Zero Knowledge in the Cave

[Bill Frantz]

At 7:20 PM -0700 5/14/03, Nomen Nescio wrote:
>Zero Knowledge in the Cave
>
>There is a cave with a large entry room.  From this room lead two
>passageways, 1 and 2.  Each of 1 and 2 branches into a myriad of smaller
>passages, twisting and turning through the massive rock formation.
>The passageways go on for miles and have never been fully explored.
>
>One of the big questions has been whether passageways 1 and 2 ever
>connect up.  Is there a way of getting from 1 to 2?  Many have
>searched, but none have ever succeeded.  Most people believe that
>no connection will ever be found.

This description is remarkably like the description of Jewel Cave (National
Monument) when Herb and Jan Conn start exploring in the 1960s.  The park
wanted them to find a connection between two passages that separated close
to the entrance so they could run tour groups that didn't have to pass each
other in the narrow passages.

In 1969, there were 54 miles of passage mapped, and still no connection.
It is now over 127 miles, and still no connection.

Cheers - Bill


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