Bighorn Cavern
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Here's
Richard on the rappel into Bighorn Cavern. It's a great 80 foot
rappel to the bottom. To get back up out of this pit, you can
ascend directly up the rope, freeclimb the sides, or take the
express route out. We hook the rope to the Explorer and pull
you out.
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Me
coming out of one of the tunnels in Bighorn. There's about 8
miles of tunnels that have been explored, with many more waiting
to be explored. |
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This is a section
known as the Crystal Subway, named after the crystals that cover
the tunnel walls. |
The
Bean in the Crystal Subway. |
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The bean crawling
through one of the many crack sections. |
Neil
nearing the Red Dirt Maze, a section of the cave with soft red
dirt all over the cave floor, making the crawling a little more
enjoyable. |
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Richard sticking
his head out of a crawl space. |
Neil
coming out of yet another crack. |
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Cheese! Looking
up from "The Pit", a hole found deep in Bighorn. |
This
is an exciting route in Bighorn called The Crawl. At some spots,
the crawl is so tight, I had to turn my helmet sideways so it
could fit. this is the entrance to the Crawl. |
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Dave emerging
from the Crawl. |
The
Crawl only took one victim, Dave's pants. Here's his pants that
got ripped as he was trying to get through the Crawl. The cage
covering the entrance to the cave is in the background. |
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