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The upper entrance. Poison ivy and chiggers are everywhere. |
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Brian backs down the entrance slot. |
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It's tight till you get to the water. |
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David Kampwerth climbs up to grab some tanks. |
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Shannon gets horizontal in the small stream passage. |
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It gets a little wider here. |
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Only to get smaller again. |
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Getting ready to dive the sump. |
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The dive team disappears. |
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Cave Salamanders were everywhere. |
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The dive team returns in 10 minutes with bad news. The passage pinched down. |
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That left plenty of time to look around the spring pool. |
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Perhaps this is a type of fungus? |
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Interesting white strand growing out of the ground. |
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Looks like a high flow outlet in the back of the room. |
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This salamander looks like it lost part of it's tail recently. |
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Remarkable pattern on this cave cricket's carapace. |
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Downstream from the spring was an old schoolhouse with a huge pool. |
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This place must have been popular on hot days being full of cool spring water. |
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