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By Jeff Page
- The bluffs lining the Jacks Fork River are pockmarked with caves. Most of
the caves are relatively small with 400-500 feet being the norm. You'll
also find some huge cave entrances such as the mammoth-sized opening at Jam
Up Cave. The following photos were taken during a float trip of Jacks Fork
on March 22, 2003 and a separate sidetrip to Barn Hollow.
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By Richard Cindric
- Gated entrance leads to mostly very large, dry passage. Some graffiti
dates from 1800's. Mining of bat guano supposedly happened in 1800's as
well. Some formations near the entrance and at the very end.
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By Richard Cindric
- Obscure entrance requires vertical skills to drop pitches of 12', 15'
and 35'. One more pitch of about 30' further in the cave. All photos were
taken with Nikon 995 digital camera (3 megapixels) and slaved flashes.
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By Richard Cindric
- Gated entrance leads to long, large cave. Multiple levels make the cave
confusing at times. Mostly dry passage but a stream flows through one part.
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By Sam Clippinger
- On November 20, 2002 at 3:25 PM, a healthy young caver emerged from a
nine-month expedition to greet a very happy ground crew. It may not have been
a cave trip per se but it was definitely a journey. Congratulations
all!
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By Jeff Andrews
- At the spring MVOR it was decided by Terry Defraties and Mike Mckinney to kidnap Bryon and drop
him in a deep hole. The hole was Devil's Den and the other conspirators were Jeff, Barry and Jerry. In the
wee hours of the morning we sneaked Bryon off to the cave, dropped the hole caved saw many pretties and made
our way back to camp to party to the wee hours of the night.
The following photos are of the kidnapping:
Photo 1,
Photo 2
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by M. Fraley, June 1999
- Bryon Carmoney lead a novice trip consisting of 10 cavers to Lowell Cave and Little Smittle.
The purpose of the trip was to orient the first timers to caving basics and teach them about caving
and cave conservation. It allowed those who had been caving before to practice their skills and to gain
caving experience. The trip Lowell oriented the novices to some of the tight situations which they can
expect to encounter in the future. While none of the passages were that technically difficult it helped some
find some of the dos and don'ts of maneuvering through crawls and squeezes. Little Smittle proved to be a
very wet and very muddy cave. The Little Smittle was a walking cave without any technical difficulty. It
did require some of the novices to reconsider how they would walk in such slippery ground. While the group
saw no blind salamanders on the trip, there was a cave cricket, bats, and many troglophilic salamanders.
The photographic highlights are as follows:
Photo 1,
Photo 2,
Photo 3