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| Why go to Breathing when there are so many other big entrances to check out? This is Corey while we waited for Ben and Jobeth to show | Even higher up the sinkhole by the Breathing parking area | Rock folds | Success! We tied on a handline and jumped into this hole to see what was around. Anyone recognize it? We need a name. | Frost on the edges of the cave Corey spotted. |
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| There were several bats and a few formations inside. | A hole in the bottom... looked like maybe someone was doing a dig here. | Another view | The walls and ceiling of the cave were absolutely covered in water droplets; yellow and white. | Turns out Ben and Jobeth were waiting for us at Marshall.... whoops |
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| More entrance ice | And more... the formations the ice made were as good as a cave in themselves | Flowstone in one the stream passage | Drapery looking in the other direction | And looking down at the water... not a lot of movement but it makes the ripples look better that way |
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| Farther down the passage... this is where I quit, not trusting my arm strength and leg length any longer. | Looking back, same location... we didn't even notice this as we were working to get past it! | Calcite rafts | Corey on the way back | |
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| After Marshalls, Corey and I walked over to Aqua to give him a look-in | He was all for jumping in, though maybe through the real entrance instead. | After dinner it was still too early for sleep, so the boys and Jobeth took turns on the rope swing over the Bullpasture | The next day, Ben discovers his transmission fluid has leaked out of his 'new' car. | |
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| Ice formations in the crawlway into Breathing... it was really pulling in the air and the breeze was less than pleasant | Who sees Corey? | Ladder up to the main part of the cave | Jobeth | |
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| Older, broken flowstone and drapery | Searching for more passage | Jobeth discovers getting back down is a little tricky | ||
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| Breathing seems to be full of pits like this one | Corey deciding whether to try one of the pits | Is Ben egging him on or ready to jump in too? | ||
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| They decided not to bother, so after a shot at the wall, we moved on | I could only fit in this entire formation using the panorama feature on my camera | |||
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| Corey and I checked out a side passage while waiting for Ben and Jobeth to catch up. | ||||
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| Drapery in the side passage | Icicles in Breathing's entrance | Ice ribbon... the sun was too bright for a really good shot | Breathing's entrance | |
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| Out comes Jobeth | Almost back to the cars | On the way home again | Ben at dinner in Harrisonburg... how could I leave this shot out?! | At least he's a good sport |