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Archive for July 30th, 2007

Probably had a hammer taken to them.

IMG_6926, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
These shattered stumps of stalactites are a good reason why the caves should remain anonymous in their location. Certain, easily accessible areas are quite badly vandalized but deeper where crawling and exploration beyond the daylight is required the environment is still pristine. Looking under a [...]

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Suspected buried passages beneath where we were crawling.

IMG_6884, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
We suspected that the tunnels within which we were crawling - though broken into several smaller caves - might actually be an interconnected warren of passages simply blocked by thousands of years of porcupine feces.
In many places the tunnels appear to have a lower [...]

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Does anyone know what kind of vertebrae this is?

IMG_6953, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Shortly after descending the bone pit Greg found two beaver skulls in a corner and as I was walking I kicked something that made an oddly porcelean sound - very unlike the sound of the rock shards beneath my feet.
In examining the cave [...]

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