Post by L Roebuck on Jan 23, 2008 7:53:34 GMT -5
Off The Beaten Path: The Cave Hunter
John Lander, CBS13
One Tuolumne County man often scramble's over the rocks like a kid looking for buried treasure. Steve Fairchild explores caves.
"It was the cave floor at one time and now you can see the flowstones. That's stalactite material."
Steve is searching for entrances to caves and he ought to know, he owns a half dozen in the Sierra, all open to tourists. Ten million years ago, there was an ocean there. It receded and the rocky formations eroded into caves.
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John Lander, CBS13
One Tuolumne County man often scramble's over the rocks like a kid looking for buried treasure. Steve Fairchild explores caves.
"It was the cave floor at one time and now you can see the flowstones. That's stalactite material."
Steve is searching for entrances to caves and he ought to know, he owns a half dozen in the Sierra, all open to tourists. Ten million years ago, there was an ocean there. It receded and the rocky formations eroded into caves.
Full Article & Video