Re: [Texascavers] West Virginia caves

2019-09-03 Thread mminton
Thanks. That photo replicates an iconic older photo of the same passage, except without the caver on rope. The Big Room, or Subway Tunnel, is one of the largest passages in West Virginia. The normal route in is a 160-foot rappel near a waterfall (named Suicide Falls because of deaths when

Re: [Texascavers] West Virginia caves

2019-09-03 Thread Barb
Wow! Awesome photo. Barb and Don Coons Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 3, 2019, at 4:26 PM, mmin...@caver.net wrote: > > Well, since you asked, last weekend Zeb Lilly and Brian Williams connected > McClungs Cave to Maxwelton by diving an intervening sump. The resulting Great > Savannah System is

[Texascavers] West Virginia caves

2019-09-03 Thread David
In 2000, I had the unique opportunity to go on a recreational caving trip into Cass Cave.That trip was one of the most fun ever. ( But only to learn two weeks later, that one of the cavers on the trip had later had a heart attack and died [ Sanders ? ] ) While in the area, I visited