Ice Formations in a shelter Cave – Canada (Elora Gorge, Ontario), originally uploaded by Mic2006. Further to my exploration of Canadian geography in the the winter, JC and I found an icy precipice down which we could slither into the Elora Gorge. Being more agile JC had led the way, and I followed tentatively, wondering [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Cool Ice Formations in a Shelter Cave – Canada (Elora Gorge, Ontario)
Posted in adventure in Ontario, book on caves, cave formation, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Ontario, cool ice formations, cool things to do in toronto, Elora Gorge, environment, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, guelph, Hamilton, ice formations, Interesting, nature, Nature/Outdoors, ontario caves, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, things to do in Toronto, winter ice formations, tagged cool ice formations, cool things to do near Toronto, Elora Gorge, frozen water fall, ice formations, shelter cave, shelter caves, Winter ice formations on February 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Argument Hole – Another entrance to the Marmora Maze Caves and the Accompanying Video on Caves
Posted in adventure in Ontario, Adventures, best things to do in Toronto, book on caves, cave digging, cave diving in ontario, cave formation, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Hamilton, Caving in Ontario, cool things to do in toronto, environment, Eramosa Karst, exploration, extreme sports, fun things to do in toronto, geography, geology, guelph, Hamilton, Interesting, Nature/Outdoors, niagara escarpment, ontario, ontario caves, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, Photography, photos, picture of, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, sports, things to do in Toronto, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, tagged Argument Hole, book on caves, cave video, Caves, Caving in Ontario, Marmora Maze Caves, Video on cave exploration, video on caves on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Argument Hole – Another entrance to the Marmora Maze Caves, originally uploaded by Mic2006. Argument Hole – so named for the dispute that took place at it’s discovery and subsequent exploration (that was many years ago). JC and I had spent some time scouting along the bottom of the escarpment beside the sometimes flowing resurgence [...]
Marmora Karst – Geology of Ontario, a Winter Exploration near Toronto
Posted in book on caves, cave digging, cave diving in ontario, cave formation, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Hamilton, Caving in Ontario, cool things to do in toronto, environment, Eramosa Karst, exploration, extreme sports, fun things to do in toronto, geography, geology, niagara escarpment, ontario, ontario caves, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, Photography, photos, picture of, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, sinkholes in Ontario, sports, strange places, things to do in Toronto, underground, underground Ontario, What is an extreme sport, tagged book on caves, Caves, caves in Canada, Caving in Ontario, extreme sports, ice caving, Marmora, things to do near toronto, winter sports on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Marmora Karst – Geology of Ontario, originally uploaded by Mic2006. The Marmora area in the winter (a few hours north east of Toronto) certainly gives the impression of pristine Canadian wilderness, it feels wild and remote and it certainly is most beautiful. JC and I made the 3.5 hour drive from Guelph / Hamilton this [...]
Possible Cave Bearing Sinkhole – Cave Geography in Ontario
Posted in adventure in Ontario, book on caves, cave digging, cave diving in ontario, cave formation, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Hamilton, Caving in Ontario, environment, exploration, geography, geology, ontario, ontario caves, Ontario geography, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, rocks and minerals, searching for caves, sinkholes, sinkholes in Ontario, tagged cave geography, cave tunnel, Caving in Ontario, sinkhole, sinkhole in Ontario, sinkholes in Canada, Sinkholes in Ontario on February 13, 2012 | 3 Comments »
possible cave bearing sinkhole, originally uploaded by Mic2006. It seems that the cave geography repeats itself. To a farmer it is a curse but to me this sinkhole is very much like the Blue Barrel Sink and as you might already be aware, there is cave tunnel beneath Blue Barrel sink. and again, just like [...]
