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cvr602 wrote:I joined the CRF last year, and attended one expedition so far, and loved it.
Chads93GT wrote:have yet to read the book, but I plan on buying a copy next weekend on site during the expedition. Joined the CRF a couple months ago and am going on my first survey trip next weekend. Should be a good time.
They used to offer a "wild" trip at Mammoth, not sure if they still do.You may also check into the restoration weeks or weekends that they have, you sometimes get to go caving on wild trips after the restoration objectives are done.On these they allow you to stay at the bunk house at Maple Springs.I think The Louisville Grotto may have some info on these, they used to reach out to area grottos to participate.I have been a couple of times but it was a long time ago, they still do it though.This way you can participate without going through The CRF.JR-Orion wrote:Let me know how it goes down at Mammoth. After reading The Longest Cave so many times, the place has taken on kind of a mystical (or something) vibe with me. I also grabbed the Mammoth Cave National Park DVD. It's pretty good.
I'm hoping to go down and take the official wild tour this spring or summer. A truly wild trip would be awesome.
Chads93GT wrote:No dude, Mammoth. why would I talk about surveying in mexico in a thread about mammoth cave, lol
jaa45993 wrote:One of the best ways to see places in the book is to take one of the Western Kentucky University courses held each summer. Specifically "Exploration of Mammoth Cave" by Stan Sides, and "Speleology" by Roger Brucker will take you to miles of cave. In Roger's class, I did not make it to Q-87, but did get to see Turner Avenue, Argo Junction, Brucker Breakdown, and the connections between Colossal-Salts, and Salts-Unknown. Highly recommend these courses.
Of course, in the very limited surveying I have done at Mammoth I got to see Left of the Trap and Floyd's Lost Passage. Work continues all over the cave, and you can still survey with CRF just like in the book. I love seeing those places come alive after reading about them for so many years.
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