Just left raccoon mountain campground this morning. Spent the past 5 days there because of this video and we wanted an adventure. We’re from Destin FL and this place was awesome. Loved the cave tour too. As my husband was walking his dog this morning he noticed that y’all were there!!! Ironic as heck. We tried to stop and say hey, thanks for the recommendation, but didn’t want to bother you. Have a great Thanksgiving and can’t wait to see this video!
Another fun tour, thanks Adam. It looks like Abby has got some proper hiking boots. I sort of miss the pink shoes she had many episodes back, it was hard to miss her in a crowd. :)
I'm glad you film these because it is the only way I'll get to see them. I can not do small spaces I haven't been in before. We have a place not far from me called Crystal Caves. I can do that one because I went there many times before I became tight space chicken lol. If you guys ever get to the Southeastern part of Pennsylvania. I would be honored to show you around the area. We have a ton of cool history and adventure areas to see.
We went to these caverns as boy scouts (I still am a boy scout, I'm 13) and it's a hell of a lot of fun. We went in January, so it was 30° outside, but 50° inside, so it was nice. 10/10 would recommend to anyone. We didn't go on the designated trail though, we went on a non-dug path, so we worship had to crawl and wiggle through some spots. At one point, but e had to shimmy across a spot with our hands and feet on one side, and our backside in the other side, it was a 20 foot drop below us. But still, so much f*cking fun!!!!
Really beautiful, thanks, Adam. If you end up headed up north toward Louisville or Cincinnati again soon, visit Mammoth Cave National Park and see Frozen Niagra.
I went through a more extreme path as a Boy Scout Troop back in 1984 or 85. I remember this crevice shimmy area where you have to brace your back against one wall and feet against the other and scoot yourself along like that for a ways with a 20-30 foot drop below you. I remember looking down at the fall distance and all the jaggedness and outcroppings we'd bounce our heads and ribs off of if we slipped and thinking....is this right? Is this something I should be doing as a 12/13 year old? I have no ropes on me attached to anything if I fall.... Just a bumpy ride to the....is that actually a bottom or does it just keep going.... This seemed like a bit of a jump in lethality from just hiking or camping. Everyone else seemed fine with it so....whatever.... good luck to me! Seems like someone at some point would have had a foot slip on wet rock or a cramp at the wrong moment or something... and had a fall. It's been a while so maybe it's not as dangerous as I remember. Sure did advance my danger/threat/scare threshold tolerance.
This cave is a good example of how providing tourist revenue includes the construction concrete paths to make a cave 'more accessible'. I understand that this is a 'privately owned and operated' cavern, but tourist dollars often ruin natural places like this. I've been there and taken the optional tour also. I noticed broken formations throughout the cavern, most likely done by souvenir hunters. Breaking off formations is a no-no! Just touching them will also slow or permanently the growth. Another popular 'private' cave in the area, Ruby Falls, had been ruined by installing an elevator, with grease and oil making its way down into the lower chambers. The ruined chambers were open to the public at one time, and Andrew Jackson (the 7th POTUS) supposedly scrawled his name on a wall down there (another tourist activity). That section has been closed for some time now. Kind of ironic, don't you think?
The hell with visiting this place! My wife and I had planned on visiting, driving up I-24, and saw no billboards advertising it or any indication as to which exit it was located near. As a result, we kept driving, hoping to see some sign or something! We saw no evidence that it even existed! We've scratched it permanently from our 'things to do in Tennessee' list in the future.
So your telling me Google doesn't have racoon mountain on its database...I blame user ignorance...been there many times as a kid and could get there today blindfolded ..but hey if it's too hard for you to find then even better for me
Just left raccoon mountain campground this morning. Spent the past 5 days there because of this video and we wanted an adventure. We’re from Destin FL and this place was awesome. Loved the cave tour too. As my husband was walking his dog this morning he noticed that y’all were there!!! Ironic as heck. We tried to stop and say hey, thanks for the recommendation, but didn’t want to bother you. Have a great Thanksgiving and can’t wait to see this video!
Thanks for sharing this another place I have never been in the chattanooga area i have never been to but want to visit some day.
