The Entrance

Zane, Scott, Brett, and Ray. Darrell is taking the picture.

Say goodbye to the daylight.

The Narrows

This is the tightest required crawl in the cave.

Wrong Way

Darrell

Are we having fun yet?

Into the black......

The haze in the picture is caused by the photographers breath.

Stalactites

For as large as this cave is there is very few formations

Riverbed

Ancient riverbed worn out of the limestone. This layer had fallen from about 50 feet above where it currently lies.

More riverbed pieces

Battery change

The trip lasted 11 hrs and we all had this task to repeat several times.

Hazardous area

This intire layer of celing is being supported only by it's outward pressure against the sides of the passage.

Rough terrain

Break time

Discussing where we must have gone wrong. Very close to the 3rd room.

Finally !!!

The look up into the 3rd chamber. Bottom to top this pile of rock rises over 200 feet. Luckly we found the easy path and started our climb in the middle.

3rd chamber

This room is over 760 feet long and more than 360 feet wide. I hear it's the largest chamber east of the mississippi river. Over 7 acres in area.

Formations

The middle of the room has alot of flowstone formations from the constant drip of water from the center of the room.

Beauty

This area of flowstone is about 15 feet high. It's on the back side of the second hill in the 3rd chamber.