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Never forget
   
location:
Outside denver
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 140 on 2/4/2009 12:32 PM >
|  | | | I'm down.. Just depends on the time but generally fridays and saturday evenings are workable. Can't stay too long but would be good to share location info ideas..
"Ruins are the visible symbols and landmarks of our societies and their changes...the volatile result of the change of eras and the fall of empires. This fragility leads us to watch them one very last time: to be dismayed, or to admire, it makes us wonder about the permanence of things."
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atmdenfer
location:
Colorado Springs, CO
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 141 on 2/4/2009 3:00 PM >
| | | | Hey, Fridays and Saturdays are my days off too (though Saturdays are generally dedicated to caving) so either of those nights would be great.
Whether you take a doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit. --Haruki Murakami |
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lexiphoto
   
location:
Denver, Colorado
Gender: Female
UE Den Mother
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<Reply # 142 on 2/4/2009 5:04 PM >
| | | | Posted by atmdenfer
Hey, Fridays and Saturdays are my days off too (though Saturdays are generally dedicated to caving) so either of those nights would be great.
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I would like to go caving. There are more caves than abandoned things in CO... seemingly.
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Quarantine
location:
Denver
Gender: Female
retired former old-school UE'er
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<Reply # 143 on 2/4/2009 8:26 PM >
| | | | I'd be up for a weekend meet.
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misplacedfriday
location:
Queen Creek, AZ
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 144 on 2/4/2009 11:58 PM >
| | | | yo tambien
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Luna
location:
Hollywood, CA
Gender: Female
I am the terror that faps in the night
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<Reply # 145 on 2/5/2009 7:02 AM >
| | | | Sweet! Since there's interest... now we just have to pick a day/place/time.
Post by lexiphoto
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Me too! I was recently at Cave of the Winds on the lantern tour, and thinking about how great it would be to do that sans cheesy tourist pics and t-shirts.
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atmdenfer
location:
Colorado Springs, CO
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 146 on 2/5/2009 1:59 PM >
| | | | | sans cheesy tourist pics and t-shirts. |
"When we get in we're going to take everyone's picture. Now you can purchase those afterward as souvenirs, though you don't have to. I ask that everyone gets their picture taken though, that way if I come back with more pictures than people, I know who to look for."
Guess what...I may work there.
Whether you take a doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit. --Haruki Murakami |
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misplacedfriday
location:
Queen Creek, AZ
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 147 on 2/6/2009 7:26 AM >
| | | | That trail behind the cave of the winds where the old entrance was is pretty badass. Apparently there are caves too, I just have never had the right gear to check them out.
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Luna
location:
Hollywood, CA
Gender: Female
I am the terror that faps in the night
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<Reply # 148 on 2/6/2009 12:49 PM >
| | | | | Guess what...I may work there. |
Oh my god... that's too funny!!! Small world!
| "When we get in we're going to take everyone's picture. Now you can purchase those afterward as souvenirs, though you don't have to. I ask that everyone gets their picture taken though, that way if I come back with more pictures than people, I know who to look for." |
Verbatim, that is exactly what my guide said. Is that something all the guides have to say, or is that something you made up and stick to? I wonder if you were my guide!
And yes, my picture was totally cheesy. It's karma biting me in the ass after spending years laughing at tourists in south Florida (my parents ran a motel there when I was growing up.) I can't take a good picture on a trip - cruise ship, Disney World, Cave of the Winds, Hershey Park. I always have the dopiest 3rd grader smile/poses. Agghhh...I hope no one ever sees that picture...
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atmdenfer
location:
Colorado Springs, CO
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 149 on 2/6/2009 2:53 PM >
| | | | | It's karma biting me in the ass after spending years laughing at tourists in south Florida |
We all laugh about tourists...then we go on trips and become them...nasty cycle.
Also I could have been your guide, I can think of one or two others who use pretty much that speech though. --Honestly I don't care if you buy the photo, just shut up and get it taken to make the owners happy-- is basically what it translates to.
Whether you take a doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit. --Haruki Murakami |
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Akron
location:
Colorado
Gender: Male
Ab inferno te libera, ignave!
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<Reply # 150 on 2/7/2009 3:00 AM >
| | | | Posted by lexiphoto
There are more caves than abandoned things in CO... seemingly.
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Maybe. But good caves? Psh. Midwest karst has spoiled me.
Libera te tu temet ipsum ab inferis!
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atmdenfer
location:
Colorado Springs, CO
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 151 on 2/7/2009 6:35 AM >
| | | | "Good" is a very ambiguous term. Colorado is home to some of the largest collections of white beaded anthodites in the world. If you mean long...we top out at just over 12 miles in the longest surveyed system. Wind and Jewel in South Dakota are upwards of 100, and Kentucky's Mammoth Caverns is around 400 miles. So, yeah we have nice caves, none of the sprawling karst that blankets the south, but where it is, it's nice.
Whether you take a doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit. --Haruki Murakami |
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Akron
location:
Colorado
Gender: Male
Ab inferno te libera, ignave!
