David comments on a bit of his experience coming to King Solomon's cave. It is hard to know where to start about King Solomon cave. I vividly remember the phone call from Adam when he told me the cave he discovered contained huge crystals larger then cars and unique hollow sword looking speleothems among other pretty incredible things. Well to make a long story short I was every bit as impressed as he was of the significant cave discovery of King Solomon Cave. I appreciate the opportunity I had along with many other cavers to document, survey and explore King Solomon Cave. It truly is a unique and special cave that I got to experience with great friends and a memory I will cherish. As our survey came to an end and photography encompassed a full-bodied narrative of the cave, immediate protection efforts became our primary scope of work. Indeed we had over 10 people in the know about KS cave and the probability of someone finding out about the cave was and has always been a concern. The efforts came together with countless hours of work, documenting, discussions, and even tiered levels of trust within the need to know arenas of individuals. There were concerns of who to trust and unfortunately, that was a reality that we all had to suffer from.
Blue Point Spring and Rogers Spring are two spring resurgences within the Lake Mead National Recreation area an hour north of Las Vegas.
These two spring resurgences release warm spring water that was measured to be at 81 degrees F.
The water comes from 10s of miles away from a large aquifier that might be connected to a system under ely, Nevada.
I went here to check for a potential dive into these springs using a No mount configuration and both springs appear to be inaccessible to diving into the springs due to restrictions.
One spring had some very brittle ceiling material that appears to flake off when touched.
Another spring had a slab rock restriction that did not allow for human travel into the spring.
These springs are both beautiful places to visit and I can see why people like swimming in these areas.
I highly recommend visiting these two places if you are looking for a nice swim in warm water.
Do not dunk your head underwater due to an amoeba that could potential cause major brain damage
Rock canyon is a short but very scenic canyon located in a remote section of Zion national park.
The deep sand road creates a filter to keep most people out of canyon except for the groups willing to take on the deep sanded roads. The roads were indeed deep in sand. It reminded me of driving to white pocket.
We were in a jeep grand Cherokee with off road tires that were wider than traditional tires.
There were moments where we felt like we might be digging into the sand but mark was able to power through.
After an hour of this kind of driving, we made it to the trailhead of the canyon.
we found a trail and followed it down into the canyon with the first rap coming right into play.
We encountered 5 rappels up to 110 ft in length.
All of the rappel had their own character to them
and one of the drops, we were able to downclimb.
The main event was the 110 ft drop that took us into a beautiful alcove of glowing firey color within the sand stone.
after we got into this canyon, we hiked out and to the river. there was a beautiful stream flowing into the river. The hike out was straight forward and we all got back to the car in less than three hours.