Posted in Adventures, Canada, Caves, Interesting, Life, My Book, Nature/Outdoors, Ontario's geology, Personal, Travel, abandoned, abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, bizzare, books, climbing, crazy things, creepy places, environment, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, hiking, industrial archeology, my life, mystery, nature, niagara escarpment, ontario, photos, picture of, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, sandstone, searching for caves, sports, strange places, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, urban exploration, waterfalls, waterfalls of Ontario, wierd on January 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Under the waterfall at night
IMG_6094, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
This is quite interesting - it shows the junction of the Whirlpool Sandstone and the Queenstone shale layer. My good friend SNAFU and I had visited this place on a cold winter night. As we approached falls the noise was totally deafening and the spray and wind [...]
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Posted in Adventures, Interesting, Life, Nature/Outdoors, Personal, Photography, Rocks & Gems, Travel, articles, backpacking, bizzare, climbing, crazy things, crystals, environment, exploration, extreme sports, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, hiking, lapidary, looking for gems, military, mine, my life, nature, people, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, strange places, wierd on September 18, 2007 | No Comments »
Drinking mint tea in Morocco
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We met this guy - Muhammad - one evening somewhere near the town of Asni in the high Atlas range. Muhammad (in green shirt) sold crystals beside the road and he told us where he had got them. We went there and it was a [...]
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Cruising in Morocco
Had a great time here. We were staying at the Toumbakal about 20 something years ago. There was nobody there but several of us and some German tourists. They had a pool from which the beggars were kept, French cuisine (with chef) and a fantastic view. Here a friend of mine - Joe [...]
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Posted in Adventures, Buy The Book, Canada, Caves, Caving in Ontario, Education, Interesting, Life, Nature/Outdoors, Ontario's geology, Photography, Travel, abandoned, adventure in Ontario, articles, backpacking, bizzare, books, caves in Ontario, caving, climbing, crazy things, environment, exploration, extreme sports, fossils, geography, geology, hiking, mystery, nature, ontario, people, photos, picture of, rockwatching, science, searching for caves, sports, strange places, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, wierd on July 30, 2007 | No Comments »
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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Posted in Adventures, Buy The Book, Canada, Caves, Caving in Ontario, Interesting, Life, My Book, Nature/Outdoors, Ontario's geology, Personal, Photography, Travel, adventure in Ontario, articles, backpacking, bizzare, books, caves in Ontario, caving, climbing, crazy things, environment, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, hiking, my life, mystery, nature, ontario, people, photos, picture of, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, science, searching for caves, sports, strange places, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, wierd on July 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Falling would have unpleasant consequences.
IMG_6907, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
With suitable caution Valerie inches down the pit - not so deep but far more slippery than you might imagine. The scalloped roof indicates the former presence of running water and by the tunnel shape I would suggest at one time a pheratic passage - beneath the [...]
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We peer within contemplating a slippery descent.
IMG_6852, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Following along the top of the ridge we soon located this elliptically shaped pit, “A bit like the “solution shaft at Olmstead” Valerie commented. Corneilie, Marc and Valerie peer down within - Mark suggesting to his fiance - Corneilie - “Be careful”. Greg warned of [...]
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A pristine cave environment protected by the government.
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Another view of the calcified decorations in this most secret cave (By Corneile SQS). As you can see the rock is this fantastic bleached white colour. Imagine the havoc of tourist traffic. Many are unaware that aside from their aesthetic appeal cave formations also [...]
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Posted in Adventures, Caves, Gibraltar, Nature/Outdoors, Personal, Photography, Travel, adventures in Europe, backpacking, bizzare, climbing, crazy things, environment, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, my life, nature, people, photos, picture of, sports, strange places, wierd on June 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
free climbing cliffs above the ocean - when sitting on the beach and drinking wine became boring.
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Here is a post from my other site - “thetravelnet.org”, it is rock related …
“Here I am one sunny afternoon climbing the cliffs at the edge of Camp Bay in Gibraltar. The peninsula [...]
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