Do not confuse with Hellhole pit cave in West Virginia, which is going to be described here soon. A bit secret spelunking is probably one of the most popular activity near Santa Cruz on Gray Whale Ranch, California, USA, although most cavers try to prevent the location of the caves from becoming widely known.
Freely accessible, the main cave visited by spelunkers is known as Hell Hole and the main destination inside the Hell Hole is the Hall of Faces, a clay room where people leave sculptures. Getting to the Hall of Faces is not easy task, and requires descending the 90 feet (27 m) vertical called "The Pit". Barricades are periodically placed in the caves to prevent entry, but these are usually removed fairly quickly. Now you know what to do when going South of Frisco as this place is located right on coastal Hwy 1, about 75 miles from SF. You can expect total 2,5 hour to the bottom and back out of the cave.
Grotto Mountain located in the Bow River valley, across from Canmore, Alberta, Canada, is a popular hiking spot among locals but what it's more famed for is the Rat's Nest Cave, over 4 kilometers long and one of the most important caves in Alberta. The reason why lies inside the rock beneath - all…
Ambrym, the most voluminous active volcano in Vanuatu in the South Pacific with 48 eruptions since 1774 is a massive, 1900-year-old, 96 square meters caldera and home of two active volcanic cones, Benbow and Marum. The last eruption inside the later cone was in 1953. They have done it before (2010)…
The injured German caver Johann Westhauser was recovered from the depths of the Bavarian Riesending-Schachthöhle cave after 12 days. Rescuers extricated him on Thursday shortly before noon. Westhauser stuck in the depth of almost one kilometer during the exploration of the Schachthöhle cave system.…
