For those of you who read with bated breath the previous post on Waterfall Cave and my aching muscles, you’ll be glad to know the return trip to Henderson Park in Salem, Indiana went much smoother. This time we rented a 24-foot ladder which was easier to set up than the 32-foot monster, and [...]
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It’s three days since our epic battle to enter Waterfall Cave and my traps have yet to recover. Ah, where to begin the story…. Waterfall Cave is the third and most difficult cave at Henderson Park. Mill Cave and Middle Cave are the others. The difficulty in Waterfall Cave is about 100 feet [...] Having heard mention of the McNeely Lake/Durrett/Cooper Cave complex at McNeely Lake Park, I decided to do some investigating and wandering. McNeely Lake cave is visible from the park road and of no appreciable length. I’m not sure what caves are named Durrett and Cooper. We did find one other cave in [...] In August, we returned to Middle Cave at Henderson Park in Indiana, a few weeks after our first visit. For details about the park and the cave, check this post: Henderson Park, IN – Middle Cave. Today is mainly pictures from the second trip in which we reached the end of the cave’s [...] Since my previous post about Tom Sawyer Park Cave, I’ve heard the following rumors: The cave connects with Mammoth Cave A few weeks ago, deciding to put an end to the rumors, I got [...] For directions to Henderson Park in Salem, IN, see this previous post regarding Mill Cave. Middle Cave is a lot of fun. It’s not particularly technical, but it’s not a beginner cave, either. For one, you need to drag in a twenty-foot ladder, set it up in waist deep water, climb up [...] Henderson Park is about an hour from Louisville, near Salem, Indiana. It is jointly managed by the Nature Conservancy and the town of Salem. There are three caves on the property; Mill Cave being the least technical to explore. The first adventure is just getting to the park which entails stopping by the Salem [...] My first trip to a wild/undeveloped cave was Mammoth Cave’s Wild Cave Tour. Our guide taught us the “Rule of Three”: have three light sources, at least three people in your group, and keep three points of contact when climbing or descending. Wherever you go, people will have slightly different ideas on safe [...] I worked at E.P. Tom Sawyer Park twenty years ago as a summer job. Back then, the old, abandoned wards of Central State Hospital stood beckoning the urban adventurer to explore their halls. I never ventured in, but in walking over to take a peek, I saw the entrance to Tom Sawyer Park [...] |
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