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From: larry@teltone (Larry Barello)
Newsgroups: net.rec.caves
Subject: Any one out there into caving (read: is this group alive)?
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Date: Fri, 12-Aug-83 13:33:26 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 12 13:33:26 1983
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I live in Seattle, an area not generally known for its caves, yet there
are numerous limestone, lava tube and *real* ice caves near by.  My 
favorite is the limestone caves at Snoqualmie pass.  These caves are
unusual in that they are formed where limestone used to be, rather than
holes in existing limestone.  Some are extensive enough to take more than
a day to explore, perhapse a mile or so of passage and three or more drops
of 50 to a hundred feet.

My most memorable experience was rappelling through a waterfall several
hundred below the opening.  I didn't know that a stream came out of the
face I was desending!

I am reletivly inexperienced and I don't have much gear, but I am interested
in hearing from others in the Pacific Northwest (or anywhere) on the
subject.  Getting info on where to go and what to take is like pulling
teeth (from the members of the speological society), at least that was my
experience in California.  Up here I am not familier with the local caving
clubs - perhaps a look in the phone book....

	...uw-beaver!teltone!larry	- Larry Barello
					(206) 827-9626 x533