As it is we headed to Raccoon Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee. When we arrived we found a great little BBQ joint and feasted like they instructed but careful not to drink too much since we would be in the cave for quite sometime without potties. If only we had known, which we do now, we would not have eaten but a very small meal much earlier and taken trail snacks to eat when we settled in for the night.
But wow!!! We overcame some serious issues - claustrophobia, vertigo, total darkness .... Yep, it was great!!
Apparently we did some 2 1\2 miles underground, practically crouched over, crawling or belly crawling almost the entire time. We squeezed through spots that were a mere 11-inches tall after belly crawling 180 feet, navigated the top of a ravine, waded through underground streams, and told stories of underground caves in total darkness while taking a breather for me to recover from a nauseating bout of vertigo!
If you look close you see Ashley to the left, some gear in blue in the middle, and David's head in between them .... That is a tight squeeze to be belly crawling for 180 feet and the only way out is 11 inches high!
Survived the Key Hole (the 11-inch space)
One of the many areas we had to crawl through
The ravine we had to traverse
We lived!
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