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<Reply # 152 on 2/7/2009 5:48 PM >
| | | | Posted by atmdenfer
"Good" is a very ambiguous term. Colorado is home to some of the largest collections of white beaded anthodites in the world. If you mean long...we top out at just over 12 miles in the longest surveyed system. Wind and Jewel in South Dakota are upwards of 100, and Kentucky's Mammoth Caverns is around 400 miles. So, yeah we have nice caves, none of the sprawling karst that blankets the south, but where it is, it's nice.
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Very true.
My opinion of the word 'good' when applied to caves is a wet system filled with flowstone of all types;
And although few have such majesty as Lechuguilla, some show caves come close, as Marengo cave in Indiana does.
Overall length isn't something that really matters to me. I like features! Just as what I look for in mines and drains; TIL isn't long, but is filled with interesting features and lots of water. The underground Belden mill isn't very long either, but you could get lost in its chambers!
I can still appreciate any hole in the ground, but visiting the flowstone forests as a child has made those caverns unbeatable in my mind.
Speaking of formations, you remind me of why I still want to visit the innards of the Sherman Tunnel. They say it has areas still filled with rhodochrosite!
Anyway folks, I say we go to a cave... er, well, if I can go when you all do that is. I'm only free on Sundays and Mondays right now.
Libera te tu temet ipsum ab inferis!
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atmdenfer
location:
Colorado Springs, CO
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 153 on 2/8/2009 12:13 AM >
| | | | Jeez man, have you been to lech!?
In the way of formation covered caves, most of the ones in Colorado are under tight control from the Colorado Cave Survey, meaning generally bombproof gates, and combinations changed every couple weeks. The problem is that caves left to the public get trashed pretty quickly, by graffiti, formation plunderers and generally careless or malicious people, even high amounts of traffic are enough to coat the whitest of formations with the reddish dust common to our caves.
The picture is one of the anthodites in a room known as Silent Splendor, located in cave of the winds (albeit far from the tour route), it's known as the bottle brush.
Whether you take a doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit. --Haruki Murakami |
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altaria
location:
Austin, TX
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 154 on 2/12/2009 3:49 AM >
| | | | The last time I was in CO we stopped at the Fairy caves up in Glenwood Springs, which were OK overall. They did have one absolutely spectacular room with a bunch of formations going back as far as you could see that is absolutely gorgeous. I don't know if I'd recommend driving out there JUST for the caves, but if you're in the area it's definitely worth checking out.
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atmdenfer
location:
Colorado Springs, CO
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 155 on 2/12/2009 4:07 PM >
| | | | I actually haven't seen much of the fairy caverns, the only time I was up there was for a rescue training, the mock rescue of which took nearly six hours to get the worse of two patients through about 10 minutes worth of cave (don't get hurt in caves kiddies).
If you are in the Glenwood Canyon, check out the little sulphur spring caves. They're in the south wall of the canyon (Amtrak side of the river), on the east end of town.
Whether you take a doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit. --Haruki Murakami |
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lexiphoto
location:
Denver, Colorado
Gender: Female
UE Den Mother
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<Reply # 156 on 2/12/2009 10:40 PM >
| | | | Posted by Akron
Maybe. But good caves? Psh. Midwest karst has spoiled me.
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This is true. I grew up in Missouri. I'd be happy to go caving there.
And also to whomever, you don't need much gear to start out with. A helmet and clothes you don't mind getting filthy, if you UE you have everything else you need.
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Akron
location:
Colorado
Gender: Male
Ab inferno te libera, ignave!
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<Reply # 157 on 2/13/2009 4:13 AM >
| | | | Posted by atmdenfer
Jeez man, have you been to lech!?
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Oh, no! In my dreams guy, I'm no scientist, and I doubt an offering of old diesel engine components would appease the council!
Posted by atmdenfer
If you are in the Glenwood Canyon, check out the little sulphur spring caves.
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You know, I've driven by countless times but have never had the time to actually stop. Always been interested though... is it worth a group trip? Or would you guys rather go to Cave of the Winds?
Posted by Lexiphoto
And also to whomever, you don't need much gear to start out with. A helmet and clothes you don't mind getting filthy, if you UE you have everything else you need.
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Yep. And anybody who does drains or mines has the stuff too.
Posted by altaria
The last time I was in CO we stopped at the Fairy caves up in Glenwood Springs, which were OK overall.
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I'd agree. Worth the trip to Glenwood? Not really. But worth it if you're in the area. I find the local mines much more interesting. Cave of the Winds is much more worth it in my opinion, and its much closer for most of us.
Libera te tu temet ipsum ab inferis!
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Never forget
location:
Outside denver
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 158 on 2/13/2009 4:58 PM >
| | | | So is there gonna be a meet up.. I can do sunday like afternoon or something.. And if so.. Where?
"Ruins are the visible symbols and landmarks of our societies and their changes...the volatile result of the change of eras and the fall of empires. This fragility leads us to watch them one very last time: to be dismayed, or to admire, it makes us wonder about the permanence of things."
Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre. |
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YaBud
location:
Denver
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 159 on 2/19/2009 5:28 PM >
| | | | I would be down for some caving, and a meetup!
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