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March 31, 2005
GOOD HOPE CAVE
Position: WGS84 - 18 18' 28.1" N, 77 33' 50.8" W, +/- 15m
Field notes: D.
K. Roggy
Cavers: R.
S. Stewart, I. C. Conolley, D. Roggy, E. Slack
Time in: 14:30 EST, Time out: 16:30 EST
THREAT VULNERABILITY: Low
This was a cave that our local friend Gary wanted to show us. What we
saw in this cave was a large breakdown chamber, the entrance of which
was obstructed by a boulder about 60 feet wide and 30 feet tall. This
boulder had fallen from the roof ages ago and been shaped around the
bottom by flowing water. After going past the boulder we came into a
large chamber. On the right side of the chamber was a hole through which
some of the others passed, and found some interesting stuff.
At the far end of the chamber was a series of break-down boulders that
we crawled around in search of the passage and chambers that Gary had
described. Gary may have confused this cave with some other, because
he described a passage where one enters a chamber with 4 passages, go
into one and come into a chamber with another 4 passages off of it,
etc.
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