ADAM HAYDOCK

LITTLE BRUSH CREEK CAVE

October 04, 2015

Little Brush Creek cave, Utah Little Brush Creek cave is located in eastern Utah. Little Brush Creek Cave has been publicly mapped for around 5.9 miles but additional survey has rendered passage that has extended this cave to 7 miles making this cave the longest cave in Utah. Little Brush creek Cave, Utah This cave has a short visitation span of only a...

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CRYSTAL COLD WATER GEYSER IN GREEN RIVER, UTAH

October 04, 2015

the Crystal Geyser, Green River Utah Located around 4 to 5 miles south of Green River, Utah is a cold water geyser that spews water, sometimes to a height of 50ft. at intervals throughout the day. This Geyser was once drilled for oil down to a depth of over 2000ft. but the explorers were not successful in finding any oil. Crystal Geyser, Green...

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TELEPHONE CANYON. ZION NATIONAL PARK, UTAH

October 04, 2015

Telephone Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah We met up with Daniel Martin, Kevin Romanak, Justin Thompson, and Lina Bachir for a trip into Zion National Parks, Telephone Canyon. Telephone Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah We all met up at Graham's house and it was great to see Ben Tobin and Andy Armstrong there as well. They were running Boundary Canyon with is a...

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OWL CAVE & HATARI CAVE, UTAH

October 04, 2015

Entrance to Blue Owl cave, Unita Mountains, Utah We made it up to the Unita Mountains and headed over to Owl Pit cave which is a really interesting feature in this range. Blue Owl cave, Unita Mountains, Utah Blue owl Cave is one of the more interesting caves in the area which has a nice 30-40ft entrance drop where you pass in-between a...

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GMZ CAVE, UTAH

October 04, 2015

GMZ cave, Utah After Thunder Shower cave we set out to find GMZ cave which is just a 200ft pit with no going passage. After a while, we found the entrance which is a nice sink and indeed goes down around 200ft. I prepared the anchor and noticed the highline rope had a core shot in it so I ended up having to...

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FISH MOUTH CAVE RUINS, UTAH

October 04, 2015

the entrance of Fish Mouth Cave Ruins, Utah After fueling up a bit in blanding, we headed out to the Comb Ridge area and headed out down the dirt road to Fish Mouth Cave Ruins. There are a number of ruins in this area where the Anasazi appeared to have a network of housing structures built for protection, ceremonies, and a desert life...

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DUCK CREEK "MAMMOTH" LAVA TUBE CAVE, UTAH, UTAH

October 04, 2015

The Dixie National Forest has some interesting high elevation features that come with this region in Utah. You will first notice the mountainous plateau’s where pastel colors of red and white mix in to create a palate of cream and pink color to the sand stone where the pines grow in abundance. At times, you can reach an altitude of over 10,000ft. on your way through the Dixie.

Duck Creek "Mammoth" Lava Tube Cave, Utah

Cedar Breaks is a great place to stop and view the vast vistas of spire formations and at times you can even see Zion in the distance.

Duck Creek "Mammoth" Lava Tube Cave, Utah

Among these pines and the sandy soil, lava beds have formed through cracks in the earth and have spread across sections of the Dixie as little as 2000 years ago. Some of these lava Beds cooled where lava kept flowing creating lava tubes that extend for quite the distance.

Duck Creek "Mammoth" Lava Tube Cave, Utah

One in particular Lava Tube, which has been named “Mammoth Lava Tube” or Duck Creek Lava Tube, extends for over 2 miles with multiple entrances and thru trips from one side of the tube to another.

This particular lava tube sees a lot of heavy traffic and is closed from October thru May to protect the bat population. Please respect these closures so we can protect the bat populations and enjoy the lava tubes for generations to come.

The Mammoth lava tube has four directions to go if you enter from the main entrance at the parking lot location. There is some nice walking passage that has been heavily travelled but there also is some breakdown sections that I bet filter out a lot of people which helps control the human impact and keep the cave in pristine condition.

Duck Creek "Mammoth" Lava Tube Cave, Utah

There is a gate at the main entrance to protect the bat population on effective closure dates.

Duck Creek "Mammoth" Lava Tube Cave, Utah

Another direction in the cave takes people through some interesting varnished walls and ceiling until finding themselves in crawl spaces and breakdown piles to manipulate themselves around which can become a challenge for some people. I did not have a lot of time but the time that we did have, we enjoyed the cave and got to see a few healthy bats flying around along with one of the fattest rats we have ever seen.

Duck Creek "Mammoth" Lava Tube Cave, Utah

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This a place where past writings and experiences live for the purpose to read and reflect back into the past with great people that I have been able to share these experiences with. Although this can be a place to view and transcend past experiences, this platform is only for personal reflective writing and not for official information to be used for official scientific analysis or to plan a trip of any kind whatsoever. Indeed, there is information within this diary of writings that contain information about caves, canyons, mountains, hikes, and the most exotic of places on the planet that can not be found anywhere else. This access to exclusive information inspires curiosity, creativity, and progression within the world exploration. I wish I had this inspiration back when I was eager to go caving so these writings allow a glimpse into my experiences, including these one of a kind places including caves. It must be known that the writings continue to protect the location of places like caves but if you are able to gain access to the location and have the means of entering caves to practice responsible caving, you may find these writings interesting to read. Do these personal writings self credit myself or provide entitlements to a status, beats me...besides I do not this perspective type of influence to be within any realm of possibility. We should all know we are enough and know we are amazing people without such entitlements. In me, this place is a modern day diary and photo album and I want you to enjoy the world as we saw it. To those that have shared these written experiences with me, welcome back to our rhetorical time travel into pastime and I am so grateful we all had a chance to share a piece of life amongst us.