Well I officially did my first repel and cave the other night. We started our hike at 6:30pm reached the summit at about 10pm. The hike was super intense, many parts were so steep that you had to climb on all fours like a bear.
When we were about 200 yrds from the summit one of my snow shoes broke so everyone else went to the top and then someone brought me back some snow shoes. Needless to say if you don't move for a while your toes get very cold when only wearing Nikes. My toes still feel a little weird.
Once we reached summit we had to repel of a snowy ledge down 30ft to another ledge sitting 350 ft above the next place to land if you fall. We all successfully repelled into the mouth of the cave. Once inside the cave it was 55 degrees and beautiful.
The ascend was the sketchiest. The rope was stuck in a jagged slot as it came over the edge so I had to push away from the mountain to get it out of the slot, just a little scary. But we all made it out and getting down the mountain only took 20 minutes.
The ledge we repelled off of
Entrance to a magical place
The Birth Canal
One of the main rooms
Lights out picture
Rat Skull we found
Coming out of the cave, you can't panic
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