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April Caving 2001 

    • April 27-29, 2001

    • Buffalo National River Wilderness, AR

    • Copperhead Cave

    • Campout Prep - Monday April 23

    • Scouts must be at least 13 years old and First Class        

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campresting.JPG (67732 bytes)  Chris, Ken and Steve are relaxing after our late night camp.
climbingdowntheentrance.JPG (19306 bytes)  The climb down into Copperhead entrance.......Look close and you can still see sunlight.
coldcavestream.JPG (22292 bytes) Nathan is looking into the very cold water in the main passage.
flowstonedrapery.JPG (32486 bytes)  A drapery formation. One of many large formations in the cave.
gettingalittlecold.JPG (30355 bytes) Chris, Blake, Steve and Chase....letting their feet warm up!
gettingprettydeep.JPG (26447 bytes)  The wall on the left is flowstone, and the right wall is bedrock limestone.
largecolumnsandstalactites.JPG (36836 bytes) Looking at the ceiling in one of the pretty rooms.
largeflowstonecascade.JPG (28587 bytes) A large cream colored flowstone that almost filled the passage!
largestalagmiteflowstonewalls.JPG (29987 bytes) A large column toward the back of the cave.
shelfstonepool.JPG (22866 bytes)  A pretty rimstone pool with crystal clear water.

 
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