[Axhandle]

"Explorer Scott McBride with the nonprofit Cave Research Foundation discovered the entrance to Ursa Minor, no bigger than a softball, on Aug. 19."

That guy needs to eat more.

[opbuzz]

Underground lake ping

http://www.thelostsea.com/home.htm

[Dallas59]

1,000,000,000 BC?

Did they Bin Laden?

[Bittersweetmd]

ping...bang bang chip away

[Mark was here]

Park officials will not pinpoint the cave's location, saying only that it is in the Kaweah River watershed and will probably never be open to the public.

Funny how the "Park Officials" have no problem collect a pay check from the public pay roll.

If the cave is on public land the owners should get a chance to see their cave.

[Repeal The 17th]

Kaweah River - From Wikipedia
Kaweah River is a river in Tulare County, California, located in the foothills of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains. The river's headwaters are in the Sequoia National Park. The river begins as the Middle Fork, it is then joined by Cliff Creek, the Marble Fork, the East Fork, the North Fork and the South Fork. The river passes through the town of Three Rivers shortly after the North Fork joins the Middle Fork, and then it drains into Lake Kaweah.

[concentric circles]

Scott McBride, in the red coveralls, and Mike White explore Ursa Minor, the cave McBride found in Sequoia National Park.

Scott McBride, a cave explorer from San Andreas, stands on a flowstone as he examines stalagmites, stalactites and other rock formations found inside Ursa Minor, the cave he discovered at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park.

More details in the San Francisco Chronicle:
Magical underground world Just-discovered cave in Sequoia National Park said to house astounding rock formations, clues to region's geologic history

"...Within a couple of hours, they'd opened up a hole big enough for McBride to squeeze through."

"He scooted 25 feet or so down a slight incline, his headlamp lighting the way. He landed in a room so big he couldn't see the other side."

"...They made it to the room McBride had already seen, turned a corner and discovered the passage descended 90 feet straight down. Excited, they rappelled into the void..."

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Park officials will not pinpoint the cave's location, saying only that it is in the Kaweah River watershed and will probably never be open to the public.

If it's in a park, it's ours. Who is he to say we can't enter?

[VOA]

bump

[RightWhale]

Somewhere out there is a massive gold treasure. Keep digging.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

What's round and goes "Spelunk, spelunk, spelunk?"

A caver falling down a tunnel.

Seriously, it's cool to know there are still undiscovered places left on this planet.

[VadeRetro]

Park officials will not pinpoint the cave's location, saying only that it is in the Kaweah River watershed and will probably never be open to the public.

"What, never?" Couldn't they--I don't know--WIDEN the opening?

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT