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- COLORADO
Caver Stuck 18 Hours In Passageway, KMGH - Denver,CO,USA.
DENVER -- A Colorado cave explorer spent 18 hours pinned in
a tight passageway before he was finally rescued, the Glenwood
Springs Post Independent reported ...
- THE
big squeeze: Sequoia National Park's Crystal Cave, Mid
Columbia Tri City Herald - Mid-Columbia,WA,USA ... What was
I thinking when I signed up for this Wild Cave Tour, a six-
to eight-hour endurance test through Sequoia National Park's
Crystal Cave? ...
- BRIEF
STARR'S CAVE – 24, Burlington Hawk Eye - Burlington,IA,USA.
Starr's Cave will open for the season Thursday, allowing visitors
to once again crawl inside for a peek. The cave, located at
Starr's ...
- INCESSANT
rains prevent British cave divers' escape in central ..., San
Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA. A planned three-day
underground expedition for five British military cave explorers
stretched into more than a week Wednesday as flood waters fed
by incessant ...
- TRAPPED
NINE DAYS, The Mirror - UK. By Anthony Harwood. DIVERS
who have flown out from the UK will today try to rescue six
British cavers trapped for nine days in a flooded Mexican cavern.
...
- ROUGHLY
2000 pounds of gunpowder found in St . Paul cave, KSTP
- St. Paul,MN,USA. ST. PAUL (AP) - A bomb squad disposed of
as much as 2,000 pounds of gunpowder found by teenagers buried
in a cave on the city's west side. ...
- MAMMOTH
Cave, louisville.about.com - Louisville,KY,United States.
Mammoth Cave is nestled in the tiny Kentucky town of Cave City
off of Interstate 65 in south central Kentucky. With more than
336 ...
- MARBLE
Arch Cave boats finally go into retirement, Belfast Telegraph
(subscription) - Belfast,Nothern Ireland,UK. ... engineering
task for Fermanagh District Council staff to manoeuvre the
three boats, each weighing 600kg, to an area where they could
be hauled out of the cave. ...
- CAVE
network found under car park, BBC News - London,England,UK.
... of previously unexplored caves. After two years digging
and blasting, they have now opened up a 30-ft cavern. Inside
they found ...
- TIPS
for safe caving, Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
... flood. Watch nearby rivers or streams for rising water
levels. 1. The most important item a caver takes underground
is light. A ...
- IF
you dare, you can find other worlds underfoot, Cleveland
Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA ... When the underground world
grants passage, a caver must be psychologically, physically
and technologically prepared to accept the invitation. ...
- PROJECT
to protect Pictograph Cave State Park to begin soon, Billings
Gazette - Billings, MT,USA. To preserve Pictograph Cave's artwork,
the state will begin filling in a portion of the cavern with
soil. The project is scheduled for the week of March 22. ...
- STRANDED
caver says she's not an idiot, Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand.
Gear and technical problems, not panic, resulted in a rescue
callout to Harwood's Hole on Takaka Hill last weekend, the
woman at the centre of the rescue says. ...
- OPEN
house allows visitors to see the bat cave, San Jose Mercury
News - San Jose,CA,USA ... open house that's a bit off the
beaten path -- literally: For the remainder of the month, visitors
to Pinnacles National Monument have access to a talus cave
...
- TUCSON
Citizen - Tucson,AZ,USA. A large cave with a crystal-covered
floor and formations said to rival those of Kartchner Caverns
is being carefully and quietly explored by researchers east
...
- ICE
Cave puts on a spectacular winter show, Oregonian - Portland,OR,USA
... spectacular ice formations that resemble the stalactites,
stalagmites, columns, fans and boxwork that require thousands
of years to form in a limestone cavern. ...
- CAVER
spends more than five hours on a ledge, Stuff.co.nz - New
Zealand ... The other caver and a rescue team member were making
their way out through the cave network and were expected to
surface by 2am. ...
- RESCUERS
Infuriated By Casual Attitude, Xtra News - New Zealand.
Sunday afternoon, police were told that a caver was trapped
in Harwoods Hole near Nelson. The first of three cavers had
abseiled ...
- CAVE
Death Trial Jury Fails to Reach Verdict, The Scotsman -
Edinburgh, Scotland,UK ... Doubtfire was leading the group
of Army recruits through the Porth-yr-Ogof cave complex, in
the Neath Valley, mid Wales, at the time. ...
