Oh goodness that waterfall is beautiful! Fun trip, eh? The interior was lovely as well, and it looked so cool and inviting--it's nearing or over 100 degrees here too. Thank you for taking us along, and I'm glad your injury is healing!
Thank you so much! We have a saying we run to the caves in the summertime to get out of the heat and in the winter time we run to them to get out of the cold. Thankfully the caves stay a constant 58° year-round in this area.
Elderly TAG caver here... Great video, I'd forgotten how much I miss hearing "ON ROPE!" and "OFF ROPE!" over the sound of falling water. Thanks, Brought back a lot of great memories:)
For sure. A lot of people don't know that I am actually a breast cancer survivor. I continued to cave during my cancer and chemo. I've had a lot of surgeries so this little finger injury certainly wasn't going to keep me down.
I got a question I just have to ask: When you both do these "though-trips" and pull your ropes...have you guys ever encountered a situation where a recent break-down happened that you later discover that has now blocked your "though-trip" passage? If that ever does happen, how do you get out and what do you do if you have no other choice but to go back the way you came, but you can't climb out because you pulled all the ropes? I have to ask because with all this rain we have been getting this year in the mid-west...I bet some of these caves have forever changed with huge break-down incidents or huge amounts of mud blocking what was a clean, but tight passage.
A huge collapse that would block a passage is pretty rare actually. But this is also a reason why you always have a call out when caving. So no matter where we go there is always somebody who knows where we are and what time we are expected to be out. So if we were trapped in a cave and we weren't out in time they would call 911. There are rescue squads in this region, the one in Chattanooga, Tennessee is actually considered to be one of the best in the United States. So they would show up and hard rig ropes to get us out of the cave if that were necessary. We also get a lot of rain here where we live. Which is why we have so many caves. On average we get 75 inches or more rain a year. We are almost a tropical rainforest here, LOL. We also take the weather into consideration when we are going into wet caves.
@@tag_caver This is great information! It is nice to hear about the "safety layers" involved in your caving trips. Most folks just jump into caving and sometimes end up in big trouble. Looking forward to your next adventure. Heal quickly and stay safe!
Awesome video really cool waterfall thanks
Thank you
Very nice cake so beautiful❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much 😊
Oh goodness that waterfall is beautiful! Fun trip, eh? The interior was lovely as well, and it looked so cool and inviting--it's nearing or over 100 degrees here too. Thank you for taking us along, and I'm glad your injury is healing!
Thank you so much! We have a saying we run to the caves in the summertime to get out of the heat and in the winter time we run to them to get out of the cold. Thankfully the caves stay a constant 58° year-round in this area.
Elderly TAG caver here... Great video, I'd forgotten how much I miss hearing "ON ROPE!" and "OFF ROPE!" over the sound of falling water. Thanks, Brought back a lot of great memories:)
Thank you. I love to shout on and off rope!
Good to see you jump back on the horse, as the saying goes.
For sure. A lot of people don't know that I am actually a breast cancer survivor. I continued to cave during my cancer and chemo. I've had a lot of surgeries so this little finger injury certainly wasn't going to keep me down.
Awesome video
Thank you 😊
I really like this video ❤ beautiful waterfall ❤
Thank you very much!
That last big room was amazing. Great little jaunt. Glad to see you out and about and healing well. Until next week ...
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Wow ,what an entrance,you sure this is the way out,are you sure sure,thanks for sharing,what a place to be.
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Thanks again!
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Positive waves.
Thank you 🥰
Great trip!!! Extreme hot and cold!👍
It sure was!
Cool video… thanks…
Thank you
I got a question I just have to ask: When you both do these "though-trips" and pull your ropes...have you guys ever encountered a situation where a recent break-down happened that you later discover that has now blocked your "though-trip" passage?
If that ever does happen, how do you get out and what do you do if you have no other choice but to go back the way you came, but you can't climb out because you pulled all the ropes? I have to ask because with all this rain we have been getting this year in the mid-west...I bet some of these caves have forever changed with huge break-down incidents or huge amounts of mud blocking what was a clean, but tight passage.
A huge collapse that would block a passage is pretty rare actually. But this is also a reason why you always have a call out when caving. So no matter where we go there is always somebody who knows where we are and what time we are expected to be out. So if we were trapped in a cave and we weren't out in time they would call 911. There are rescue squads in this region, the one in Chattanooga, Tennessee is actually considered to be one of the best in the United States. So they would show up and hard rig ropes to get us out of the cave if that were necessary. We also get a lot of rain here where we live. Which is why we have so many caves. On average we get 75 inches or more rain a year. We are almost a tropical rainforest here, LOL. We also take the weather into consideration when we are going into wet caves.
@@tag_caver This is great information! It is nice to hear about the "safety layers" involved in your caving trips. Most folks just jump into caving and sometimes end up in big trouble. Looking forward to your next adventure. Heal quickly and stay safe!
where is this at?
Tennessee