Chris Parks, Dave Everton, Adam Haydock, Phil Goldman, Joy Baiz, Kevin Romanak, Seth Gower, Brian Hunsaker on the Blowing Hole Cave gear recovery trip team. The days preceeding the tragic events that occured in Blowing Hole Cave last saturday have been difficult, but there was no question about a return trip back into Blowing Hole Cave to recover the gear that has been left behind...
Rest In Peace Tim McLain I got picked me up from work and we started to head out to Indiana for a weekend of...wait hold on.....You know what?.. this is not a typical trip report and this was not a typical weekend of caving activities. A trip into the Binkley's cave system through the Blowing Hole cave section was a trip to explore...
Brian Hunsaker in Fredricksburg Cave Thankfully the night before was a bit warmer so most of us bearing down in the cold weather were able to get a better nights sleep unless you were up with the rest of the moonlighters breaking down the liters of bourbon and burning the 10 bundles of fire we had purchased, than it might have been a bit more of...
Laura Oliver, Bob Lippold, Karlene Hanko, Brian Hansaker, Andrea Bolks, Steve Scoutaris, Jose Valdez, Hector Soreno, Nellie Colon, Sara Hughes, and Adam Haydock in Suicide Cave Indiana 28 cavers answered the call to cave at Spring Mill State Park Saturday morning around 930 AM. Some slept in heated rooms and others braved the cold but we all collected ourselves that morning to embark...
Phil Goldman in Green Eye Pit 1 Indiana We set out for the usual drive down to Indiana’s karst country with the objective of having an incredible beginners trip with the Windy City Grotto for what will turn out to be a memorable weekend for 28 cavers. I woke up around 6 am to meet up with Phil on the road as we...
Northern Cavefish Amblyopsis Spelaea and Crayfish Cambarus cryptodytes together Upper Twin Sunday morning we woke up early and got right down to the property where we would enter Upper Twin cave. We were able to obtain permission through the landowners of the private property to access the cave. Upper twin cave feeds into spring mill state park so we made sure we...