- EXPEDITION
Seeks World's Deepest Cave Record, National Geographic
- USA ... If the expedition succeeds, Stone and his team will
have established Cheve as the world's deepest known cave, bypassing
Krubera Cave in the republic of Georgia ...
- EAGER
boaters hoping Jackson's waters return, The Tallahassee
Democrat - USA ... That means a rock could fall into the cavern
and slow the flow," McGlynn said. "Then the lake
will begin to fill up (faster).". ...
- SPELUNKER
Plunker, Sun Star - Philippines ... in this particular
area. This is how I found out that a spelunker is not a poor
speller who flunked. The municipality of Nabunturan ...
- KENTUCKY'S
Mammoth has fed our cave urge for 4000 years, Chicago Sun
Times - Chicago,IL,USA BY BETH J. HARPAZ. MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky.
-- Mammoth Cave doesn't have the colorful stalagmites and stalactites
that make some caves famous. ...
- BOY
Scout Rescued After BeingTrapped in KY Cave, WKYT - Lexington,KY,USA.
A 14-year-old boy was rescued Saturday after being trapped
for more than two hours in a cave where his Mayfield Boy Scout
troop was on an excursion. ...
- BLACK
History: Slaves found unique work as Mammoth Cave guides,
Bowling Green Daily News - Bowling Green,KY,USA. Lyons, a supervisory
park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park, and DeCroix, a park
ranger, have seen the name of Stephen Bishop – a slave
who led tours in ...
- WORLD'S
longest cave has ancient human connections, Evansville
Courier & Press - Evansville,IN,United States. MAMMOTH
CAVE, Ky. - Mammoth Cave doesn't have the colorful stalagmites
and stalactites that make some caves famous. Lighting is minimal;
signs are nonexistent. ...
- THE
big squeeze: Step by torturous step, Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA.
(Cave)at emptor: You may actually have fun during this often
grueling endurance test through Sequoia National Park's Crystal
Cave. ...
- NEED
a challenge? Try Moaning Cavern, San Jose Mercury News
- San Jose, CA,USA ... in on me. All I wanted was an escape
hatch. It was Bruce Brand, my guide through Moaning Cavern,
who kept me going. It's easy to ...
- WKU
students find meth lab in cave off of Louisville Road,
Bowling Green Daily News - Bowling Green,KY,USA. Western Kentucky
University students mapping a cave off Louisville Road on Monday
found the makings of a methamphetamine lab. “It ...
- MYSTERY
cave along Poudre hid chains, human bones, Greeley Tribune
- Greeley,CO,USA. The story of the Spanish cave along the banks
of the Poudre southeast of Windsor came from a man named Albert
Marshall, who arrived in Greeley in 1906, to find ...
- LOST
River Cave boasting new resources, Bowling Green Daily
News - Bowling Green,KY,USA. Locals looking to get away without
traveling too far can find two new resources at Lost River
Cave. Friends of Lost River recently ...
- ARCHAEOLOGISTS
find new cave art, The Johns Hopkins News-Letter - Baltimore,MD,United
States. Recently performed radio-carbon dating methods on a
huge collection of cave art in South Africa has found the paintings
at that site to be far older than ...
- MONARCH
wants ash cave developed to tourist centre, Daily Times
of Nigeria - Lagos,Nigeria ... ruler of Isarun in Ifedore Local
Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Joseph Adebobola Awoleyin
III, has called on the state government, to develop the ash
cave ...
- 2500
yr-old necklace found in cave, Melbourne Herald Sun - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia.
ISRAELI archaeologists excavating caves near the Dead Sea have
discovered a rare find – a woman's 2500-year-old fashion
accessories. ...
- MAMMOTH
Cave Takes Visitors Back in Time, ABC News - USA. By Beth
J. Harpaz. MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky., Feb. 20 — Mammoth Cave
doesn't have the colorful stalagmites and stalactites that
make some caves famous. ...
- HIDDEN
River Cave expands its boundaries, Bowling Green Daily
News - Bowling Green,KY,USA ... cave offers a Caving Adventure
Tour for two- or three-hour trips. For more information, see
www.cavern.com, or call (270) 786-1466.
- LOCAL
cave closed to spelunkers, Penn State Digital Collegian
- University Park,PA,USA. A sizable Centre County cave dubbed
J-4 has recently been closed to local cavers because of its
potential risk of injury to those who would venture
inside. ...
- COUPLES
marry, renew vows at cave, Capital News 9 - Albany,NY,USA.
