Melanterite Stalactite with possible Szomolnokita and Copiapite minerals oxidizing with the iron Sulfates. Cueva de los Minerales, Volcano Irazu, Costa Rica. After hours of scrambling down a semi active volcano around loose volcanic rock, we arrived at a ledge where the clouds started to ascend above the elevation barrier they previously held on to before. As the minutes inched their way towards noon, the sun burned away...
The Grace Shannon's bow section with double anchors side to side I was back and forth with diving this weekend as I had some other tasks to complete but I decided to come out with my dive buddy Mike Apke and head over to dive with Shipwreck Explorers with Jitka, and Dave Sutton on a sunny Saturday in Milwaukee. This was set up to...
OTE at the WIT hotel downtown Chicago Every Year I try to volunteer at least twice to do some sort of work to benefit someone else. This year I volunteered with a company called OTE (Over the Edge). This is a company with rope access technicians that rig ropes on top of buildings for people to rappel over the edge that raise money...
Hoopers Well Last day in TAG and we picked up everything that we had at Troy's house and made it out to Hoopers Well for one last drop. This 100ft drop is in Monte Sano State Park area and is a very popular pit near the road. A lot of cavers come here to practice vertical training which is a nice location to practice and a...
Trenton Well We woke up a bit later to make sure we were as fresh as possible for the days trip. One of the cavers stayed back to relax from the trip yesterday so we set out to go to a beautiful pit and go to Butler Sinks afterwards to enter Paul's Cave. Trenton Well We drop the entrance and made it down...
