Death Bell Cave; Real Horror Show, originally uploaded by Mic2006. We descended by cable ladder into the cave that we call the Death Bell. That morning we had no idea what we would find. My greatest fear was rattle snakes. I have come across the Massasagua rattle snake in caves before, but being in Ontario, [...]
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Death Bell Cave; Real Horror Show
Posted in archeology, best things to do in Toronto, bizzare, bones, book on caves, Buy The Book, Canada, cave conservation, cave digging, cave diving in ontario, cave formation, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Ontario, cool things to do in toronto, crazy things, creepy places, cryptozooology, Education, Eramosa Karst, exploration, extreme sports, FOTEK, fun things to do in toronto, geography, geology, haunted places, Interesting, nature, Nature/Outdoors, niagara escarpment, ontario, ontario caves, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, photo, Photography, photos, picture of, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, sinkholes, sinkholes in Ontario, sports, strange places, things to do in Toronto, tagged archeology, Caves, caves in Canada, caving, Caving in Ontario, creepy, death, exploration on May 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Extreme Outdoor sports in Canada – Opening Buried Cave Tunnels (Toronto, Ontario)
Posted in adventure in Ontario, Adventures, best things to do in Toronto, book on caves, Buy The Book, 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, diving in ontario, Eramosa Karst, exploration, extreme sports, fun things to do in toronto, nature, Nature/Outdoors, 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, things to do in Toronto, underground, underground Ontario, What is an extreme sport, tagged books on caves, Caves, caving, Caving in Ontario, exploration in Canada, extreme sports, extreme sports in Canada, outdoor sports in Canada on April 23, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Extreme Outdoor sports in canada, originally uploaded by Mic2006. Though many would consider caving to be an extreme outdoor sport, I believe that there are few experiences that have the soul baring qualities of first time exploration of virgin tunnels. Though there are plenty of opportunities for exploring such passasges in western Canada – in [...]
Buried Alive! – Extreme Caving in Ontario
Posted in adventure in Ontario, Adventures, book on caves, cave diving in ontario, cave formation, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Ontario, cool things to do in toronto, diving in ontario, environment, Eramosa Karst, exploration, extreme sports, guelph, Hamilton, ontario caves, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, photo, Photography, photos, picture of, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, sinkholes, sinkholes in Ontario, sports, tagged Caves, caving, Caving in Ontario, glacial Age, karst in Ontario, lakes in Ontario, Sinkholes in Ontario on April 15, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Buried Alive! – Extreme Caving in Ontario, originally uploaded by Mic2006. Greetings cavers and cave interested readers. As you might have gathered by the photo, I have spent some time underground today in the solitary and yet thought provoking pursuit of extreme cave digging. Admittedly there were times when it felt like I was buried [...]
Caves Beneath the Bruce Peninsula – Beneath the Niagara Escarpment
Posted in adventure in Ontario, Adventures, book on caves, books, cave conservation, 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, diving, diving in ontario, environment, Eramosa Karst, exploration, extreme sports, fun things to do in toronto, geography, geology, Interesting, nature, Nature/Outdoors, niagara escarpment, ontario, ontario caves, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, photo, Photography, photos, picture of, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, sinkholes, sinkholes in Ontario, strange places, things to do in Toronto, underground, underground Ontario, tagged Bruce Peninsula, cave shafts, Caves, caving, Niagara escarpment, shafts, video on caves, video on caving on April 13, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Caves on the Bruce Peninsula – Beneath the Niagara Escarpment, originally uploaded by Mic2006. This is a shaft at the back of a well known sea cave on the Bruce Peninsula. It might appear that I am desperately fighting a giant serpent that is in the process of swallowing me. Well gravity is on it’s [...]
Shelter Cave in the Elora Gorge – Checking out the Ice Formations is a Cool Thing to do Near Toronto
Posted in abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, cave conservation, cave digging, cave diving in ontario, cave formation, Caves, caves in Ontario, Caving in Ontario, cool ice formations, Elora Gorge, environment, exploration, geography, geology, hiking, nature, Nature/Outdoors, ontario caves, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, Photography, photos, picture of, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, tagged caves in Ontario, Caves near Toronto, caving, Caving in Ontario, cool things to do near Toronto, Elora Gorge, shelter caves on March 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Big shelter cave in the Elora Gorge, originally uploaded by Mic2006. JC and I have had some difficulty in locating these caves in the Elora Gorge, there are plenty of rumors out there, but because of the difficulty in viewing this area, with slippery ice and cliff edges that seem to blend into the drifted [...]
FOTEK Dinner and Dance Fundraiser – Protecting Karst in Ontario 2012
Posted in adventure in Ontario, best things to do in Toronto, book on caves, Buy The Book, cave conservation, 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, Eramosa Karst, exploration, extreme sports, FOTEK, guelph, Hamilton, nature, Nature/Outdoors, niagara escarpment, ontario, ontario caves, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, photo, Photography, photos, picture of, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, sinkholes in Ontario, tagged caving, Caving in Ontario, Eramosa Karst, FOTEK, Friends of the Eramosa Karst, fundraiser, karst, karst in Canada, karst in Ontario on March 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
FOTEK Dinner and Dance, originally uploaded by Mic2006. Tucked away in the back of Michaelangelo’s plush event room is the dinner table of several Ontario cavers. The event was FOTEK’s annual dinner and dance fundraiser 2012. There were at least 400 people present. After dinner conversation was punctuated by various speechs from politicians and the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Caving in Ontario; Exploration of Buried Karst – An adventure in extreme sport in Canada
Posted in adventure in Ontario, Adventures, books, Buy The Book, cave digging, cave diving in ontario, cave formation, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Hamilton, Caving in Ontario, diving, diving in ontario, Education, environment, Eramosa Karst, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, Hamilton, hiking, Interesting, Life, My Book, mystery, nature, 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, sandstone, science, searching for caves, sinkholes in Ontario, sports, strange places, Toronto Cave Group, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, tagged book on caves, Book on caving, cave book, Caves, caving, Caving in Ontario, exploration, exploring, extreme sports on January 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Caving in Ontario – Exploration of Buried Karst – JC following up a cave tunnel “The newly published book, “Caving in Ontario; Exploration of Buried Karst”, is now available for purchase from Lulu at this link – “Caving in Ontario” – buy the book. On the Lulu web page you will be able to preview [...]