Wolf or Coyote – Cave Exploring, an Outdoor Adventure in Ontario
Posted in adventure in Ontario, book on caves, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Hamilton, Caving in Ontario, environment, exploration, extreme sports, fun things to do in toronto, Interesting, ontario, ontario caves, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, rocks in Ontario, searching for caves, sinkholes in Ontario, sports, strange places, underground Ontario, tagged cave exploring, caving, Caving in Ontario, challenge, coyote, outdoor adventure, outdoor adventure in Ontario, winter, winter extreme sports on February 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Wolf or Coyote – cave hunting, originally uploaded by Mic2006. As mentioned in a previous post, courage or weather withstanding JC, Wolfmaan and I would be exploring virgin tunnel this last weekend. Well a failure on all fronts. The weather around the Wasteland Waterway Cave was just outrageous and, additionally, my courage failed as well [...]
Natural Cave Gate – Finding Caves
Posted in book on caves, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Ontario, environment, exploration, extreme sports, Nature/Outdoors, niagara escarpment, ontario caves, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, searching for caves, tagged book on caves, cave book, Cave gate, caving book, exploring caves, fing caves, looking for caves on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Natural cave gate, originally uploaded by Mic2006. Last weekend we enjoyed a feeble sunshine and weather that made it seem like spring was just around the corner. On a plateau that was totally cleft by grykes and pocked with sinkholes we found a joint that had several likely entrances into the underground. Jeff also explored [...]
What is limestone?
Posted in book on caves, Caves, caves in Ontario, Caving in Ontario, limestone, niagara escarpment, Ontario geography, rocks in Ontario, searching for caves, sinkholes in Ontario, what is limestone, tagged karst, limestone, types of limestone, what is limestone, what is limestone made of, where is limestone found on February 8, 2012 | 7 Comments »
What is limestone?, originally uploaded by Mic2006. What is limestone? First and foremost limestone is a sedimentary rock. As seen in the picture above, it erodes and redeposits in fantastic and ornate ways. Limestone is made of the skeletons of corals and tiny sea creatures, but it can also be made of calcium based chemical [...]
Skull Cave, finding caves in Ontario
Posted in book on caves, Caves, Caving in Ontario, Eramosa Karst, exploration, extreme sports, Nature/Outdoors, ontario caves, picture of, rocks and minerals, searching for caves, underground, underground Ontario, tagged book on caves, caves in Canada, Caves near Toronto, caving, Caving in Ontario, discovering caves, exploring caves, Finding Caves on February 7, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Skull Cave, Finding caves in Ontario This past Sunday JC and I took a little trip out into the insipid February sunshine. It was just warm enough to feel a taste of spring, you could smell the decaying leaves and the fungus in the soil. As usual we were following up on cave leads and [...]
Photoshop CS5 Tutorials – water drop reflections by Nicola Gordon
Posted in Caves, photo, photo editing, Photography, photos, photoshop CS5 tutorial, photoshop tutorials, picture of, tutorial, tagged add lens flare, photo editing, photo geek, photoshop CS5 tutorials, Photoshop tutorial, remove an object, water drop reflections on February 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Photoshop CS5 Tutorials – water drop reflections by Nicola Gordon Check out these amazing photoshop CS5 tutorials. Nicola Gordon, a self confessed photo geek shows how she does it with incredible photographic tricks. My favorite photo manipulation was the complete removal of a telegraph pole from the middle of a picture. Where once the pole [...]
Anne Gordon – Guelph travel writer and recipient of a NATJA Award for her article on the Iatmul of Papua New Guinea
Posted in book on caves, Caves, Caving in Ontario, NATJA Award, nature, Nature/Outdoors, New Guniea, Papua New Guinea, Travel writer, tagged article, Edgehill Press, Iatmul, Land of the last frontier, NATJA Award, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guniea, PNG, Travel writer on February 4, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Pictured above is an amazing image of an Iatmul Elder as captured by Anne Gordon, one of the members of our writing co-operative – Edgehill Press. Anne received a tie in the Bronze category for ‘Special Focus Travel Articles’; her article ‘Land of the Last Frontier’, about the Sepik river and the Iatmul in Papua [...]
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