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gypcaver wrote:At the moment the distance from the entrance of Fort Stanton Cave to the end-of-survey of Snowy River passage is about 7.9 miles. This follows the shortest route, which, in this case, is also the easiest route. While it can be argued that much of the route is pretty easy walking, it is certainly a very remote location, perhaps the most remote accessible location that one get get to in a solutional cave.
Squirrel Girl wrote:gypcaver wrote:At the moment the distance from the entrance of Fort Stanton Cave to the end-of-survey of Snowy River passage is about 7.9 miles. This follows the shortest route, which, in this case, is also the easiest route. While it can be argued that much of the route is pretty easy walking, it is certainly a very remote location, perhaps the most remote accessible location that one get get to in a solutional cave.
Not a chance. We had a thread on the most remote place in the past. (someone could look it up ) While some might (did) argue that Huautla could be construed the most remote, I maintain Charco is worse. It's long, deep, and brutal. Not 7.9 miles, but much more brutal.
PYoungbaer wrote:Also good to see the WNS fears have subsided enough to again allow Fort Stanton trips. Welcome to Cave Chat, Steve!
gypcaver wrote:Squirrel Girl wrote:gypcaver wrote:At the moment the distance from the entrance of Fort Stanton Cave to the end-of-survey of Snowy River passage is about 7.9 miles. This follows the shortest route, which, in this case, is also the easiest route. While it can be argued that much of the route is pretty easy walking, it is certainly a very remote location, perhaps the most remote accessible location that one get get to in a solutional cave.
Not a chance. We had a thread on the most remote place in the past. (someone could look it up ) While some might (did) argue that Huautla could be construed the most remote, I maintain Charco is worse. It's long, deep, and brutal. Not 7.9 miles, but much more brutal.
Barbara, I tried to find a thread on this topic with no success. Perhaps someone else will be able to dredge it up. If one defines remote in terms of distance of travel, an objective measure, rather than difficulty of travel, rather subjective, then I stand by my comment above. I will agree however, that there are MUCH more difficult places to get to!
I qualified my comment by referring to solutional caves only, (I don't know too much about lava tubes, and practically nothing about mines) but the end-of-survey at Snowy River may perhaps be the most remote place under the surface of the earth, given that it is measured by distance of travel, along the shortest navigable route.
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