Post by jonsdigs on Jun 14, 2009 22:33:19 GMT -5
Cookeville caver featured in National Geographic
Megan Trotter
Herald-Citizen Staff (Cookeville, TN)
Sunday, Jun 14, 2009
Kristen Bobo prepares to go down into a cave.
Cookeville is getting national coverage this month in National Geographic Magazine, thanks to Cookeville resident Kristen Bobo. Bobo is a caver who has explored more than 700 caves all over the country and many right here in Tennessee.
"I certainly wouldn't call it a hobby. It is my life. I work in caves; I play in caves," said Bobo.
She not only surveys caves for the private and public sector, she also is one of the leading cave gate builders in the United States, having built more than 50 of the gates that keep out those who would steal or destroy the caves' valuables like ancient human footprints, pottery or the delicate animals and organisms that live there.
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Megan Trotter
Herald-Citizen Staff (Cookeville, TN)
Sunday, Jun 14, 2009
Kristen Bobo prepares to go down into a cave.
Cookeville is getting national coverage this month in National Geographic Magazine, thanks to Cookeville resident Kristen Bobo. Bobo is a caver who has explored more than 700 caves all over the country and many right here in Tennessee.
"I certainly wouldn't call it a hobby. It is my life. I work in caves; I play in caves," said Bobo.
She not only surveys caves for the private and public sector, she also is one of the leading cave gate builders in the United States, having built more than 50 of the gates that keep out those who would steal or destroy the caves' valuables like ancient human footprints, pottery or the delicate animals and organisms that live there.
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