The usual chaos Saturday morning at the Durbin Depot |
Neither snow nor unplowed roads can keep us from our caving! |
Me at the Windy Entrace |
We rapped straight from the top of the sinkhole this time. |
Tom comes down the pit. I don't know why the rope makes that sharp angle... |
The flowstone traverse above the Rat Race on the way to the Skeleton Domes. |
Tiny negotiates the tricky loop climb (10') in the Skeleton Domes |
Tiny lingers at the base of the Skeleton Domes (30'). |
The Bratwurst passage is often profusely decorated! |
Dwight in the Bratwurst passage from above |
Tom occupies a gorgeous grotto |
In the Bratwurst Formation Room, there are numerous acid-trip formations. |
...and many pristine formations. |
Back down the Skeleton Domes, this time via cable ladder. |
The PQ survey team, ready to depart |
| Penelope Pooler and Bob Alderson at the Window Climb.
| | Tom Kornack displays proper frog technique at the Window climb.
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| Bob Zimmerman tests out the new bolt on the now-bypassed Mud Bridge climb.
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| Atop the Mud Bridge, Lew Carroll, Tom Kornack and Bob Zimmerman perform various maintainance. Note the black bag of vertical gear that got left behind.
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| Some calcite formations on the floor of the now-bypassed crawl back toward the Waterfall room.
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| Madeline Li, Lew Carroll and Tom Kornack appear slimed but cheerful after a less-than-stellar survey trip.
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| Tom Huette, Ralph and Tsai-Hong Hartley, Pat Bingham and Bob Zimmerman down some vittles at the Depot.
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| They're Baa-aack! - Pat Bingham, Tom Kornack and Charles Danforth prepare to re-enter Cassell to retrieve Tom's errant vertical gear
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