ADAM HAYDOCK

SLEEPING BEAR SAND DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE

May 22, 2012

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SHILOH CAVE

May 12, 2012

Shiloh Cave, Indiana

Tom Campbell and I set out from Chicago and headed on over to the bloomington area to meet up with Danyele, Sam Frushour, Chris Parks, Quentin and Heather on a amazing trip to Shiloh cave

Shiloh Cave, Indiana

The cave itself it near a quarry and is on private land so only a small number of groups are allowed to enter the cave a year so we got the chance to see this beautiful system coming down to the cave.

Shiloh Cave, Indiana

We entered the cave and had to swim about 200ft to a near low space passage that opened up into a larger borehole passage.

Shiloh Cave, Indiana

We worked our way down the large trunk passage which was quite impressive with all of the formations and the beautiful cave species we got to see along the way.

Shiloh Cave, Indiana

We finally made it to the Black Damp Passage which was unlike anything I have ever seen in Indiana anywhere

Shiloh Cave, Indiana

The black Damp Passage is a side passage that had some amazing alien looking formations, scalloped water cut slot passage that looked quite razorlike and erie as well as some interesting colored passage that made for some amazing traverse challenges.

Shiloh Cave, Indiana

There were some waterfalls and some interesting karst faucets that leaked water from all directions which made this cave a wonderland of Karst development.

Shiloh Cave, Indiana

We made it to the end where we had to climb over a waterfall and had lunch where we stopped at.

Shiloh Cave, Indiana

Afterwards we continued to traverse back to the main passage and continue to the other side of the cave where we were able to exit as a thru trip!!

Shiloh Cave, Indiana

We did not have permission to leave from that location so we ended up going back the way we came and exited out where we entered.

Shiloh Cave, Indiana

Unfortunately we were not able to stick around so we had to get back to Chicago before traffic hit

Shiloh Cave, Indiana

What a wicked cave that was and it was fairly easy but a wetsuit was required to get through the beginning portion of the cave.

Shiloh Cave, Indiana

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HEMLOCK & MESMORE CLIFFS

April 14, 2012

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PIQUETTE MINE

April 11, 2012

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BUDDHA CAVE

April 07, 2012

Buddha Cave, Indiana

First time we came down to Buddha cave we took the day off of work and headed out in phils car early in the morning to head down to Mitchel Indiana for a quick trip into Buddha cave.

Buddha Cave, Indiana

There was something about this trip that was just fantastic, first of all it was Phil Goldman, Tom Campbell, and Adam Haydock going down to the cave. Just the three of us went to the cave and only dropped the 25 ft vertical fissure crack and went upstream to the second sump duck under and turned around. We didn't see much of the cave but we had an absolute blast!

Buddha Cave, Indiana

The walls on the lower well were covered in flowstone and formation decorations which was absolutely breathtaking to see.

Buddha Cave, Indiana

There was also a waterfall which was flowing pretty good and we followed the falls for a while along with a side passage and ended up turning around so we could get back at certain time at night.

Buddha Cave, Indiana

From thereafter, we called ourselves the brothers of the Guano and the three of us would set out to go caving in Indiana more and more which continued to fuel our fire and spark another chapter for the Windy City Grotto in Chicago.

Buddha Cave, Indiana

The next time we came down, we spent more time going through the lower stream passage and going through some duck unders until we were not able to continue anymore.

Buddha Cave, Indiana

Chris Parks accompanied us and we all had absolute blast going through this cave once again. The entrance is even impressive with a nice walk in passage that leads to a climb up and around to a hands and stoop walking crawl to a 25ft vertical drop into the lower stream passage of Buddha cave.

Buddha Cave, Indiana

We spent a good portion of the day here at Buddha cave and enjoyed the caves fine glory.

Buddha Cave, Indiana

I have been pondering where the stream passage leads to and wonder if there is a way to dive this sump but approval was never given as there didn't seem to be a need to continue the survey.

Buddha Cave, Indiana

There are also some side passages to explore in the upper and in the lower passage so when visiting the cave, take your time when going through Buddha cave

Buddha Cave, Indiana

This cave is prob one of the most decorated caves in all of Indiana, if not the Midwest due to all the flowstone and formation growth that has been kept in pristine condition for a super long time now.

Buddha Cave, Indiana

I want to thank the IKC for allowing us to access this cave and their continued support to preserve this property in its pristine condition that it is in.