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    Falling overboard

    I rented a jet-ski at lake Barkley, you go way under the water when you fall off of one of those! You cant even tell which way is up, you just wait for your life jacket to do it's thing!
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    What do you wear?

    A wetsuit is really hot, I only wear on if it's a cave where I'll be swimming most of the time. If it's going to be a lot of wading, I have polypropylene underwear. It really depends on the amount of water you'll be going through, and how far under it you'll have to go. I did a cave with a 200'...
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    Gatekeeping Photographers

    This is A-Hole Arch In HNF, I'd tell anyone who asked where it was.
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    Packs Survival Kit

    Do you carry a splint when you guide hikes? I've heard of cavers having them in 1st aid kits.
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    Walking during runs

    Trail running is hard! If you're going to run 31.5 miles you'd better walk all the uphill, run the flats and downhill. My best time at the Shawnee hills 50k was 6 hours and 56 minutes, my best 50k time was 5 hours 40 minutes. I walked some in both those races, some people don't have to. I...
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    Gatekeeping Photographers

    If someone puts in the legwork to find these places, that's awesome! If they don't want to share that's understandable, I still like the pictures. Sometimes people have an Alltrails or something that gives their spots away!
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    Is Bat Protection just a way to keep cavers out?

    Caving bans only keep out cavers, spelunkers are still going to go in the caves!
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    First experience

    I'm looking forward to seeing Illinois Caverns, Ill get there one of these years!
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    Toughest Trail Completed

    It was very hilly, very rocky trail in places, and it was 90° outside. The skyline traverse is almost 20 miles long so I had to carry over a half gallon of water, and it's point to point so I would have had to run about 10 more miles back to the parking.
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    Yellow Birch Ravine

    This thread is for the general discussion of the trail guide Yellow Birch Ravine. Please add to the discussion here.
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    Moderate Yellow Birch Ravine

    This nature preserve has limited gravel parking on the side of Trestle Road, the 'trail system' follows the creek on either side of the road. To the east are a couple waterfalls and Ravine Arch, one of the biggest arches in Indiana. To the west of the parking is the double falls, another of the...
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    Toughest Trail Completed

    I tried the 'skyline traverse' in the Boulder, Co Flatirons, i didn't finish it! I got to the 4th mountain peak, and my average pace was under 3mph, that's not great for a run!
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    First experience

    Wolf Cave at McCormick Creek State park was my 1st wild cave, it's easy and short. I liked everything about it. My favorite part was where I was ready to turn around at the exit crawl, because it looked horrible, but I heard a guy say he was standing outside! I crawled out and it wasn't that bad.
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    Lost in a cave

    Not very far!
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    Half Tights

    Janji
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