Caving

[Bhoesl]

Any cavers / rock climbers on here? I found a really deep crevasse that seems to have a pretty large cave underneath. It’s in otherwise fairly flat terrain. I’d love to know what’s down there. I enjoy exploring caves that I can crawl through, etc, but this is way beyond my comfort level. I dropped a rope down it with a weight, it’s over 50’ deep. The picture doesn’t do it justice, the opening at the surface is maybe 4’ x 12’, but appears to open up much wider beneath.
If anyone has the equipment and know-how to explore something like this let me know and I will share the location in a PM.

 

[BenP]

Take a rope and a go pro and lower it down to see if you could get a video of what it looks like. If you find someone that explores it I'd like to see some pictures or video of it.
I've only been in one cave and loved it. Nothing serious but if I lived closer to caves I'd be an avid explorer.

 

[Bhoesl]

That’s a good idea, I don’t have a go-pro but it might be worth looking into one.

 

[homestead]

Years ago, I worked peripherally in the coal mine industry. Was in mines a handful of times. That was probably enough caving for me.

 

[noharleyyet]

That pic makes my heartbeat louder than tinnitus...

 

[Deez Nutz]

Drop a rock into it and see how long it takes for it to hit the bottom. Would be interesting to fly a small drone down into there.

 

[cbat]

Cell phone on a fishing pole

 

[Gr8bawana]

Nope nope nope...

The Tragic Story Of A Spelunker Who Wiggled Into A Crevice So Narrow, He Never Got Out

To give you a picture of its shape, sections of the cave are named “The Birth Canal” and “The Aorta Crawl”.

thoughtcatalog.com

 

[marksjeep]

Reach out to the local grotto of NSS. They'll likely be happy to check it out, map, photograph.

 

[npaden]

I enjoy it. Haven't ever done one where you have a 50' drop in to get started though.

This one is a 6 1/2 mile hike to get to. About 20 years ago we got some literature on this cave from the local Forest Service district office but now they act like it doesn't exist. Doesn't show up on any maps that I've found. I've explored it several times and have about 600' of passages mapped out. It gets 30'+ high in some spots. Pretty neat cave. A creek runs through it so best to explore in late summer with the creek isn't running as much. The passage in the video is the upper passage that is probably 50' higher than the main lower passage. It's south of Livingston and a pretty cool cave to explore. The lower entrances are just duck your head a little, you don't have to go through the narrow exit in the video if you didn't want to you could back track and go out the larger entrance.

 

[Sheltowee]

Nope nope nope...

The Tragic Story Of A Spelunker Who Wiggled Into A Crevice So Narrow, He Never Got Out

To give you a picture of its shape, sections of the cave are named “The Birth Canal” and “The Aorta Crawl”.

thoughtcatalog.com

+3 more nopes: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/tragedy-at-sand-cave.htm

 

[Bhoesl]

Years ago, I worked peripherally in the coal mine industry. Was in mines a handful of times. That was probably enough caving for me.

I worked in a mine for awhile as well, underground doesn’t really bother me. It’s the vertical drop into this that is beyond my comfort level.

 

[Bhoesl]

Reach out to the local grotto of NSS. They'll likely be happy to check it out, map, photograph.

I actually just looked up the “northern Rocky Mountain grotto” and sent them a message.

 

[Bhoesl]

Drop a rock into it and see how long it takes for it to hit the bottom. Would be interesting to fly a small drone down into there.

That was the first thing I tried. About 2 seconds to hit bottom, so approximately 65 feet, but that was just me counting in my head, definitely not a precise measurement, lol!

 

[Deez Nutz]

That was the first thing I tried. About 2 seconds to hit bottom, so approximately 65 feet, but that was just me counting in my head, definitely not a precise measurement, lol!

That’s wild. Caves and mineshafts have always been intriguing to me but also give me a degree of the willies

 

[Hem]

I went caving once when I was a kid. YMCA thing. There were some tight spots to crawl through where there was no turning around, only forward.
That did it for me.

 

[Irrelevant]

I proposed to my wife after a day of spelunking.

The first rule of caving is, we don't talk about caving

 

[BenP]

I went caving once when I was a kid. YMCA thing. There were some tight spots to crawl through where there was no turning around, only forward.
That did it for me.

I feel like going into an aircraft fuel tank is about the same way sometimes, some people freak out, I find it fun snaking through the tight spaces.

 

[Laelkhunter]

The only thing I seem to remember about small caves and caverns is the poisonous gas that could accumulate in them. I'm sure it's all paranoia, but I would prefer someone else to go in first and wait for them to come out before I try it. Soooo, no thanks-enjoy yourself and take pics.

 

[Straight Arrow]

I'm sure it's all paranoia, but I would prefer someone else to go in first and wait for them to come out before I try it. Soooo, no thanks-enjoy yourself and take pics.

As boys my buddy and I climbed down the rickety wooden ladder into the big room of Lick Creek Cave. With our one flashlight we explored the large chamber, then found a side tunnel to crawl down and get wet. When backtracking and finding the big room again, then our flashlight failed with dead batteries. It took several trips around the perimeter in the dark and an hour or so to find that ladder again. We thought we were gonners. Sooo ... same here ... no thanks ... I'm done caving!