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Went by today and we are good to go! Heading back in in a few days.

Landowner might assist with having it dug out. Going to check it again this afternoon.

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Yeah this one was challenging!

Our thoughts exactly. It's been so dry here so we know it's good beyond that sump!! We will try again next weekend.

The landowner might try and modify it for us.

@@tag_caver Thanks

It's like a bathtub at the entrance. Fills up and holds it... Gotta figure out a way to drain it lol

@@tag_caver would large pumps do it?

Have fun!

@@tag_caver it's done, i am tired but good experiment, nice concretin etc

@@destructurateurmoleculaire6095 Oh nice. I hope you enjoyed it enough to go back again, and again!

Oh wow!

We have not

This cave is closed and not open for visitation. We had permission for our visit.

Yes, I realize I used the wrong words on the snake. It is not a fossil, it is only calcified in the flowstone. I get a little too excited in my brain gets too far ahead of me sometimes. I've actually been caving for 21 years in this area so I am very experienced. However, that is not a dinosaur vertebrae because this is in limestone. Limestone is a sedimentary rock. This used to be an ocean, those fossils/bones whatever they are were laid down when this was an ocean. So it is aquatic.

Hmmmm .. I replied to your reply but am not seeing it, do you see it? It was concerning geology 🤔

Have you studied cave paleontology at all? We have fossilized pre-historic mammal bones in limestone out here at Carlsbad caverns .. and that use to be underwater as well. Here is a link to Mcwayne in Alabama, they have a lot of Dino specimens from Alabama, and have paleo scientist that work a lot with the public in public programs, might be worth a visit if your not too far away, you have a very rich history of Dino’s there in Alabama, it might be interesting for you to check out. I have a background in Geology and Mineralogy .. not Paleontology .. but I use to work for a world renown Gem and Mineral dealer in Laguna Beach, Calif. called Kristalle, and we sold both Dino eggs and some fossilized bones and teeth encased in limestone. They are still around and sometimes sell paleo specimens online .. but it’s mostly minerals these days. mcwane.org/explore/exhibits/permanent-exhibits/alabama-dinosaurs/

@@chrisstrobel3439 this limestone layer is actually older than the dinosaurs so yes we know it's not a dinosaur. We've sent photos to folks at two universities but no one has been able to identify it. They would rather it be removed than even try to look at a photo. Where these bones are, it would be hard to remove them and is not something we are interested in doing.

@@chrisstrobel3439 thank you. I will check it out.

Where do you live? You might be interested in joining a Grotto. A Grotto is a caving club and they are all over the country. They are a great way to get into caving.

@@tag_caver Southern California, I’m retired with a background in Geology and Minerology, as well as gold mining. I did a lot of rock climbing in the 70/80’s, as well as mineral exploration in the abandoned mines out here in the Mojave Desert, but I never did get around to doing any spelunking .. it’s just too much traveling to get to the worthwhile caves out here in the west, and now at 64 I’d have to do quite a bit of physical training to get to a level where I could even just walk the public walkways of Carlsbad Caverns 🙄 lol. I will just do my cave exploration vicariously through you 🤠👍 I’m binge watching your channel right now and enjoying it a lot. Thanks for sharing all your trips 👍

@@chrisstrobel3439 thank you.

I can't help you if you don't know what a mile is. It's a length of measurement.

Would be very scenic for sure!

Thank you

Same shoes, just new laces 😁

Thank you, I appreciate the comments. 😊 Yeah, those horsehair worms are pretty icky. I've seen them in several caves over the years. I have to give a lot of credit to Jason for helping me with the photography. These phones have come a long way taking photos. We used to lug around a camera and flashes and now we can just use my Google pixel and our headlamps with warm LED lights.

A large group of people

Yeah they moved this year after 20 years at the old site on Lookout Mountain. The new site is really nice.

@@tag_caver I thought they had moved quite a few years ago from Sequoyah Caverns KOA. So they moved again?

@@garybeasley4885 yes, they moved again this year. 2023 was the last time at the site on Lookout Mtn. They were there for 20 years, I went to all of those. The site they were at this year, they have a two year lease so it may move again in a few years or they may sign a longer lease. Unsure yet. They really need a home of their own but land prices have made that hard for them to acquire in todays market.

Hi, Murphy's Hollow Spring is located on the east side of Murphy Hollow Road and a short distance south of Interstate 24. Just put Murphy Hollow Road, Trenton, Georgia. You can access it from I-24 or from I-59.

@@tag_caverThanks so much!!😊🙏

No, unfortunately we will not be attending NSS Convention in 2025.

Yeah that doesn't happen with ropes and we also choose trees that are alive. It's perfectly safe to rig to one tree and use the proper knots.

@@tag_caver Okay you know about this a lot more than I do but where I live in Washington State healthy living evergreen trees fall over on their own quite often.

@@Shadowman-1960 yea that is not really an issue here with caving. In my 21 years of caving I have only heard of one person choosing the wrong tree and having issues with it falling while they were on rope.

@@tag_caver Okay, thank you and take care. 🗻

Thank you

Thank you

Rude!

@@tag_caver The commentary is half the reason these videos are so good. fun and always pointing out so much in the cave. also - compared to other cave youtuber channels when you point stuff out the shots you get of that thing are always clearly visible!

@@ryanmurphy4637 Thank you. I appreciate the positive feedback and I love sharing what we discover while caving.

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I did not, I will have to go back and look for it.

Hello! Oh yes, there are caves mostly all over the country but we've got a lot of them here in the South! Tennessee alone has almost 12,000! I am sorry to hear about your tumors. I too am a cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer 7 years ago when I was 40. We have a large group of women here in Tennessee that cave. If you are ever down this way and want to get underground, just let me know! I would also suggest going to caves.org/find-a-grotto/ and looking up a grotto near you. A grotto is a caving club and they can help show you the underground as well. Thank you for watching and for commenting too :)

Thank you!

Thank you so much for the comments 😊

At the vertical entrance, there used to be a man who sold firewood. He filled in the sinkhole but left the culvert there for access to the cave. He has since died so the majority of the firewood is now gone.