Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Well as I am sure you can all imagine, “yours truly”, “the human mole” has scarcely had any decent time to himself as of late. It is for this reason that my posts of yesterday might seem a little stilted. Maggie was hot on the mole’s tail first thing in the morning. I think I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 23, 2006 | 2 Comments »
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IMG_1899, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Another interesting piece of old mining machinery.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 23, 2006 | 1 Comment »
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IMG_2578, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
This is one of the icy tunnels I probed this past winter. Doug and I had come here to map the surface features but I couldnt resist the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 23, 2006 | No Comments »
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snakepit2 035, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Behind me is a pile of debris that has been hauled up to the surface with a bucket, a rope and human back power. A cave dig [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 23, 2006 | No Comments »
IMG_0354
Originally uploaded by Mic2006.
For those who dont know about karst environments it is the surface clues that tip cavers off as to what lies beneath.
The area in which I live (Southern Ontario) is comprised of a sedimentary plain that is overlain by a blanket of glacial till. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2006 | No Comments »
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IMG_2532, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Found these wierd little stumps growing up at the entrance to a cave this winter. It was quite difficult climbing in to the tunnel without damaging the subject [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Greetings Bloggers! Though it departs from my regular routine of natural wonders and unusual travels I feel the need to “Hang the laundry out” so to speak, an airing of greviences, Mick versus the establishment. I have over the last little while struggled to maintain my self esteem in the wake of a rising tide [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2006 | 1 Comment »
P0000263
Originally uploaded by Mic2006.
The river is wide and fast here and the guides spent some time navigating the craft through the maze of hidden sandbars. Palms and tall grasses hung well out from the river banks, the locals looked really poor.
Not far from where the Sarapique crosses over [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2006 | No Comments »
IMG_1954
Originally uploaded by Mic2006.
The Saxons believed that there was an evil little dwarf that skulked around in the dark recesses of their silver mines. They called him a Kobalt. Any form of mischief was blamed on the dwarf. When the silver yield began to decline the miners said [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2006 | No Comments »
IMG_1983
Originally uploaded by Mic2006.
This is the breached entrance to an abandoned silver mine near Cobalt. I had suspected some sort of entrace by the debris lying all around the base of the clifface but it was not until I climbed the precipice that I found this gaping portal [...]
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