Rumbling Falls cave trip

Rumbling Falls Cave

Text Box: The crew gets ready for Rumbling Falls Cave Text Box: Brian and Carol outside the entrance Text Box: Members of the Tennessee Central Basin Grotto

Text Box: All she needs are silver bracelets and a golden lariot Text Box: A long and annoying crawls to the big room

Text Box: In this case, what goes down sure had better come up. Carol after her ascent Text Box: Another fine rigging job, by guru Peter LaRue, that got me in and out of the pit

Text Box: YO' Adriane, I mean YO' Adonis - WE DID IT!

Text Box: We entered the cave at 10am and finished the trip at 10pm. What a day!

Text Box: David Beebe after rappelling the 200 foot pit. Link photo by Chris Anderson

Text Box: Using a 3 million candlepower light, Brian stares up in total awe of the humongous room

Text Box: Misc photos of the trip including Mark rappelling the pit and Brian at the lip of the entrance to the cave.. Text Box: Running down a dream that started with the March 2002 issue of Adventure magazine Text Box: Safely in the room, we stow gear and prepare to push a portion of the 6 mile river passage

Text Box: About 10 feet from the entrance of the Rumble Room

Text Box: SWM caver seeks like minded women to get down in the dirt. Must have own vertical gear. Text Box: What part of don't take my picture do you not understand!

Text Box: Cincinnati Grotto member Jerry Brandenburg

Text Box: Our two little energizer bunnies were never tired!

Text Box: Mark and Sonya (aka Sasha) take a break in the crawl

Text Box: Climbing up the valley of death before the rumble room and after learning zippered bags have no place in caving

This page is dedicated to Keith Filson (Keith is still alive so it is not that kind of dedication) for sharing his knowledge of this cave with our group and leading a spectacular caving trip. My appreciation and gratitude for his help over the past year is as big as the Rumble Room itself.

Thanks to Peter LaRue and his assistant Sonya (aka Sasha) for rigging the drops prior to our arrival and in doing so enduring multiple extra crawls in the cave..