A couple of months back, I took a trip to Kentucky to do some climbing and caving. I figured I would share them here to give you guys an idea of what I do when I am not cruising the pines....
I first met some friends up at a place called Half Moon rock where we set up ropes to practice climbing and rappelling for the next days adventure.
This was a great area and had a great view of the nearby Chimney rock.
The goal of my trip was a pit cave outside of Somerset. Climbed up a steep hill and bushwhacked for a bit
to find what seemed like a plain old hole in the ground. I tied off and peeked in.
We started in one at a time, it was a tight squeeze at first, but quickly opened up to a 120 ft rappel, straight down. Nothing to put your feet on.
We explored the cave for hours. Found cool formations and local residents that couldn't get back out
We also found various animal skeletons, including raccoons, coyotes. One of the guys found a dog collar, he called the number on the tag and was told that the dog had been lost 20 years before and no one knew what happened to it until now.
After about 5 hours, we made the long ascent back to the top
Way too much fun!
I wasn't too sure if I should post this here or not, but I thought some of you guys might enjoy it. If this isn't the place for it, I apologize.
![alittlehigh.jpg](http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8156/alittlehigh.jpg)
I first met some friends up at a place called Half Moon rock where we set up ropes to practice climbing and rappelling for the next days adventure.
![img0355j.jpg](http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7088/img0355j.jpg)
![upthemountain.jpg](http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7984/upthemountain.jpg)
This was a great area and had a great view of the nearby Chimney rock.
![dscn0059z.jpg](http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9659/dscn0059z.jpg)
The goal of my trip was a pit cave outside of Somerset. Climbed up a steep hill and bushwhacked for a bit
![coolarch.jpg](http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1228/coolarch.jpg)
to find what seemed like a plain old hole in the ground. I tied off and peeked in.
![gipsiepeekinginthecave.jpg](http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4811/gipsiepeekinginthecave.jpg)
We started in one at a time, it was a tight squeeze at first, but quickly opened up to a 120 ft rappel, straight down. Nothing to put your feet on.
![dscn0105g.jpg](http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7933/dscn0105g.jpg)
![justfallingdown.jpg](http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8936/justfallingdown.jpg)
We explored the cave for hours. Found cool formations and local residents that couldn't get back out
![dscn0159e.jpg](http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2349/dscn0159e.jpg)
![dscn0158r.jpg](http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6165/dscn0158r.jpg)
We also found various animal skeletons, including raccoons, coyotes. One of the guys found a dog collar, he called the number on the tag and was told that the dog had been lost 20 years before and no one knew what happened to it until now.
After about 5 hours, we made the long ascent back to the top
![alittlefurther.jpg](http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/6089/alittlefurther.jpg)
Way too much fun!
I wasn't too sure if I should post this here or not, but I thought some of you guys might enjoy it. If this isn't the place for it, I apologize.