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JAN 24 & 25 CAVE TRIP TO THUNDERSHOWER CAVE BY WESTLINE

THIS WAS TWO DAYS,FIRST TO BUILD A SHELTER AND THE SECOND DAY TO EXPLORE THE CAVE !

THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THUNDERSHOWER CAVE AREA OVERLOOKING THE TOWN OF WESTLINE 

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THIS IS ME ON JAN.24,JOHN AND I WENT UP THE DAY BEFORE THE CAVE TRIP TO BUILD THE SHELTER

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THIS IS MY BROTHER JOHN,OUTSIDE THE CAVE OPENING.THERE WAS A PLUME OF 52 DEGREE  AIR EXHAUSTING FROM THE CAVE,WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN THE PICS.THAT DAY IT WAS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS!

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I WILL DO EVERYONE A FAVOR AND LEAVE MY SHIRT ON !

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JAN 25 WE RETURNED,WITH THE GROUP OF CAVERS.HERE YOU CAN SEE THE PLUME OF WARM AIR ABOVE THE TENT

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EVERYBODY GETTING READY TO GO INTO THE CAVE!

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'SQUARE DOOR' PASSAGE

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LONG NARROW HALLWAY

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JOHN CLIMBING OUT

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THIS IS ME CLIMBING OUT

THIS WAS A REALLY COLD WEEKEND,THE TEMPS WERE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.MY BROTHER AND A GROUP FROM THE COLLEGE AND I SET UP A TENT OVER THE OPENING OF THE CAVE,AND THE WARM AIR WHICH EXHAUSTS FROM THE CAVE WARMED IT UP.EVERYONE WENT DOWN INTO THE CAVE AND HAD A GREAT TIME.A COUPLE OF THE YOUNG MEN FROM THE COLLEGE,PUSHED THROUGH PASSAGE HUNDREDS OF FEET FURTHER THEN ANYONE IN RECENT HISTORY HAS EVER GONE,POSSIBLY FURTHER THEN ANYBODY HAS EVER GONE.IT WAS REALLY WET IN THE CAVE AND COMING OUT INTO THE COLD WELL, ALL I COULD SAY IS WOW !THIS WAS MY SECOND TRIP TO THIS CAVE,THE FIRST TIME I GOT SCARED AND CLIMBED OUT.I DIDN'T GO AS FAR AS EVERYONE ELSE,BUT I AM GETTING BRAVER,STAYED LONGER AND WENT MUCH FURTHER THEN I DID THE FIRST TIME.I CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK!