On 4/28/23, Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many <gmkarl@gmail.com> wrote:
clarksville cave is a large public wild cave about 2 hours away from me that opens may 1. maybe it would be nice to visit it while it is closed http://www.necaveconservancy.org/clarksville-preserve/ https://www.heldebergworkshop.org/virtual-tour-of-clarksville-cave/ http://www.necaveconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Clarksville-Bind... . i’d get out of state and maybe talk to people to figure out where the closed entrance is. you know something is valid when the conservancy has public maps up online. i found of the cave with nss member publication access
comment here that when i say visit a closed cave i don’t mean entering it. cavers are like underground acrobats, they can be good at closing caves and you’d likely need to have comparable experience to enter a closed one. it would be much simpler to wait until may 1st if you want to enter. maybe this cave is not like others and can be entered when closed, i don’t know, but there is a fungus growing on bats that can be spread by humans that breaks down their body and grows mushrooms out their nose that is driving them extinct, so we’re not supposed to enter the protected caves off-season, although of course you get implicit exception if your life is in serious danger or such. -> there are other all-season caves <- . i was quite seriously thinking of just seeing the closed entrance and not entering, for a little psychological empowerment.