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IMG_6638, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
This is where we are heading - digging a channel around this corner - the direction in which the water must flow - we hope will reveal something of more human suited dimentions. Up ahead the tunnel appears to possibly drop - maybe a grike or something that scoops the water [...]
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IMG_6614, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Well as we got further in, the digging got harder and harder, my partner behind me pulled the dirt bucket out with a rope and I employed the garden claw and crow bar.
It was not long before I was exhausted. Excavation such as this in soggy, crowded, quarters gives one a [...]
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IMG_6596, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
The initial visit to the newly discovered cave left us with the impression that there might be some tunnel exploration ahead - it just required a little digging. Most significant to me was the cobble channel at the back of the bedding plane entrance, it originated at a boulder choke and [...]
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Cave dig in virgin Ontario tunnels !
IMG_6625, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
As mentioned recently we have found a new cave in an area that has been ignored by cave searchers in the recent past. Martin Davis, an Ontario cave explorer in the 70’s, had visited this karsty strip of Georgian Bay shoreline on the way to [...]
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