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 Caving to Ranger's Way 

This was a caving adventure to Ranger's Way, deep inside the Rat's Nest Cave under Grotto mountain. Special thanks to both Chas and Jane, our excellent guides, for taking us where few people have gone before. This is an extreme sport. It was the most dangerous thing I've ever done in my life, and I would not do it again. If one of us had broken a leg down there, I figure it would have taken two or three days for someone to get us out of there.

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Mike in the parking lot.
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Mike in the parking lot.
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Peter (l) and Greg (r) in the parking lot.
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Peter (l) and Greg (r) in the parking lot.
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From left to right: Peter, Mike, Greg, and Kelly.
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From left to right: Peter, Mike, Greg, and Kelly.
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Mike with climbing gear, heading down a 50 foot vertical at the entrance of the cave. Mike was the first to head down.
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Mike with climbing gear, heading down a 50 foot vertical at the entrance of the cave. Mike was the first to head down.
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Peter with climbing gear, heading down.
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Peter with climbing gear, heading down.
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Greg squeezing through a very tight hole, about 60 feet from the cave's entrance. Inside is where we spent a great many hours.
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Greg squeezing through a very tight hole, about 60 feet from the cave's entrance. Inside is where we spent a great many hours.
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Jane, our guide, just about to head in.
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Jane, our guide, just about to head in.
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Mike pointing at interesting features.
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Mike pointing at interesting features.
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psychedelic art by artist Mother Nature.
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psychedelic art by artist Mother Nature.
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fascinating underground shapes
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fascinating underground shapes
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Skeleton hand shape taking thousands of years to form.
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Skeleton hand shape taking thousands of years to form.
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another world.
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another world.
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Interesting formations that remind me of the great Indian God Ganesh, and his elephant trunk.
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Interesting formations that remind me of the great Indian God Ganesh, and his elephant trunk.
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Interesting formation.
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Interesting formation.
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stoic face conveying wisdom.
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stoic face conveying wisdom.
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Slippery sign of things to come.
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Slippery sign of things to come.
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Dripping ceiling. Each formation grows about one centimeter every one hundred years.
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Dripping ceiling. Each formation grows about one centimeter every one hundred years.
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