Archive for July, 2007

Cooling at the Cave

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Many years ago Dunbar Cave offered a special summer feature: Clarksvillians spent summer afternoons at the cave entrance gathering cool breezes emitting from the cave. The light hearted afternoon fun included board and card games, and live music.

Today the cave is located in a State Park, and there are no more such events, but there are exceptions: on Saturday 28-JUL-2007 there was a delightful afternoon organized by the Friends of Dunbar Cave. Board games like Checkers, Chess, Monopoly, and cards were available.
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Eight Tourists Missing in Geofizicheskaya Cave

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

Nine tourists and two guides were missing in Geofizicheskaya Cave, Altai Territory, Siberia. It seems they entered the cave but did not return in time. After some time they managed to leave the cave on their own. They had problems to return, after the cave was partially flooded due to heavy rains in the area.
Geofizicheskaya Cave (Geophysics Cave) is one of the deepest caves of the Altai regions, up to 130m deep. This is not much compared to the deepest cave on Earth, which is located nearby in Georgia. This cave is famous for the two meter high hollow gypsum stalagmites, which are found in Sinilga Passage. And there is one of the biggest chambers in the area. We are a little astonished, this cave is called a show cave. We guess there are organized spelunking tours for tourists.