Comments on: Where I was this past weekend https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/where-i-was-this-past-weekend/ Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/where-i-was-this-past-weekend/#comment-1105876 Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:40:33 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72458#comment-1105876 In reply to clay.

clay: You are literally correct. Many sections of this particular cave formed as very large geodes which were later broken into when the cave around them formed.

]]> By: clay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/where-i-was-this-past-weekend/#comment-1105873 Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:30:14 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72458#comment-1105873 Looks like your standing inside a geode.

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/where-i-was-this-past-weekend/#comment-1105636 Wed, 20 Jan 2021 05:51:30 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72458#comment-1105636 Sorry but I am no place close to a pro caver.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/where-i-was-this-past-weekend/#comment-1105518 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 19:45:21 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72458#comment-1105518 In reply to George.

I must point out that experienced cavers do NOT use the term “spelunkers.” For us, a spelunker is someone a caver rescues. :)

]]> By: George https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/where-i-was-this-past-weekend/#comment-1105514 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 19:23:52 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72458#comment-1105514 As claustrophobic as I am, I love spelunking (as a firefighter, we trained in the “entanglement box,” in full turnout gear with a blacked-out faceshield, and that gives me the shakes thinking about it.) That photo reminds me of a cave I visited as a kid outside Las Vegas, since filled in with concrete, “for safety,” last I heard. Your article on carbide lamps also brought a smile to my face, as I recall difficulty with using those. A dream would be to visit the Giant Crystal Cave one day.

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/where-i-was-this-past-weekend/#comment-1105425 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 06:35:47 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72458#comment-1105425 I have only been through a few tourist caverns, Cascade Caverns, Natural Bridge Caverns, and Carlsbad Caverns. Plus two private caves close by with a local geologist and spelunker.

The local caves had some indigenous artifacts in them. We left those alone.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/where-i-was-this-past-weekend/#comment-1105414 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 03:02:04 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72458#comment-1105414 “Sampling the rubble-pile, and backing away slowly….”
https://youtu.be/q09NXQd2ERA?t=12

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/where-i-was-this-past-weekend/#comment-1105413 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 02:45:28 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72458#comment-1105413 LocalFluff–
here you go..

“Zimmerman Finds Promising Future Ground…..”
Gold Rush season 10 snippet
https://youtu.be/j6i7YK4gAlQ
3:06

]]> By: Robert Elfers https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/where-i-was-this-past-weekend/#comment-1105392 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 23:25:06 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72458#comment-1105392 Looks awesome.
I’d love to take you up on that, but I don’t get out west very often. Plus, it has been 20 years and 50 pounds ago.
Our group mostly looked into wild caves in KY and TN. They were typically quite wet, and care needed to be taken.
Amateurs with carbide lamps. Got some great photos, though.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/where-i-was-this-past-weekend/#comment-1105357 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:19:30 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72458#comment-1105357 In reply to LocalFluff.

LocalFluff: Nope, quite wrong. Those crystals are quite solidly placed.

]]> By: LocalFluff https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/where-i-was-this-past-weekend/#comment-1105355 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:18:14 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72458#comment-1105355 Looks like a rubble pile. Gently moving away from it, would be my reaction.

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