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Post by tncaveres on Aug 19, 2008 8:44:28 GMT -5
I was underground for 2 days Worst thing I have ever done. It was so bad I am havinng to get a new helmet & harness due to the smell that we can not get out. This is a pic of me before I head down. www.elkvalleytimes.com/news/index.asp
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Post by tncaveres on Aug 1, 2008 16:20:53 GMT -5
Update: Me & Hunter went back yesterday with a GPS to get the #'s. Got them on both entrances. Then we went in to tape it out. 110' & some change to the tight spot with the flow stone. Coming back out Hunter found a snake about 18" long & burnt a trail getting out of there. Fast's I have ever seen that boy move. I believe it was a Corn snake. Called Bull yesterday night & gave him the #'s . He said according to his records it has never been turned in!!
I will be filling out the paper work tonight to turn it in.
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Post by tncaveres on Jul 29, 2008 12:20:42 GMT -5
Yeah I am taking a GPS out there next week so I can get the the #'s & register it .
We also found another openning while walking out that was enough air that the grass reeds were moving in front of the entrance. There was some brush piled up in front of it & kind of looked like a good place for a snake to be hidding. I decided to wait till my next trip when I have more time to pull all the brush away & crawl in there.
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Post by tncaveres on Jul 26, 2008 9:44:39 GMT -5
Me and the kids went Ridge walking yesterday in the pouring down rain. As soon as we got out of the truck it started. We could hear thunder out in the distance. I had heard about this cave back in the spring from a local farmer who told me to check it out if i could find it. He told me he had not been to it since he was a kid( about 50 yrs ago) when they hung hogs in it in the summer to cool the meat. He warned me before hand that this was going to be some thick cover to walk through & boy he was not kidding! After an hour of walking the rige wadding through brush sometimes over my head in the pouring rain we finally walked up on it. You had to be within a few ft of it before you could see it. The entrance is about 4 1/2 ft tall by about3 ft wide. You have to stoop to get in but are able walk by standing right after that. At first it looked like it just went a short ways & then dead ended but after gettting to the end we found that it just mad a sharp turn to the left & kept going we also noticed some light coming in from above. My kids were really getting excited now!! Heck I was too!! There a 2'x3' pit entrance into the room with about a 15 ' drop to the floor. We found close to 30 salamanders in this room of all colors & sizes. Best thing is the passage still keeps on going! It does get a little tight at this point but you can tell it opens right back up after the squeeze. I did not push it any further since all I had with me was my kids & our Lab. There was a few flowstone formations at the sharp turn but nothing really great. I never did find anything that looked like it was used to hang the meat so i am not sure if it is even the same cave the farmer told me about. He did not mention the other entrance either. I hope it is not since that means there is still another cave to be found!! All in all it was a good way to spend a couple of hours with my kids doing something we love to do! Sorry the pic is not to good but is was taken with my phone which was soaked by this time. The entrance of Salamander Skylight cave
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Post by tncaveres on Jun 17, 2008 11:28:26 GMT -5
I use a Lost Creek TAG Bag . It carries everything I need . Even my vertical gear.
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Post by tncaveres on Jun 2, 2008 21:47:01 GMT -5
Mike was helping a grotto in Kentucky clean up a cave entrance.
Good to see an awarness being made for keeping caves clean.
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Post by tncaveres on Apr 30, 2008 17:12:20 GMT -5
That would be sweet!!!
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Post by tncaveres on Oct 24, 2007 20:20:24 GMT -5
Great pics!!!! Good to see Peter,Jane,Glenn,Mel ,& who ever that goober was wearing the black longsleeve shirt ;D
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Post by tncaveres on Oct 24, 2007 19:56:36 GMT -5
That's my Berta! Tennessee resident...we live in Georgia. Yeah thats what was thinking. Glad everyone had a good time.
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Post by tncaveres on Apr 21, 2007 17:00:48 GMT -5
Good deal!! I love that spot in your first pic. Caught a many trout right there in the past. Hard to believe you were a half a mile from a cave that you have never been to before. We will change that tomorrow though
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Post by tncaveres on Apr 9, 2007 13:38:52 GMT -5
Thanks for all the replies guys. Hey Bull we can go just about any day I am not on shift.
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Post by tncaveres on Mar 30, 2007 22:54:57 GMT -5
Yeah the pic was taken in Middle Tn . It is a huge slab of rock out in a cow pasture. A couple of other rocks near by have some other type of fossil on it. I will take a pic of it tomorrow.
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Post by tncaveres on Mar 28, 2007 21:28:23 GMT -5
This not really cave related but I told Bull I would take of a pic of this fossil for him. I always thought it was pretty cool looking.
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Post by tncaveres on Mar 28, 2007 21:28:23 GMT -5
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Post by tncaveres on Jun 11, 2007 19:22:04 GMT -5
I have the GGG Full Knee pads & they are very tuff.
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Post by tncaveres on Jun 5, 2007 14:34:07 GMT -5
I clean all my gear after every trip . My Vertical gear for sure. The helmet gets a dose of water from the hose & that is aboout it. Like Robert said, Don't want my helmet to look to clean because I might be mistaken for a newbie. I guess wearing a clean white helmet is not as much of a newbie givaway as wearing jewelry in a cave. ;D Like some we know.
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Post by tncaveres on May 24, 2007 23:55:48 GMT -5
I told Joanna about this light & she looked it up on the site. She told me that she will have one soon ;D
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Post by tncaveres on Jul 7, 2006 12:31:29 GMT -5
Good one ;D
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Post by tncaveres on Aug 22, 2007 16:01:58 GMT -5
I hope to make it this time.
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Post by tncaveres on Aug 19, 2007 13:05:26 GMT -5
this book about Floyd Collins. It is called Trapped! It is a must read for sure.
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Post by tncaveres on Apr 9, 2007 17:21:09 GMT -5
Like the one of the backlighted Bacon.
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Post by tncaveres on Aug 14, 2006 22:20:51 GMT -5
Cool pics!!
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