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| Well...we didn't go in the National Entrance... we went down the elevators to the big room. | Yup...that's 750 feet below the surface!! | Our leader waited for us to all assemble with all of our equipment. |
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| The visitor's center is being redone and the downstairs cafeteria is gone... | So it's a bit different to look around... | then...down the visitor's trail backwards to get to the lower cave entrance. |
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| We leave the trail to assemble to go down. | We usually create a bit of a trail block as visitors shoot pictures of 'real cavers'! | And we had a LOT of stuff to take down. |
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| Pipe, fittings, buckets, sponges, water tanks, squirters etc... all needed for our projects... | We got a guide rope to assist the crew to go down the flowstone... | which leads to the ladders down to Lower Cave. |
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| The flowstone has been wet in the past.... | but wasn't this time....but better be safe than sorry. | Our newlyweds ...though on two different jobs...will they be able to stand the separation??? |
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| Everyone got last second stuff done... | Then pack em' up .... | and head on down! |
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