New Ontario Caver Brings With him a Surprising Discovery

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Originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Jeff had only become known to me "in the person" this past weekend. Up until now I had intermittantly received commentary from Doug about an ambitious new caver who had some draining experience and was keen to learn about the natural underworld.
There seems to be a dispropotionately large number of plumbers who [...]

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Death Brings Life Underground - (Ontario caves - What lies beyond the known explorations)

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This photo was taken looking down what Doug terms. "The overflow shelf". At the last open crevice before our cave tunnel disappears completely there is a big pile of organic debris. It blocks what appears to be the logical progression of the water down a tube shaped passage deeper and deeper [...]

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