Four couples plan to exchange marriage vows on Valentine's Day
at a heart-shaped stone at a popular upstate New York cavern.
Three ...
- DOWNWARD
Bound, Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA ... A friendly
ticket clerk welcomes me with a broad smile and says, "You're
our first visitor today." Two more reasons for winter
cave exploration. ...
- NEW
light shed on SA cave art, BBC News - London,England,UK.
A huge collection of rock paintings in South Africa is far
older than previously thought, research has found. Archaeologists
using ...
- VISITS
to Lost River Cave continue increase, Bowling Green Daily
News - Bowling Green,KY,USA. While the number of summertime
visitors at the Lost River Cave has increased this year, Friends
of Lost River continue to enhance the site’s accessibility
...
- INDUSTRIAL
park's first tenant expands plans, opponents vow to ...
WHAS 11.com (subscription) ... Roger Brucker, an esteemed caver
and an expert on Mammoth and other caves in the area, said
he worries that corporations moving into the park are building
on a ...
- TAKING
the plunge to Bone Cave, Manchester Times, The Bone Cave
experience begins with an icy wade across the Duck River and
part of the mouth of Bashaw Creek. The river in late ...
- FAMILY
Finds Giant Sinkhole Near Home, WESH.com ... Rainwater
that seeped through limestone may have caused an underground
cavern, which collapsed after the water table went down, experts
said. ...
- DEVELOPER
is seeking road over cave's end, Louisville Courier Journal,
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A developer wants to put a street above
a cave, but Lexington planners are worried the proposal could
lead to trouble. ...
- SATURDAY
at 10:35: On the Road, Underground!, KSTP ... As you'll
see, he'll need to blast his way deeper into the earth, to
find out if he's right. Spelunker John Ackerman admits it's
dangerous, dirty work. ...
- SIXTH-GRADER'S
Science Fair Project Is In Cave, KMGH ... She entered The
Barn section of the caves fully equipped with caving coveralls,
gloves, a cave pack loaded with gear, and a helmet featuring
two headlamps. ... (Check out the related discussion on The
NSS Forums: NSS Caver in newspaper article)
- CAVES
MOVE IN TO FUTURE, South Devon Herald Express ... attractions.
Kents Cavern, which has just celebrated its centenary, is well
on the way to completing a privately-funded redevelopment.
...
- CHARLESTON
Cave to Stay Closed, KLAS (Jan. 28) -- The US Forest Service
is turning thumbs down to a proposal that would reopen an ancient
cave located on Mt. Charleston. ...
- RESCUED
caver cheats death for second time, Stuff.co.nz ... Although
experienced climbers, the group of friends had little caving
experience and only decided to enter the caves on Saturday
morning, said rescued caver ...
- CAVE
group saved by rescuers, Stuff.co.nz. A novice caver spent
more than two hours inching by rope out of New Zealand's deepest
hole to raise the alarm for his trapped companions. ...
- SPELUNKERS
caravan to Crawlathon, Huntington Herald Dispatch ... In
the lodge basement, cavers could "Play the Squeezebox," slithering
through a medieval-looking timbered vice that operated as a
caver’s limbo of sorts. ...
- PARADISE
revisited: Copperas, Saltpeter caves open a wounded ...,
Manchester Times ... Copperas Cave is a rather massive horseshoe-shape
outcropping of limestone that recedes into, what, according
to local spelunker Scott Vaughn says technically ...
- FLINT
Riverquarium work moves on, WALB-TV, GA ... water works
demonstration. There will also be a cavern were kids can crawl
and see animals that live deep in the earth. The plaza ...
- RACING
to the Center of the Earth, National Geographic. In February
Bill Stone will be deep below Mexico's Sierra de Juárez
on an expedition that could make the Cheve Cave the world's
deepest. By Miki Meek. ...
- DROWNED
soldier could not swim, BBC News, UK ... Mr Vosper described
how the instructor and recruits arrived at the pool and the
defendant, a qualified caver who had been in the complex 53
times, and Mr ...
- RIPPY
bill sheds light on need for cave protection, Glenwood
Springs Post Independent, CO ... Rather, it’s largely
aimed at educating people, and enabling cave operators to advise
visitors that caves are protected by law. ...
- EXQUISITE
Cave Art Offers New Perspective on Development, Washington
Post ... month in the journal Nature, anthropologist Nicholas
J. Conard, of Germany's University of Tuebingen, added to this
view, reporting the discovery in a cave in ...
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