Ruby Falls is awesome and not a bad hike either..but if you really enjoy outdoors the areas around Chattanooga are best less urban decay
One of the caves in Ky has those cave crawl tours. They give you a picture frame and if you can fit thru it then you can go. :-)
Ive been on the wild tour, nice little trip. A bit mild for an experienced caver but a great way to introduce someone to the underground.
Another fun tour, thanks Adam. It looks like Abby has got some proper hiking boots. I sort of miss the pink shoes she had many episodes back, it was hard to miss her in a crowd. :)
I'm glad you film these because it is the only way I'll get to see them. I can not do small spaces I haven't been in before. We have a place not far from me called Crystal Caves. I can do that one because I went there many times before I became tight space chicken lol. If you guys ever get to the Southeastern part of Pennsylvania. I would be honored to show you around the area. We have a ton of cool history and adventure areas to see.
We went to these caverns as boy scouts (I still am a boy scout, I'm 13) and it's a hell of a lot of fun. We went in January, so it was 30° outside, but 50° inside, so it was nice. 10/10 would recommend to anyone. We didn't go on the designated trail though, we went on a non-dug path, so we worship had to crawl and wiggle through some spots. At one point, but e had to shimmy across a spot with our hands and feet on one side, and our backside in the other side, it was a 20 foot drop below us. But still, so much f*cking fun!!!!
Really beautiful, thanks, Adam. If you end up headed up north toward Louisville or Cincinnati again soon, visit Mammoth Cave National Park and see Frozen Niagra.
Really like the adventure tours.
First, I had to do it. Such a rare occasion.
I went through a more extreme path as a Boy Scout Troop back in 1984 or 85. I remember this crevice shimmy area where you have to brace your back against one wall and feet against the other and scoot yourself along like that for a ways with a 20-30 foot drop below you. I remember looking down at the fall distance and all the jaggedness and outcroppings we'd bounce our heads and ribs off of if we slipped and thinking....is this right? Is this something I should be doing as a 12/13 year old? I have no ropes on me attached to anything if I fall.... Just a bumpy ride to the....is that actually a bottom or does it just keep going.... This seemed like a bit of a jump in lethality from just hiking or camping. Everyone else seemed fine with it so....whatever.... good luck to me! Seems like someone at some point would have had a foot slip on wet rock or a cramp at the wrong moment or something... and had a fall. It's been a while so maybe it's not as dangerous as I remember. Sure did advance my danger/threat/scare threshold tolerance.
Thanks for taking the time to video this for us Adam *and Abbey* I turned out well but I bet it was better in real life?
This cave is a good example of how providing tourist revenue includes the construction concrete paths to make a cave 'more accessible'. I understand that this is a 'privately owned and operated' cavern, but tourist dollars often ruin natural places like this. I've been there and taken the optional tour also. I noticed broken formations throughout the cavern, most likely done by souvenir hunters. Breaking off formations is a no-no! Just touching them will also slow or permanently the growth. Another popular 'private' cave in the area, Ruby Falls, had been ruined by installing an elevator, with grease and oil making its way down into the lower chambers. The ruined chambers were open to the public at one time, and Andrew Jackson (the 7th POTUS) supposedly scrawled his name on a wall down there (another tourist activity). That section has been closed for some time now. Kind of ironic, don't you think?
Enjoyed Adam!
ATB, Robin
Nice!!
You know that stalagmites are miniature German prison camps?
Did anyone have a bigfoot messing around the campgrounds at night?
I like cave tours but some have a strange feeling about them. Maybe the dead quiet I don't know.
Careful....don't knock the bark off the top of your head!! A spelunker, I'm not. Walking, no problem.....crawling, not me, I'm out.
The hell with visiting this place! My wife and I had planned on visiting, driving up I-24, and saw no billboards advertising it or any indication as to which exit it was located near. As a result, we kept driving, hoping to see some sign or something! We saw no evidence that it even existed! We've scratched it permanently from our 'things to do in Tennessee' list in the future.
So your telling me Google doesn't have racoon mountain on its database...I blame user ignorance...been there many times as a kid and could get there today blindfolded ..but hey if it's too hard for you to find then even better for me
raccon moutain is not in tennesse
Sounds like a personal problem