Caving/Backpacking at Blue Springs and Virgin Falls July 17th-18th

What: Exploring Blue Springs Cave, hiking Virgin Falls trail, camping in giant cavern fronted by waterfall, rappelling off Big Laurel Falls, exploring caves below Sheep Cave, rappelling Virgin Falls

Costs (per person):
Gas: $23
Ethiopian feast: $6

Trip Members: Jeff, Phillip, Scott, Van, Bradley, David, Ryan, Veronica, Derek, Kelly, Chris, Deven

Scott's Pictures

Blue Springs Campground

Unnecessary crawling

Blue Springs Cave formations

Bridge made entirely from old tractor parts

Rimstone dams

Sketchy descent

Gigantic cave cricket

Ancient coral

Entrance

"After" shot

Big Laurel Falls

View from our campsite

We had to haul this rope 10 miles, but it was well worth it

Morning shower (56 degrees)

Sheep Cave

Virgin Falls

Most amazing thing ever.

David's Pictures

Heading for the cave (note how clean most of us are)

I'm not sure why we decided to do this crawl upside-down...

Cave monster?