's been pegged at 40-miles and still growing. In 2009, it was mapped at 22-miles, so they've been doing quite a chore over the five years.
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Indian ... 48151.html
Two of the longest caves in Indiana were connected recently so there has not been 18 miles of passage surveyed in the cave since 2009.
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