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Post by L Roebuck on Oct 25, 2005 12:40:49 GMT -5
October 19, 2005 Diggers still finding caves in Williams Canyon By DAVE PHILIPPS THE GAZETTE Originally printed in The Gazette, July 29, 2005 www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1311404&secid=21Article looks to long to post but is well worth reading! |
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Post by Brian Roebuck on Oct 25, 2005 19:06:06 GMT -5
Very good story indeed. And to think we were so close to all that cave while visiting Cave of the Winds and never knew it!
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Post by madratdan on Oct 25, 2005 21:35:39 GMT -5
Mikie, Kimmie, LP and I have been surveying Swirling Mist on Thursday nights. It's definantly a cool and large roomed cave for Colorado. I'm pushing Mike to enter the finished product in the Salon next year.
Next time you two are in the Colorado, we'll go check it out. Of coarse, your welcome to come and help survey this Thursday night.
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Post by Brian Roebuck on Oct 25, 2005 21:43:08 GMT -5
Great offer Dan!
We'll try to take you up on it. Hmmm Thursday night eh? Maybe one of these Thursdays we can make it over there. It's only a 22 hour commute or so if I recall!
Send some photos sometime. That would be cool.
Is it "Fat Tire" time yet?
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Post by Rick Rhinehart on Oct 25, 2005 23:36:55 GMT -5
The Williams Canyon Project of the NSS works in the canyon throughout the year, and welcomes visits from Society cavers from other states. In addition to Swirling Mists, trips can be arranged to other caves in the canyon, including the commercial Cave of the Winds, Huccacove, Narrows, Manitou and Breezeway caves.
In the 25 years of the project, over 70 caves have been documented in Williams Canyon, and the known caves significantly extended through excavation projects.
Discoveries are still being made in the canyon despite over 125 years of intensive exploration. Digging has been key in finding new passageways and caves since the first discoveries in the 1870s.
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Post by L Roebuck on Oct 27, 2005 9:57:15 GMT -5
Next time we are in Colorado we will be looking you two guys up! Isn't it wonderful when you can make new discoveries!?  |
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Post by Sharon Faulkner on Oct 28, 2005 16:56:36 GMT -5
Hmm...the Thursday night offer is a little tough to make on a week night. ;D However, if the 2010 Colorado Convention works out, count me in.
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Post by murph on May 19, 2006 20:34:54 GMT -5
I used to belive all the caves had been found :(then Belew sad one time ''no we just found all the obvious ones'' that mad me all  then years later bear told me he hated going to a dig because he awalys found 10 more leads on the way and never got to where he was trying to go in the first place.this seams to be a real problom :-/now as i walk to a dig i constintly keep telling myself ''no no dont I konw but there everywhere no dont dont look stop dont dig just go not the bar no keep moveing move that rock oooo oooo oooooooo it might but >:(dam again ''. and i hear those words''no but let me know what u find'' |
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Post by L Roebuck on May 20, 2006 13:41:24 GMT -5
Welcome to U.S. Cavers Forum Murph!  Oh yes we still have a lot of caving to do! There are a lot of caves to discover and explore. But these days we just have to work a bit harder to get into them than the 'old timers' did. |
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