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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

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.

Project coordinator Dave Everton was the Lew Bicking Award winner at the NSS Convention last week.

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.

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.

I hear rumors your being rather productive in Groaning.

caverdan wrote:I hear rumors your being rather productive in Groaning.

This weekend we passed 1 mile of new survey for 2014. Total length is now 12.47 miles, which puts Groaning ahead of Dry Cave (NM) and Ellisons.

Yikes! You're going to catch Big Bat in Kentucky if we don't get back in there and start surveying again!

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.

Well, not exactly. Other caves were connected to the 22-mile long Binkley, but the second and third longest caves in Indiana (Blue Spring and Lost River--both over 20 miles) are not that close to Binkley. Just some clarification.